Full Year
How does second language learning enrich one's life and inform a sense of global citizenship?
How can I use my own language to learn a new one?
How can I use my daily life experiences to motivate me to learn another language?
How is language culture?
Naming activities (in the infinitive)
Affirmative and negative sentences
Serveral -er verbs
To like, prefer, dislike, to do various activities (aimer, preférer, détester)
Wanting to, being able to, and having to do various activities (vouloir, pouvoir, devoir)
The conjugation of the verbs to be, to have, to do and their expressions
The conjugation of -er verbs
Words expressing place (here, there, in class, etc.)
Asking a question with 'est-ce que'
Some prepositions of place and conjunctions
Adverbs
Questions words
Naming people in one's life (family, friends, classmates, neighbors, etc.)
Talking about people (nationality, physical appearance, and personality, what activities they like to do and do not like to do)
Some possessions
Describing the possessions (nationality, looks, color)
Meeting people: Introducing onself, spelling words, asking someone's name, saying where one is from
Greeting people: Saying hello, asking how people feel, saying good-bye
Talking about other people: Pointing people out, finding out someone's name, saying where a person is from
Introducing one's family: Giving their names, giving their age
Expressing hunger and thirst: Offering someone something to eat/drink, differentiating between how to ask a friend versus an adult for something to eat/drink, ordering food or beverages in a café
Paying at a café: Asking what something costs, asking a friend to lend you money
Talking about the time: Asking for the time, indicating the time, saying when certain events (a date, a concert, etc.) are scheduled.
Talking about dates: Asking the day of the week, giving the date, talking about birthdays
Talking about the weather and the seasons
Describing daily activities: What people do and don't do, what people like to do and don't like to do, what one wants and doesn't want to do
Talking about where people are
Finding out what is going on: Asking yes/no questions, asking information questions
Inviting friends to do things with you: Extending/accepting/turning down an invitation
Expanding one's conversational skills: Answering yes/no questions, expressing approval or regret, expressing mild doubt or surprise
Describing oneself or others: Physical appearance, age, charater traits, nationality
Describing one's room: What is in the room, where things are located
Talking about possessions: Things that one owns and doesn't own, whether they work or not, where they were made, what they look like
Expanding one's conversational skills: Getting someone's attention, making generalizations, expressing opinions, talking about regular events, contradicting a negative statement or question, introducing a conclusion.
Lesson quizzes: vocabulary, grammar, writing, and listening comprehension (after each lesson: weekly to bi-weekly): focus on attention to detail and accuracy
Unit test: vocabulary, grammar, writing, and listening comprehension (after 4 lessons): focus on overall ability to manipulate the language proficiently enough to understand the language, and communicate effectively enough to be understood by a native, at a basic level
Prepared and impromptu oral activities (in-class or through Google Voice), and oral and written responses based on listening exercises
Prepared short skits evaluated on memorization, pronunciation, intonation, presentation and body language
Textbook Discovering French Bleu Lessons 1 to 12
Workbook Discovering French Bleu
Material created by the teacher, authentic articles, and audio & video clips, various online resources
Students begin to compare their daily life with the life of a peer in francophone countries
Students learn to make or appreciate various typical French dishes
Students watch 2 age and culturally appropriate movies.