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For French II, the publishers suggest using the Liaison section for review at the beginning of the year.  After that, students will complete the French 1 series and move into the French 2 book.  The following is the suggested course of study for Level II:
Liaison Section (Bien Dit! Level 1)
    Vocabulary Review: greetings, physical descriptions and personality 
                                  traits, likes and dislikes, sports and hobbies, 
                                  weather, school supplies, time and school 
                                  subjects
    Grammar Review: verbs etre and avoir, present tense of -er and -re
                               verbs, adjective agreement, contractions with a and
                               de, possessive adjectives, and the near future tense
    Asking for personal information
    Asking for and giving an opinion
    Asking about one's interests
    Making plans
    Asking about school and classes
    Asking and telling about family relationships
Chapter 8 A la maison
    Chores
    House and furniture
    Asking for, giving or refusing permission
    Telling how often you do things
    Describing a house
    Telling where things are
    Grammar: verbs pouvoir and devoir, past tense of -ir and -re verbs,
                    negative expressions, verbs dormir, sortir, and partir, 
                    past tense formed with etre, -yer verbs
    Culture: Tea ceremony in Senegal, numbering floors in Senegal, and
                 Vincent Van Gogh
Chapter 9 Allons en ville!
    
Places in the city
    Means of transportation
    At the pharmacy, bank and post office
    Planning your day
    Asking for and giving directions
    Telling what you need
    Making and responding to requests
    Grammar: verbs voir, savoir and connaitre, the imperative, present 
                    tense, inversion and the partitive
    Culture: Public transportation, the metric system and banking, and
                 Marc Chagal
Chapter 10 Enfin les vacances!
    Travel items
    At the hotel, train station and hotel
    Giving advice
    Getting information/Asking for information
    Buying tickets and making a transaction
    Grammar: verb appeler, prepositions with countries and cities, idioms
                    with faire, the past tense with avoir and etre, and ordinal 
                    numbers
    Culture: hotels and ratings, travel via SNCF and TGV, and Daniel
                 Lordey
    

Chapter 2 (Bien Dit! Level 2)
   
Celebrations and party preparations
    Wishing someone a good time
    Asking for and giving advice
    Asking for help
    Checking to see if things have been done
    Grammar: direct and indirect object pronouns, verb offrir, past tense 
                    with avoir and etre, negative expressions 
    Culture: holidays and holiday foods, dining invitations, Claude Monet
Chapter 3 Faisons les courses
    
Fruits, vegetables and cooking
    Shopping for groceries
    Asking where things are in a store
    Asking about food preparation
    Making requests
    Grammar: the partitive, pronouns y and en, forming questions,
                   placement of object pronouns, contractions with a and de
    Culture: the metric system, typical foods of Quebec, shopping, and 
                Maximilien Luce
Chapter 4 Au lycee
    
School places and events
    Computer terms
    Asking how something turned out
    Wondering what happened
    Asking for information
    Expressing frustration
    Grammar: object pronouns with the past tense, using someone/no one and
                       something/nothing or only, verbs suivre and ouvrir, and using
                       since/ago/that makes
    Culture: teachers, degrees and school books, computer keyboards and
                  websites, and Henri Masson
Chapter 5 Une journee typique
    
Morning and daily routines
    Talking about your routines
    Expressing impatience
    Saying when you do things
    Making recommendations
    Grammar: reflexive verbs, different forms of all,  reflexive verbs in the past
                       tense, using the imperative and the infinitive with reflexive verbs
    Culture: typical French teen's day, the metro, how to get around, eating and
                  shopping, and Edouard Manet