French Beginners Level 1: LANG 2001

Take the mystery out of one of our province's official languages

This course helps you to develop your French language skills (listening, speaking, and strategies for reading and writing) by focusing on the use of vocabulary, grammar, comprehension and sentence construction. Topics covered include:

• Alphabet, accents, pronunciation, gender of nouns, definite and indefinite articles, plural of nouns, present tense of avoir and être.
• Partitive article (du, de la), agreement of adjectives, il y a, forming questions.
• Present tense of verb endings in -er, showing possession, to or at, present tense of aller, immediate future (present tense of aller + infinitive).
• Question forms of verbs, negatives, use of de, possessive adjectives, present tense of dire, lire, partir and prendre.
• Present tense of verbs ending in -ir, position of adjectives, use of de, feminine forms of adjectives, use of on, present tense of jeter.
• Present tense of verbs ending in -re, irregular plural forms of nouns and adjectives, use of tout, the demonstrative adjective, voici and voilà, present tense of boire and faire.
• Personal pronoun objects of verbs (conjunctives), the imperative, position of personal pronoun objects with the imperative, present tense of venir, voir, vouloir, immediate past (present tense of venir + de + infinitive).
• Reflexive verbs, formation and position of adverbs, present tense of ouvrir and mettre.

The material covers a variety of everyday topics in a simple, concise manner. There will be plenty of examples and explanations to illustrate how the language works and to build confidence. Each lesson contains: clear grammar explanations, vocabulary lists, and reading material consisting of a story, dialogue or letter, questions for speaking practice, and oral/written exercises.

By the end of Level 1, you will have gained some elementary vocabulary and be able to understand, ask and answer questions using simple sentences. No materials are required.

Fall term

Tuesdays, Sept. 24 to Nov. 26 (10 weeks)
6 - 7:30 p.m.
UNB Fredericton
9 MacAulay Lane, Tilley Hall, Room 125
$195 (No HST)

Winter term

Tuesdays, Jan. 28 to April 8 (10 weeks, no class March 4)
6 - 7:30 p.m.
UNB Fredericton
9 MacAulay Lane, Tilley Hall, Room 125
$195 (No HST)

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About the instructor

Victoria Pelletier was born and raised in Fredericton, but spent the past couple of years in Quebec. She holds a BA (English and French) as well as a BEd from St. Thomas University.

Victoria is currently working on curriculum and instruction studies at UNB. Victoria has worked in the K-12 system and recently, with adult learners at the Valcartier Military Family Resource Center. Victoria is currently working on her MEd in Critical Studies at UNB. She has a passion for additional language learning and is excited to share that passion with you.