Course Objectives and Resources

French 101 @ FLCC will help students express ideas and concepts about themselves and their immediate sphere of influence including family, friends, possessions, and nearby places. Students will secure an identity and a sense of self in the Francophone world.

Module 1

• Meeting new people and making a good first impression.
• Identifying common objects at home, work, and school.
• Utilizing fundamental grammatical structures to communicate simple concepts.

Students will demonstrate context-appropriate critical thinking and information management skills by …

• Reading a cultural text and expressing insights, reactions, and reflections in writing.
• Investigating research and writing resources/services in preparation of a final creative project.

• The Alphabet and Accent Marks
• Typing French Accent Marks
• French Pronunciation – Basics
• Vowels and Vowel Sounds
• Nasal Vowel Sounds
• Consonants and Consonant Sounds

• Nouns – Basics
• Nouns – Singular and Plural
• Nouns – Masculine and Feminine
• Nouns – Definite Articles
• Nouns – Indefinite Articles
• The Expression [IL Y A] – Basics

• Getting Started – Basic Expressions
• Having a Formal Conversation
• Having an Informal Conversation

• School and Office Supplies
• School and Office Equipment

Module 2

Students will demonstrate context-appropriate reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills by …

• Describing people, places, and things with adjectives.
• Identifying basic family members.
• Utilizing the verb [ÊTRE] with basic biographical information.

Students will demonstrate context-appropriate critical thinking and information management skills by …

• Reading a cultural text and expressing insights, reactions, and reflections in writing.
• Researching and selecting a topic in preparation of a final creative project.

• Adjectives – Basics
• Adjective Agreement
• Adjective Placement – Basics

• Subject Pronouns – Basics
• Subject Pronouns – [TU] and [VOUS]
• Subject Pronoun – [ON]
• Verb Conjugation – Basics
• Basic Negation

• The Verb [ÊTRE] – Basics
• [C’EST] vs. [IL/ELLE EST]

• Family Members – Basics
• Physical Descriptions with [ÊTRE]
• Personality Traits

Module 3

Students will demonstrate context-appropriate reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills by …

• Utilizing numbers 0-1000 with objects.
• Describing age and specific character traits with the verb AVOIR.
• Indicating possession with AVOIR and ownership with the preposition DE.

Students will demonstrate context-appropriate critical thinking and information management skills by …

• Reading a cultural text and expressing insights, reactions, and reflections in writing.
• Conducting research and creating an MLA-formatted Bibliography in preparation of a final creative project.

• Possessive Adjectives
• The Preposition [DE] and Possession

• The Verb [AVOIR] – Basics
• The Verb [AVOIR] with Possession
• The Verb [AVOIR] with Age
• The Verb [AVOIR] with Hair and Eyes

• Numbers 0-30
• Numbers 30-60
• Numbers 60-100
• Numbers 100-1000+

Module 4

Students will demonstrate context-appropriate reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills by …

• Engaging yes or no questions.
• Identifying likes and dislikes.
• Describing when certain events are occurring.

Students will demonstrate context-appropriate critical thinking and information management skills by …

• Reading a cultural text and expressing insights, reactions, and reflections in writing.
• Creating an MLA-formatted Annotated Bibliography in preparation of a final creative project.

• Likes and Dislikes
• Present Tense [-ER] Verbs
• The Present Indicative Tense and Future Events
• Asking Questions – Yes / No
• Adverbs of Frequency

• Common Regular [-ER] Verbs

Module 5

Students will demonstrate context-appropriate reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills by …

• Engaging common actions occurring in the present.
• Identifying common places in the city.
• Asking basic questions using interrogatives.

Students will demonstrate context-appropriate critical thinking and information management skills by …

• Reading a cultural text and expressing insights, reactions, and reflections in writing.
• Extracting useful data from sources in preparation of a final creative project.

• Present Tense [-IR] Verbs
• The Verb [ALLER]
• The Near Future – [ALLER] + Infinitive
• Asking Questions – Interrogatives

• Places in the City – Basics
• Common Regular [-IR] Verbs

Module 6

Students will demonstrate context-appropriate reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills by …

• Engaging common actions occurring in the present.
• Identifying days, months, seasons, and the date and time.
• Asking questions using inversion.
• Recognizing context-appropriate imperatives.

Students will demonstrate context-appropriate critical thinking and information management skills by …

• Reading a cultural text and expressing insights, reactions, and reflections in writing.
• Synthesizing data into a product for a final creative project.

• Present Tense [-RE] Verbs
• Asking Questions – Inversion

• Imperatives – Basics
• Imperatives – Construction and Form

• Telling Time – The 12-Hour Clock
• Telling Time – The 24-Hour Clock
• Telling the Date

• Days of the Week
• Months of the Year
• The Four Seasons
• Expressions of Time (Present and Future)

• Common Regular [-RE] Verbs