French Beginners Level 3 – 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:

• Food and drinks
• Talking about prices
• Eating out – booking a table, ordering
• Eating habits
• Talking about future plans
• Talking about abilities
• Talking about life experience

Grammar:

• Quantities
• Partitive articles: du, de la, des
• Near future : aller + infinitive
• Direct Object Pronouns : le, la, les
• Passé composé with être and avoir + past participles (regular/irregular)
• Verbs pouvoir and savoir
• Time words and phrases: depuis, pendant, il y a, etc.

Cultural Content:

• French food and drinks
• Eating etiquette
• French eating habits
• Famous French people
• French NGOs
• French cheeses

Skills Work:

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