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 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

Mondays, Sept. 23 to Dec. 16 (10 weeks, no classes Sept. 30, Oct. 14 or Nov. 11)
5:30 - 7 p.m. | Instructor: Murtador Garba
$195 (No HST)

Tuesdays, Sept. 24 to Nov. 26 (10 weeks)
6 - 7:30 p.m. | Instructor: Mona Hosseini
$195 (No HST)

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Winter term

Mondays, Jan. 27 to April 14 (10 weeks, no classes Feb. 17 or March 3)
5:30 - 7 p.m. | Instructor: Murtador Garba
$195 (No HST)

Tuesdays, Jan. 28 to April 8 (10 weeks, no class March 4)
6 - 7:30 p.m. | Instructor: Mona Hosseini
$195 (No HST)

Registration opens Oct. 18.

About Murtador Garba

Murtador Garba was born and raised in Benin, a French-speaking country in West Africa, where he studied Agriculture Science & Project Management. Murtador moved to Edmundston, N.B. in 2014, and studied small business management at Collège Communautaire du Nouveau Brunswick (CCNB) and taught Cultural Diversity classes. Murtador is now based in Fredericton where he’s been teaching French for the past three years.

In addition to teaching, Murtador is a bilingual songwriter, multidisciplinary artist, producer, and videographer. He is also a member of “MusicNB” and the “East Coast Music Association.”

About Mona Hosseini

Mona Hosseini has a Ph.D. in Literary studies from Moncton, NB and several pedagogical trainings in Grenoble, France. She has been teaching French to government employees and immigrants since 2008.

Mona also has a teaching certificate in new methods of teaching French to non-French speakers from Stendhal University. Mona is proud to live in New Brunswick and to be able to share her linguistic knowledge with everyone.