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COURSE CONTENT- LEVEL 1


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Communication Objectives Grammar Objectives
Lesson
0
Introducing yourself / asking someone his (her)
name
Finding someone who can speak French
Telling / Asking someone his (her) nationality
Showing an address
Identifying an object or a place
Identifying a person
Reading an ID document (passport, visiting card)
Filling in an ID form
Writing a short postcard
Conjugation in present tense: Personal
pronoun [subjects] I (je), you (tu, vous).
Conjugation of 3rd person singular
pronouns : he, she, it (m&f) (il, elle)
Conjugation of the verb tre (to be)
Structure tre + adjective
Signs of feminine / masculine gender
Preposition of place (city, country)
Indefinite and definite articles
Conjugation of the verb aimer (to like,
love)
UNIT 1
Lesson
1
Saying you have understood
Saying you know or dont know (a place)
Approaching someone
Greeting Taking leave
Excusing yourself
Appreciating
Thanking
Spelling a word
General conjugation of verbs in present
tense
Masculine / feminine gender
Singular / plural
Asking questions (intonation)
Simple negation
Lesson
2
Identifying a person or an object
Asking / giving details about a person or an
object
Saying you like or dont like (something)
Giving instructions
Appreciating an action
Identifying a person or a thing
Asking for something
Saying where you work
conjugation (1st group verbs ending in er)
agreement of nouns and adjectives
asking questions using: what ? Whats this?
Where ? (Est-ce que, Quest-ce Quest-ce
que cest, O)
asking questions using which? (Quel /quelle,
quels, quelles)
Definite/indefinite articles
Imperative mood
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Lesson
3
Speaking of your leisure activities
Expressing your likes and preferences
Expressing willingness, possibility, obligation
Speaking of a proposed activity
Proposing an activity to someone
Accepting a proposition and thanking
Refusing a proposition and excusing yourself
Asking for an explanation about the meaning of a
word
Understanding and writing a postcard or a
message of invitation
Briefly presenting the physical or touristic
features of your country
Conjugation of irregular verbs [to do (faire )
to go (aller) to come (venir) to want
to(vouloir) can/may (pouvoir) must/ to
have to (devoir)]
Immediate future tense
Personal Pronouns: moi, toi, lui, elle, etc.
On = nous (we)
Lesson
4
Giving some facts about a persons biography
Asking / saying what you are doing
speaking of a past event
Asking / telling the date and the time
Excusing yourself for being late
Congratulating someone
Making plans and fixing schedules
Raising a toast
Understanding familiar events in chronological
sequence
Writing a small entry in a diary.
Understanding exact time details and time tables
Looking for Web sites in French
Presenting a Web search or an experience in
French outside class hours
Past perfect tense (Pass compos)
(speaking of a past event)
Prepositions for telling the date and the
time
UNIT 2
Lesson
5
Understanding travel brochures
Giving an opinion about a trip
Comparing trips or holidays
Pointing out/showing something
Indicating possession
Giving an opinion
Asking for/giving an explanation
Giving instructions
Reserving a travel ticket / confirming, cancelling,
buying
Asking for information about a trip (schedules,
prices, etc.)
Understanding indications concerning a trip
Describing a trip
Settling a problem regarding a trip
Simple Comparison
Demonstrative Adjectives
Possessive Adjectives
Conjugation of irregular verbs take
(prendre) put (mettre)


Lesson
6
Understanding a restaurant menu
Expressing likes and dislikes
Writing a program and an invitation
Questioning someone
Expressing possession
Talking at the Reception of a hotel
Ordering a meal
Pointing out a mistake in the bill
Apologizing for a mistake
Describing an object by comparison and contrast
Understanding information about food
Partitive Articles m/f (du, de la)
Using articles
Asking questions (using inversion)
Replies : Yes (oui si) ; no (non)
Possessive form (Belonging to + pronoun) :
+moi, tu, lui, elle, etc.
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Lesson
7
Speaking of daily activities
Situating these activities in time
Expressing preferences
Receiving someone
Buying something
Drawing up a schedule
Expressing surprise
Understanding written information about prices
of articles
Managing in situations of buying and of changing
money
Pronominal verb Conjugation
Imperative mood
Expression of quantity: little, a little, some,
etc. (peu un peu de quelque etc.)
Lesson
8
Describing your place of residence
Locating a place on a map
Understanding the description of a place of
residence
Understanding an itinerary
Understanding and describing a trip
Expressing a need
Forbidding. Asking for permission.
Finding the right direction. Asking your way.
Asking for help.
Understanding and writing a holiday message or
postcard
Prepositions and adverbs of place
Verbs expressing movement (use of
prepositions)
Ordinal number adjectives
Conjugation: to come, to leave, to go out.
(venir, partir, sortir)


UNIT 3
Lesson
9
Remembering your childhood or youth
Speaking of a habit in the past
Narrating a brief remembrance in the past tense
Speaking of your family
Giving biographical details
Congratulating someone
Understanding the synopsis of a film
Understanding information on couple relations
and family life
Presenting your family
Past Imperfect tense
Uses of the past perfect and imperfect
tenses (pass compos, imparfait)
Expression of duration
Connecting ideas (so, therefore, but)
The sense of mutuality
Lesson
10
Speaking of your interest habits regarding new
technologies and communication
Expressing an opinion
Expressing responsibility
Asking / giving news of a person
Understanding and writing short messages of
congratulation, invitation, reply to an invitation,
thanks, excuses, wishes.
Direct object pronouns
Indirect object personal pronouns
Expression of frequency and repetition

Lesson
11
Explaining a daily problem
Giving advice to someone having a problem
Fixing a date
Understanding and using standard telephone
etiquette
Speaking of your health
Understanding instructions about physical
exercises
Understanding spoken or written information
about emergency situations
Being able to manage in case of emergency,
theft, assault, etc.
Expression of sequence of action : past
perfect (pass compos) recent past (pass
rcent), present continuous (prsent
progressif), futur proche, complete/
incomplete action
Reported speech
Relative clauses
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Lesson
12
Describing yourself
Speaking of your nature, tastes, plans
Contacting someone
Fixing an appointment
Giving an explanation
Making a suggestion/ Giving advice
Describing a person (physical description,
clothes, behavior)
Giving / Receiving a gift
Facing an unexpected situation
Giving specific instructions
The place of the adjective
Final relative clause with qui (who,
which, that)
Cest / il est (This is, it is, he is, she is)
Imperative mood of verbs with pronouns
Word formation