This is a general idea of the things you can expect to learn in French I. This is a new series and I will follow the publisher's suggested sequence as follows:
Chapter 1 Salut, les copains!
Greetings Numbers Asking questions Grammar: subjects, verbs, pronouns, indefinite articles and the verb avoir Culture: Formal/informal greetings, personal space, and Theophile Duverger Chapter 2 Qu'est-ce qui te plait? Likes/Dislikes Hobbies/Activities Agree/Disagree Grammar: definite articles, -er verbs, irregualr plurals, contractions with a, and conjunctions Culture: Music, dance, and Georges Seurat Chapter 3: Comment est ta famille? Physical descriptions Family and pets Asking for and giving opinions Grammar: etre, adjective agreement, irregular adjectives, possessive adjectives, and contractions with de Culture: Festival d'ete, Fete de la famille, Carnival de Quebec, and Edmond-Joseph Massicotte Chapter 4: Mon annee scolaire School subjects and vocabulary Days of the week Time Numbers Asking/telling about needs Grammar: -re verbs, -ger and -cer verbs, preferer, acheter adjectives as nouns, agreement with numbers Culture: School systems, the 24 hour clock, and Henri Matisse |
Chapter 5 Le temps libre
Sports and Activities Months and seasons Weather Places in town Make plans Accept/extend an invitation Grammar: faire, question words, adverbs, near future tense, recent past tense,idioms with avoir Culture: Sports, the Celsius Scale, and Claude Monet Chapter 6 Bon Appetit! Breakfast foods and drinks Place Settings Cafe foods Place a food order Asking about prices and making a purchase Grammar: the partitive, -ir verbs, vouloir, prendre and boire the imperative Culture: Typical breakfast foods, tipping, the euro, and Pierre Auguste Renoir Chapter 7 On fait les magasins? Clothing and accessories Sports equipment Larger numbers Asking for help and prices while shopping Make a decision and purchase Grammar: Demonstrative adjectives, ineterrogative adjectives, mettre, past tense of -er verbs and irregular verbs, adverbs used in the past tense Culture: Shopping, traditional clothing, bargaining, and M'Bida |