Level 1 Course: Current Syllabus (in English)
Table of Contents
- Unit 1:
- Greetings
- Introductions of Self (I am)
- Nationalities (Male-Female forms) (I am
from)
- Boy-Girl, Titles (Monsieur, Madame, Mademoiselle)
- Saying Goodbye
- Unit 2:
- Introduction of others
- Questions: Who is this?, Who is that?, (Male-Female forms)
- Expression of health (ça va, très bien, bien, mal, très mal)
- His name is, her name is, this is (third person)
- Unit 3:
- Numbers 1-30
- Days of the Week
- Months of the Year
- Dates
- Today, Yesterday, Tomorrow
- The Weather (third person of verb: Faire) and the Seasons
- Unit 4:
- Numbers 31-69
- Telling Time
- Interlude: Small Words (oui, non, mais, à, de, avec, et, ou, etc.)
- Unit 5:
- Family members
- Possessive Pronouns (My, Your)
- Numbers 70-89
- Age: Singular forms (how old is...? I am... years old, he is...years old,
she is...years old)
- Unit 6:
- Foods and Drinks
- Expressing Hunger and Thirst in the first person
- Asking for foods and drinks (I would like.., Give me..)
- please, thank you
- Prepositions (the, a)
- Unit 7:
- Numbers 90-100
- French Monetary System
- Describing cost
- Unit 8:
- Introduction to -er verbs in present tense (I forms) using things
students enjoy or do not enjoy (aimer), Affirmative and Negative forms.
- Vocabulary: sports
- Interlude: prepositions "le" and "au"
- Vocabulary: musical instruments.
- Introduction of singular forms of present tense of -er verbs
- Review correct usage of Je and J'
- Introduction to plural forms of present tense of -er verbs
- Introduction of negative forms of -er verbs (ne...pas, n'...pas)
- Correct usage of Nous command forms.
- Unit 9:
- Vocabulary: Commands to be used in course, objects used for course study: pen, pencil, computer, paper, etc.
- School subjects
- School personnel
- I know, I don't know, how do you say... in French?
- Unit 10:
- Introduction to all forms of Être
- Introduction to using negative forms (ne...pas, n'...pas)
- Correct usage of Tu and Vous
- Describing location (en, au, à, là-bas, là, ici)
- Unit 11:
- Formation of questions, ie: inflection, inversion, and correct usage of est-ce que and qu'est-ce que
- Words that express frequency of time (beaucoup, toujours, souvent etc.)
- Opinion words (including slang: cool, fun, etc. with contraction, "c'est")
- Asking for translations from French to English (How do you say .... in French?)
- Unit 12:
- Vocabulary: Descriptions of physical appearance: expressions, size, hair color,
age, beauty, (and correct placement in a sentence of these words), body parts
- Introduction all forms of avoir, affirmative and negative
- Occupations (optional at this point)
- Descriptions of character traits: funny, intelligent, etc.
- Review of Nationalities, introduce more nationalities
- Unit 13:
- Vocabulary: home, neighborhood, to go, to visit, to live, to arrive, to stay,
to return, chez, combinations of à (to) plus, le, la, and les
- Verb venir and correct usage of combinations of de + le, la, and les
- Plural possessive forms (nous, vous, leur)
- Unit 14:
- Vocabulary: Colors, Clothing
- Numbers 100-1000
- Review of usage of money and prices
- Verb: acheter in all forms (good because of irregular form), other verbs
having to do with purchase, vendre (good introduction to -re verbs)
- Places to shop in Paris
End of French Level 1
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