Fall 2024 – French Classes (online & on-site)

No prerequisite – This course is delivered online on Mondays and on-site on Thursdays

This class is designed for complete beginners.  The emphasis of French 101 is on very basic conversational skills. You will be able to introduce yourself and others, answer basic questions regarding your life and express personal likes and dislikes. You will also have learned the French alphabet, numbers and basic vocabulary

• Grammar skills : personal pronouns, alphabet and the accents, gender of countries, definite and indefinite articles, conjugation of verbs être, s’appeler, ER verbs, verb avoir,  C’est / il est, interrogative adjective quel, parce que / pour, possessive adjectives in the singular form.  (A1 book: dossiers 0, 1)
• Please order Cosmopolite 1: textbook isbn: 978-2014015973, workbook isbn: 978-2014015980

Mondays (Sept. 30 – Nov. 25), 6 pm – 8 pm, 18 hours, online: zoom meetings.
This class is full.

Thursdays (Oct. 3 – Dec. 5), 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, 18 hours, on-site (in-person).
This class is full.

Prerequisite A1-1 or equivalent

Designed for students who have completed 101 or those who have taken French before but believe they have forgotten everything.  The focus of this class emphasizes basic conversational skills.  You will be able to ask and answer questions about personal details such as where you live, people you know and things you own. You will be able to describe or make simple requests and invitations, understand date and time, and explain basic hopes and opinions.

• Grammar skills :  prepositions of location, contracted articles, conjugation of verbs aller, prendre, habiter, venir, negation of the verbs, demonstrative adjectives, est-ce que and inversion to ask questions, etc ;  (A1 book: dossier 2) 
• Please order Cosmopolite 1 – textbook isbn: 978-2014015973, workbook isbn: 978-2014015980

Tuesdays (Oct. 1 – Nov. 26), 6 pm – 8 pm, 18 hours, online: zoom meetings.

$270.00Add to cart

Prerequisite A1-2 or equivalent

You will be able to understand and use familiar everyday expressions and phrases aimed at asking for directions, describing a place, giving orders, talking about the weather. You will also be able ask for information and tell a story with the use of past tenses.

• Grammar skills : possessive adjectives, verbs of preference aimer, adorer, more ER verbs, verb faire + du/de la/ de l’/ des, disjunctive pronouns, expression “avoir mal” + body parts, pronominal verbs, verbs lire and écrire, pronoun “on”, verbs pouvoir, devoir, vouloir in the present tense, ;  (A1 book: lessons 3, 4, 5, 6 dossier 3 + lessons 1, 2, 3, 4 dossier 4)
• Please order Cosmopolite 1 – textbook isbn: 978-2014015973, workbook isbn: 978-2014015980

Tuesdays (Oct. 1 – Nov. 26), 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, 18 hours, online: zoom meetings.

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Prerequisite A1-4 or equivalent

You will be able to order a meal at a restaurant and express your satisfaction or discontent; express restriction ; compare present and past situations; describe your home and look for a place to live; understand and express rules.

• Grammar Skills: the future simple tense, use of “il faut”, pronoun y, the IR verbs (review), structures to talk about the weather, expressing emotions and sensations, partitive articles, expressing specific quantities, pronoun “en” (A1 book : dossier 6 + 1, 2 dossier 7)
• Please order Cosmopolite 1 – textbook isbn: 978-2014015973, workbook isbn: 978-2014015980

Thursdays (Oct. 7 – Dec. 5), 6 pm – 8 pm, 18 hours, online: zoom meetings.
No class on Nov. 25 (Thanksgiving Day)

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Prerequisite A1-6 or equivalent

You will be able to introduce yourself in details, talk about your likes and dislikes, talk about the future,

• Grammar skills: recent past, continuous present, near future; adverbs of frequency; relative pronouns qui/que; asking questions ; interrogative words (quoi, que, qui, quand, où, combien (de), comment, pourquoi, etc); simple future tense; expressing goals; etc (A2 book : dossier 1)
• Please order Inspire 2: textbook : EAN: 978-2017141853; workbook EAN : 978-2017141846

Thursdays (Oct. 7 – Dec. 5), 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, 18 hours, on-site (in-person).
No class on Nov. 25 (Thanksgiving Day)

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Prerequisite A2-1 or equivalent

You will be able to talk family relationships, describe the past, tell the story of an encounter.

• Grammar skills : Object pronouns; the indefinite adjective “tout”; passé composé tense; position of adjectives; the imparfait tense; passé composé vs. Imparfait ; etc (A2 book: dossier 2)
• Please order Inspire 2: textbook isbn: 978-2017141853; workbook isbn: 978-2015135342

Wednesdays (Oct. 2 – Dec. 4), 6 pm – 8 pm, 18 hours, online: zoom meetings.
No class on Nov. 24 (before Thanksgiving Day)

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Prerequisite: all A2 courses or equivalent

You will learn to introduce yourself, talk about yourself, about your preferences, your activities, compare, give advice and explanations, identify cultural differences, express opposition, report some recent and past news, etc.

• Grammar skills: present tense (indicative and conditional moods), recent past, near future, relative pronouns (qui, que, où, dont), comparative/superlative, expressions of cause and consequences, expressions of opposition, passé composé / imparfait (B1 book : dossier 1) 
• Please order Inspire 3 – textbook EAN: 9782017133452; workbook EAN: 9782017133469:

Tuesdays (0ct. 1 – Nov. 26), 6 pm – 8 pm, 18 hours, on-site (in-person).

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Prerequisite B1-1 or equivalent

You will learn to anticipate and manage a health problem, learn about health insurance, understand administrative documents, ask for help and advise, describe similarities and differences, talk about and organize outings.

• Grammar skills: express consequence, imperative and personal pronouns to give instructions, indirect discourse to report words or thoughts, negation to nuance one’s tastes and interests, expressions to advise and emphasize; (B1 book : dossier 2 lessons 2, 3; 4 ; dossier 3 lesson 1)
• Please order Inspire 3 – textbook isbn: 9782017133452; workbook isbn: 9782017133469

Thursdays (Oct. 3 – Dec. 5), 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, 18 hours, online: zoom meetings.
No class Nov. 25 (Thanksgiving Day)

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Prerequisite B1-6  or equivalent

You will learn to characterize and describe a profession, express an objective, lead a debate, alert about the risks of a practice, react to an assertion, talk about the media, etc.

Grammar skills: the subjunctive mood, the present participle, direct and indirect speech in the present and past tenses, the conditional present (B1 book: dossier 7)

• Please order Inspire 3 (for all B1) – textbook EAN: 978-2017133452; workbook EAN: 978-2017133469

Mondays (Sept. 30 – Nov. 25), 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, 18 hours, online: zoom meetings.

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Prerequisite B1-7 or equivalent

You will learn to report about discrimination, talk about your appearance, imagine the human beings in the future

• Grammar skills: past tenses (passé composé, imparfait, plus-que-parfait; simple future, the past in the future; the conditional; the subjunctive mood (present and past); opposition vs. concession (B2 book: dossier 2)
• Please order Entre Nous 3; textbook EAN: 978-8416273249

Wednesdays (Oct. 2 – Dec. 4), 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, 18 hours, on-site (in-person).
No class on Nov. 27 (before Thanksgiving Day)

$270.00Add to cart