French Beginners Level 1 : Course outline

According to group goals, the teacher may do more or less than this, and may not need to cover everything in the list below!

Topics & Vocabulary:

• Greetings
• Alphabet + letters combination
• Nationalities and countries
• Jobs
• Numbers
• Giving personal details (address, telephone number, email, age)
• Filling a form
• Food and drinks
• Holidays in France and abroad
• Describing a city (jobs and places)
• Using a dictionary

Grammar:

• The Present Tense
• The simple Future
• Nouns – feminine, masculine, singular, plural
• The verbs ‘être’, ‘avoir’ in the present tense
• Articles – definite and indefinite
• Adjective agreement in gender and number
• Verbs in ‘ER’
• Prepositions of place
• Il y a + Il n’y a pas
• Word order: sentence/question
• Key prepositions – à, dans, en, au, etc.
• Yes/no questions

Cultural Content:

• Paris
• Cities of France
• French speaking countries
• French names
• Map of France

Skills Work (More applicable to Beginners 2 level):

• Lots of speaking/active practice
• Role-plays
• Lots of listening
• Pronunciation – key sounds