Flags of the World

ELEMENTARY FRENCH I

at Camden County College
Prof. Howard



Chapter 1: CULTURE
                                * Importance of the French language:                                *  Map of the francophone world:                                 * What is francophonie and who are the members
                               * Social Customs on greetings
GRAMMAR:  *The verb "aller"
                              * Regular -er verbs
                              * question making  + question words
 

VOCABULARY:

                                    * greetings
                                    * languages
                                    * numbers and alphabet  audio
                                     numbers and alphabet pronunciation
 
                                    * Phonetics:  - how do I pronounce the letters in French
                                                        - letters with their sounds & French written characters
 
 

  ACTIVITIES: * A Francophone country
                                              * Question making
                                              * games on greetings
 

Chapter 2: CULTURE
                                * French schools 
                                * Languages spoken in Belgium and in Switzerland
 

GRAMMAR:
                                            * Indefinite articles
                                            * Gender of nouns
                                                    - Can one guess on gender?
                                            * Que and qui
                                           * The verb "être"
                                           * Adjectives
                                           * prepositions with geographical nouns

VOCABULARY: * Classroom objects
                                                  * Numbers 11-20
                                                  * people
                                                  * nationality
                                                  * countries
                                                  * more on natonalities and countries

ACTIVITIES:      * Numbers
                                                 * Nationalities
                                                 * Countries
                                                 *  games with  - Etre
                                                                       - school supplies
                                                                       - things in the office
                                                                       - descriptive adjectives


Chapter 3: CULTURE
                                * French police officers
                                * Numbering of floors
                                * Buildings: le café, le lyceé, la pharmacie.
                                * A typical French village
                                * Reading a map
                                * Tunesia
 
GRAMMAR :
* Definite Article
* Prepositions à and de
* The near future
* numbers 20 - 69
* ordinal numbers
* The negation
* avoir
VOCABULARY:    * Buildings
                               * Directions

ACTIVITIES:    *Buildings and preposition of place
                            * Games to learn - buildings
                                                      - downtown buildings
                                                      - directions
                                                      - where and how often
                                                      - what to find in le bureau de tabac
                                                      - meaning of avoir and être
                                                      - conjugation of avoir and être

                            * Numbers
                            * Quiz on - places
                                           - using inversion in questions


Chapter 4: CULTURE
                                * Climate in France:  Météo France
                                                              7 day forecast
                                                                 Celsius versus Fahrenheit
                                * Seasons:     info on spring
                                                     info on summer
                                                     info on fall
                                                     info on winter
                                * Bread in France                                                            History of the Camembert

GRAMMAR:
                                    * faire
                                    * expressions with faire
                                    * demonstrative adjectives
                                    * interoggative adjectives
 

VOCABULARY:
                                    * Vocabulary on seasons

ACTIVITIES:                *  Time
                                    *  The weather
                                    *  Games on  - weather expressions
                                                         - Quel temps fait-il?
                                                         - Quelle heure est-il?
                                                         - Military time
                                    * Quiz on     - weather and dates

Chapter 5: CULTURE
                                * French University Professors
                                * French educational system
                                * High school standards of French schools:
                                          a test on French education with some good web sites of the
                                            education on the bottom of the page
                                * Grading
                                * French summer schools  or semester abroad one can attend in France
                                   Semesters abroad to learn French 
                                * French calendar:
                                                      vocabulary on days
                                                      vocabulary on months
                                 * Function of the "café"

GRAMMAR :
                                * Possessive adjectives
                                * verb venir
                                * verb prendre and suivre

VOCABULARY
                                 * Vocabulary on family members
                                   pronunciation of family members
                                 * classes to take in High school and College
                                 * Numbers up to 1.000.000

ACTIVITIES:* Days, Months and Date
                                                          (review demonstrative and interrogative adjectives)
                         * Family and possessive adjectives
                         * games on   - days and months
                                             - ordinal numbers and months
                                             - numbers up to 1.000.000
                                             - courses offered in school
                                             - school subjects
                                             - prendre, apprendre, comprendre
                                             - a review of all irregular verbs known up to this chapter
                                             - the family
                                             - regular -er verbs review
                                             - more regular -er verbs  review
                        * Quiz on       - possessive adjectives
                                             - numbers
                                             - review of grammar and vocabulary up to this chapter
 

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