French Program - Level 1

Course Description

Morning Course:

During the morning session, students study four French skills - reading, writing, speaking and listening - through a  “Communicative Language Teaching” methodology. New grammar patterns are learned in the context of a conversation or a real-life situation. Students also use various activities to practice French conversation including listening tasks, role plays, and discussions. Practical reading and writing tasks and vocabulary studies are presented as well in our 6 available levels. Students can begin on any Monday, except if they are beginners in French. In that case, we have starting dates.
 

Afternoon Course:

During the afternoon session, students will cover a variety of topics while practicing French conversation management, North American conversational styles, and pronunciation. Students learn commonly-used idioms and slang in a communicative way. Teachers also use various activities to practice these new idioms including listening tasks, role play, and discussion.
 

TEXTBOOK: TAXI! 1

COURSE OBJECTIVES: 1. Develop listening skills needed to understand native speakers. 2. Follow and get the main meaning of conversations between native speakers. 3. Speak with some confidence with native speakers in general daily topics such as greetings, shopping, family, etc. 4. Build vocabulary about different common daily topics so that you can express yourself better. 5. Express basic feelings in French.  For example, offering help, agreeing and disagreeing with what  people say, arguing about a topic, explaining feelings to a doctor, reporting an emergency or accident and expressing surprise.

TEXTBOOK: ALTER EGO 1

COURSE OBJECTIVES: 1. Speak with other French speakers in common     everyday topics like family, weather, shopping, travel, and hobbies. 2. Have basic tools to help you start and follow a basic conversation with native speakers without being afraid of making mistakes. 3. Identify basic pronunciation features in French and replicate native-like pronunciation of words and phrases. 4. Learn and appreciate different ways people see the world. 5. Develop some basic reading and writing skills necessary to function well in an French-speaking country 6. Understand your learning style and be able to check your own progress.