Accelerated course reviewing basic principles of the French language for students with some background of high school French.
Athena Title
Accelerated Elementary French
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in FREN 1002
Prerequisite
Placement Test
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will identify a general topic and some basic information in French in both very familiar and everyday contexts by recognizing practiced or memorized words, phrases, and simple sentences in texts that are spoken or written.
Students will communicate in spontaneous spoken and written conversations on both very familiar and everyday topics, using a variety of practiced or memorized words, phrases, simple sentences, and questions.
Students will present information on both very familiar and everyday topics using a variety of practiced or memorized words, phrases, and simple sentences through spoken or written language.
Students will identify cultural products and practices to help them understand others’ perspectives.
Students will interact at a survival level in some familiar everyday contexts.
Topical Outline
Pronunciation: rhythm, consonants, vowels, liaison.
Basic tenses for communication: present, past, imperfect.
Regular verb conjugations: first, second, third.
High-frequency irregular verbs: avoir, ˆtre, aller, faire, pouvoir, vouloir.
Vocabulary of useful items: personal possessions, food, family members, clothing, shopping, social issues.
Pronouns: subject, object, stressed.
Moods: indicative, imperative, subjunctive.
Vocabulary and structures of conversational topics: time, weather, course work, calendar, numbers.
Readings and culture: technology, the French-speaking world, money, family life.
