ELEMENTARY FRENCH I:
Telecourse
"French in Action"
Summer 1999
at Camden County College
Prof. Howard
Syllabus and Test schedule
May 24: Lesson 1:Genèse
I
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video lesson 1
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explanation of the course
May 31: Lesson 2: Genèse
II
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video lesson
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vocabulary: greetings and goodbyes
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Names of French speaking countries, nationalities
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Languages
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Destinations
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Health
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grammar: subject pronouns
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Verbs: aller
and être
Intro to the negation
June 7: Lesson 3:Genèse
II
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video lesson 4
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vocabulary: expressing choices and preferences
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Getting through customs
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Getting from the airport to Paris
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Info on lodging
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Meeting people
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grammar: gender
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Agreement in gender and number
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Masculine and feminine of certain words
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-er verbs
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être
June 16-23: TEST I ( chapters 1, 2, 3, 4)
June 21: Lesson 5:Familles
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video lesson 5
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vocabulary: names
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Kinship
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Cardinal and ordinal numbers 1-29
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grammar: verb avoir + expression with avoir
for age
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Imperative of -er verbs
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Il faut + infinitive
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More on ne ...pas negation
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Un, une, des, pas de
June 28: Lesson
6: Portraits I
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video lesson 6
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vocabulary: physical traits and personality types
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Sports
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Numbers 20-69
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grammar: avoir l'air
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Avoir with parts of the body
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Identical and invariable masculine and feminine forms
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Verb faire
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faire du sport and aimer le sport
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Est-ce que
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Du, de la, de l', pas de pas d'
July 5: Lesson
7: Portraits II
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video lesson 7
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vocabulary: more physical traits and personality
types
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Sports
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Numbers 70-100
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grammar: masculine and feminine forms of adjectives
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Interrogative forms
July 7-14 : TEST II (chapters 5, 6, 7)
July 12: Lesson 8:
Généalogie
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video lesson 8
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vocabulary: family relationships and history
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More physical traits and personality types
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Numbers 100 - 999,000,000
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Dates
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grammar: partitives + negation
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Possessive adjective
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More questions
July 19: Lesson 9: Vacances
en Bretagne
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video lesson 9
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vocabulary: games and sports
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Giving and following instructions
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Arguing
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Begging and persuading
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grammar: il y a ... que, ça fait ... que
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More on possessive adjectives
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A la, á l', au, aux
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Faire/ jouer
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Stressed pronouns
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Quelqu'un, une personne ...
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Pleuvoir/ pleurer
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En with il reste
July 26:
Lesson 10: Vacances en Bretagne II
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video lesson 10
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vocabulary: weather
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Vacation activities
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Physical description and personality traits
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Games and sports
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grammar: prepositions indicating directions
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Use of si and non
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Concept of temps
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Present tense with il y a ... que, ça fait ... que
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On
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Venir
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Savoir versus connâitre
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Stressed pronouns in comparative constructions
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Possessive adjectives and stress pronouns
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Demonstrative adjectives and stress pronouns
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Review of adjective agreement: irregular forms of
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Beau, nouveau, vieux
July
28 - August 4 : TEST III (chapters 8, 9, 10)
August 2: Chapter 11: Rencontres I
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video lesson 11
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vocabulary: seasons and months
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Weather
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Clothing and fashion
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grammar: present tense with depuis and
il y a
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Prepositions with seasons and months
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Quel
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Aller versus venir
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Aller + infinitive and venir de + infinitive
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Direct object pronouns and their position
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Reflexive verbs
August 9: Chapter 12: Rencontres II
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video lesson 12
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vocabulary: talking about the weather
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Politeness and affection
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grammar: quel
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Avoir mal à with pody parts
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More on reflexive verbs
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Present tense of pouvoir, être, suivre, sortir, partir, prendre
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Masculine/ feminine forms ending in -ant/ante
August 16: Chapter 13: Rencontres III
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video lesson 13
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cultural notes
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vocabulary: encounters
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Studies
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Clothing and fashion
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grammar: verb: manquer
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Review of adjectives
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Interrogative versus demonstrative pronouns
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Demonstrative pronouns versus demonstrative adjectives
August
18-25 (last day, no exceptions!): TEST IV (Chapters 11, 12,13)
YOUR FINAL GRADE WILL BE THE AVERAGE OF THE 4 TESTS TAKEN