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French Beginners Level 2: LANG 2002

Continue to improve your French

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

By the end of level 2, you will have an expanded vocabulary and be able to understand, ask and answer questions using simple sentences. This course is for you if you:

  • Meet the criteria listed in French Beginners Level 1
  • Have a basic French vocabulary
  • Can form simple sentences and understand some spoken language

Topics covered include:

  • Numerals 1-60, telling the time, seasons, months, days, present tense of irregular reflexive verb s’asseoir, the cedilla.
  • Countries, inhabitants, languages, towns, phrases with avoir, omission of the article, irregularities of some -er verbs, word order.
  • Numerals from 60 onwards, collective numerals and measurements, comparative and superlative of adjectives, present tense of connaître and savoir.
  • Relative pronouns, the conjunction que.
  • Quel and lequel, demonstrative pronouns, comparative and superlative of adverbs, present tense of vouloir and pouvoir.
  • The future tense, use of the future tense, emphatic pronouns, present tense of ecrire and recevoir.
  • The perfect tense with avoir, agreement of the past participle after avoir, the position of adverbs.
  • The perfect tense with être, insertion of the definite article.

No materials are required.

Winter term

Tuesdays, Jan. 28 to April 8 (10 weeks, no class March 4)
7:45 - 9:15 p.m.
UNB Fredericton
9 MacAulay Lane, Tilley Hall, Room 125
$195 (No HST)

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Summer term

Tuesdays, May 6 to July 15 (10 weeks, no class July 1)
7:45 - 9:15 p.m.
UNB Fredericton
9 MacAulay Lane, Tilley Hall, Room 125
$195 (No HST)
Registration opens Feb. 15.

About the instructor

Émilie Maltais is a native French speaker from Saguenay QC. She studied and graduated from UQAC university in 2020 with a degree in French education. She worked in Québec as a French teacher for two years before moving to New-Brunswick.

She is currently teaching French at École Sainte-Anne. Émilie loves teaching French to francophone students as well as French as a second language students.