French Accelerated (Beginners)

Over the course of the Accelerated French Beginners course you will cover the following topics and grammar:

Topics covered

Alphabet/ sound system, yourself and your family, jobs, nationalities, daily activities; tastes and plans, weekly activities and duties; food and drink, objects and situations; parts of the body and ailments, making appointments; making plans for the weekend; travel; shopping, past events

Grammatical structures

Basic verbs: 'être and avoir' (to be and to have) and the verb endings in the present tense. Frequent verbs such as 'manger, marcher, regarder, téléphoner, écouter , travailler and the conjugation in the present tense; Definite and indefinite articles 'le, la, les' ( the) 'un, une, des';. Partitive article 'du, de la, des'; Possessive adjectives 'mon, ma, mes'; Masculine and feminine nouns; Plural of nouns; Interrogative and negative forms. Key words to ask questions:'Qui, où,, quand, comment'; Comparatives; 'Plus grand, que / moins riche que'; Opposites and frequencies; 'Toujours, jamais, souvent '; Irregular verbs in the present tense 'prendre, aller, venir',modal verbs: 'vouloir, pouvoir, devoir; savoir' with conjugations in the present tense. Present tense of verbs ending in 'ir' and 're'. Pronouns for direct and indirect object such as 'lui' and 'leur'. More key questions words: 'pourquoi, parce que, avec qui, depuis quand'; Introduction to passé composé (Past tense). Regular, irregular and motions verbs (aller, venir, monter, arriver) in the past tense. Adjectives and their agreement; More comparatives: Meilleur que / mieux que; More opposites and frequencies: autant que (as well as), quelquefois. Past tense of modal verbs; Immediate future: 'Je vais prendre'

Learning objectives
o Greeting people
o Introducing yourself, your family and others
o Talking about nationalities and jobs
o Describing your house and your neighbourhood
o Selecting food and wine in a shop
o Dressing up for the four seasons
o Talking about your daily routine including days and hours
o Talking about your interests and making plans.
o Asking for help
o Inviting, arranging to meet and replying to an invitation
o Leaving and receiving phone messages;
o Saying what you want to do, can do or must do
o Describing people, clothes and buying habits
o Visiting the doctor
o Ordering meals and making travel reservations
o Describing a sequence of events in the past
o Handling short social exchanges mixing present, past and immediate future tenses
o Obtaining information on prices and quantities