FRENCH LEVEL I

WELCOME – BIENVENUE À LA CLASSE DE FRANÇAIS

OBJECTIVES - UNITS – 2014-2015

Madame Heuer :

Unit 1 – Faisons Connaissance – Greetings

  • Greeting and meeting people
  • Expressions of courtesy
  • Family and friends; family relationships
  • Saying where you are from, nationalities
  • Counting from 0 to 100
  • Days of the week, months and calendar
  • Talk about birthdays

Unit 2 – La vie courante - Daily life

  • Food and restaurants
  • Ordering a beverage in a café/asking for food
  • Asking for the cost, paying the bill
  • Euro Converter
  • Talk about time and different time zone
  • Weather expressions in the US and around the world
  • Seasons
  • Indicate the time in the US and Globally

Unit 3 – Qu’est ce qu’on fait? What are we doing?

  • Describing daily activities
  • School schedule, classes, classroom commands, supplies
  • What people do and don’t do
  • What people like to do and do not like to do
  • Talking about where people are, locations, places
  • Finding out what’s going on
  • Asking yes/no questions
  • Asking information questions
  • Inviting friends to do things with you
  • Extending an invitation/refusing or accepting an invitation

Expanding one’s conversational skills

  • Expressing mild doubt or surprise
  • Expressing approval or regret

Unit 4 – Le monde personnel et familier - People and their possessions

  • Describing yourself and others
  • Physical appearance
  • Age , character traits
  • Nationality
  • Describing your room, furniture’s and locations
  • Talking about possessions (house, room, items …)
  • what things are made of
  • What they look like

Expanding one’s conversational skills

  • Making generalizations
  • Expressing opinion
  • Talking about regular events
  • Contradicting a negative statement or question
  • Introducing a conclusion

Unit 5 – En ville – City life – the home, the family and urban activities

  • Describing your town or city
  • Street and public buildings, places, shops in town
  • Getting around town
  • Means of transportation
  • Finding your way around a city
  • Making plans to do things in town

Expanding one’s conversational skills

  • Contradicting someone
  • Expressing doubt and/or surprise
  • Talking about past events

Unit 6 – Le Shopping - buying clothes

  • Talking about clothes
  • Styles and fashion in France and in the US
  • Tell one’s preferences
  • Discussing shopping plans, money
  • Buying clothes , asking for help, finding out prices
  • Comparing items, giving advice

Expanding one’s conversational skills

  • Emphasizing a remark
  • Indicating approval
  • Introducing an opinion

Unit 7 – Le temps libre – Leisure time activities

  • Discussing leisure activities
  • Sports and physical activities
  • Music entertainment
  • Helping around the house/chores
  • Describing vacation and travel
  • Sight seeing & travel experience and transportation

Narrating what happened

  • Places visited, time & date of return
  • Sequencing activities

Unit 8 – Les repas - Food and meals

  • Mealtime foods and beverages
  • Fruits & vegetables, likes and dislikes
  • Healthy food vs. fast food
  • Expressions of quantity (kilogram, liter)
  • Interacting with vendors, asking for the price
  • Planning a meal, making a shopping list
  • French and international cuisine
  • Table manners, place setting
  • Eating out with friends and family

Culture

  • France geography & regions
  • French Educational System
  • French speaking countries – Geography and culture
  • French cuisine
  • Brief overview of French history and culture
  • Shops in France