Course Description
Course Name
French Language: A1-1 (True Beginning)
Session: VPRU3225
Hours & Credits
60 Contact Hours
Prerequisites & Language Level
OBJECTIVES PART 1:
-Communication:
Introduce oneself/ To introduce someone to somebody
Get in contact with
-Linquistic:
You (informal)/ You (formal)
To Be/To Have/To Be Called
Elision
It is/ He is
Personal Pronouns (subjects)
Present Tense -Vocabulary:
-Vocabulary
The Alphabet
Identity/ Nationality
Numbers
Greetings
OBJECTIVES PART 2:
-Communication:
Characterize a person
-Linguistics:
Simple sentence, positive, negative
Gender, Number agreement:
Nouns and adjectives
Definite article, indefinite
Possessive article
Introduction to basis grammar terms (subject, verb, complement)
-Vocabulary:
Description of a person
Family
Colors
Clothes
OBJECTIVES PART 3:
-Communication:
Ask simple questions
Answer (space and time)
Describe an itinerary
-Linguistics:
Two questioning forms:
Who/When/Where/How many or much/How/ Which
Prepositions: at, of, in, on
-Vocabulary:
Hours
Days
Months
In space: on the right/ on the left
Objects in the classroom, in the house, on the street
Note: A placement exam will be required when you arrive on site.
True Beginning
- There is no language prerequisite for courses at this language level.