FRENCH ELEMENTARY (1) SYLLABUS

Here is the suggested programme for our Elementary 1 French course, taking place on Tuesdays, between 6pm and 7.30pm. I hope that you will find it useful, as a sort of guideline over what's going to happen over the next 12 weeks. As you know, it is likely to change slightly depending on what you need - it is a work in progress!!! Bon week-end et à mardi!

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INTRODUCTIONS Introductions – questionnaire (Revising questions + basic verbs). Talking about oneself: tastes, habits and work. (basic verbs) Your vision of France: facts and fictions (negations + savoir/connaître) VOCABULARY ENRICHMENT Describing an object (Adjectives) Talking about where you live (introduction to object pronouns) The house of your dreams (House) Allergies (Food) : how not get ill on holidays! Trains, buses & métro (Transports) A virtual visit to the market (Food & Shops) THE PAST The way things were (The imperfect) Expressing duration in the past (The imperfect) Famous People (Passé Composé) Story time! (Passé Composé) Best joke ever (Imperfect & Passé Composé) Fairy stories (Imperfect & Passé Composé) THE FUTURE An hypothetical visit to Edinburgh (intro to the future) Be a clairvoyant for one evening Horoscopes, errorscopes? INTRODUCTION TO THE CONDITIONAL Giving advice (conditional) Could you be a diplomat? (conditional / discussion) Questionnaire chinois (conditional)