French – Beginner Level
OBJECTIVES
Beginner level participants have no or very little knowledge of the French language
At the end of the course, the participants will be able to:
- Communicate orally and in writing in order to execute simple everyday tasks
- Understand and use common and familiar expressions as well as very simple statements aimed at meeting concrete needs
- Introduce oneself or introduce somebody else
- Ask questions to someone that concerns them and answer similar questions
- Talk about the weather
- Communicate about simple and usual tasks which requires a simple and direct exchange of information regarding familiar and usual subjects
- Using simple language, describe their education, their immediate surroundings and bring forth subjects that correspond to their immediate needs
TARGET CLIENTELE
Anyone whose mother tongue is not French
A placement test is suggested before registering for a course.
PREREQUISITES
None
COURSE SYLLABUS
- Thematic Content
- Introductions, greetings and using formal and informal language in a social setting
- Talk about oneself, their family and entourage
- Contacting someone, taking a leave of absence
- Discuss the weather and know the seasons
- Know the days of the week and months
- Know the names of countries and their corresponding adjectives
- Describe rooms, furniture and objects in a house
- Ask and answer questions regarding simple daily activities
- Describe a person, an object or a location
- Order a meal in a restaurant
- Buy items (clothes, food, etc.)
- Cardinal numbers from 1 to 1000 and ordinal numbers from 1st to 100th
- Tell time, dates, frequency and duration
- Describe a town or a suburb
- Express action that are happening at this moment
- Travel throughout the city
- Talk about the various means of transportation
- Express an opinion
- Ask for information
- Know professions and discuss some activities and conditions regarding work
- Express taste and preferences
- Know where you are, locations
- Grammar
- Alphabet
- Nouns and gender (masculine and feminine)
- Definite, indefinite and possessive determinates
- Numbers from 0 to 100
- Personal pronouns that are subject
- Adjectives
- Comparatives and superlatives
- The most common verbs:
- avoir
- être
- faire
- aller
- aimer
- finir
- devoir
- vouloir
- pouvoir
- naître
- venir de
- Present tense of verbs
- avoir
- être
- verb groups
- Interrogation
- basic questions
- Negatives
- Imperative
- Past tenses
- imparfait, passé composé
- Near future
- Prepositions of location
- Vocabulary
- Time
- Numbers
- Family
- Body parts
- Daily activities and hobbies
- Description of objects
- form
- size
- color
- Expressions of time
- Nationalities and professions
- Expressions using avoir
- avoir faim
- avoir soif
- Weather vocabulary
- Greetings
- Oral Expression
- Various subjects
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As we are an organization that is certified by Emploi-Québec, we are able to fill out all required documents for you. Moreover, we can even find the contact person at Emploi-Québec!
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