Scroll down the page to find a list of web links to reinforce what you did in class, and for suggestions for tasks 3 & 4 of the portfolio.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Work due	Connexions	You will learn how to:	**Grammar/Topics**
1		Module 1, Unités 1 et 2	Determine your language needs and learning styles, set yourself some learning objectives Greet people, introduce yourself, understand numbers, spell words, count to 69, ask simple questions, talk about nationalities, age, address.	Present tense. Verbs être and avoir, first group verbs. Questions, declarative and negative sentences; le/la/les; je/tu/il...; Quel/Quelle The alphabet, numbers, the language of the Internet, the geography of France, France within Europe.
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4		Module 1, Unité 3	Express likes and dislikes, talk about yourself, express possession, count further than 69.	C’est vs. il est ; mon/ma/mes...; partitives (du/de la); on=nous; negation (ne...pas); oui/non/si Sports, professions, television.
5	Portfolio Part 1 due	Module 2 Unité 4	Ask somebody to do something, ask politely.	Aller + verb; simple imperatives; le/la/les vs. un/une/des; passé composé. Months of the year, expressions with avoir. Celebrations in France.
6	Reading Week		Self-evaluation / revision
7		Module 2, Unité 5	Invite, accept/refuse an invitation, tell the time and date, make an appointment.	Questions with Est-ce que; regular verb conjugations; some irregular verbs; pronouns with prepositions. Time, date, days of the week. Going out in France.
8		Module 2, Unité 6	Ask for / Indicate quantity and price; express positive and negative opinions.	Direct object pronouns; ne...pas de; the pronoun en; the partitive form. Quantities (beaucoup de...); Qu'est-ce que, Combien; food. French meals, French cafés.
9		Module 2, Unité 6
10	Complete Portfolio due	Révisions	Reflect on your learning, evaluate yourself	Course evaluation
11	In-Class assessments

Minor changes might occur throughout the term.

Important dates:

Monday 2^nd October : Courses start

Thursday 2^nd November : Portfolio Part 1 due

Week starting 6^th November : Reading Week

Wednesday 1st November : Staff/student committee meeting

Thursday7^th December : Complete Portfolio due

Week starting 11^th December : In-class assessments (Note: your presence is absolutely essential on those days).

Friday 15^th December : Term ends

Assessments:

Assessment components (= assessed coursework)

Weighting

To be done in or out of class?

Due date

Reading/writing/listening/

speaking assessment

70% of final mark

In-class: 1 end-of-term assessment

Last week of term

Independent study

30% of final mark

Out-of-class: 1 Language Learning Portfolio

Thursday of penultimate week

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Websites for Stage 1

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1. GENERAL ACTIVITIES

· BBC ON LINE

Go to Talk French for topic-based activities, go to Quick Fix to learn some holiday phrases (audio), or to Painless Grammar for some help. France Inside Out has cultural info on France both in French and in English. Loads of other fun activities available.

www.bbc.co.uk/education/languages/french/index.shtml

· FRANCAIS INTERACTIF

An online French “course” designed by the University of Texas where you will find a lot of activities based on video clips, a simple grammar reference, vocabulary lists with sound organised by topic and a series of writing activities using the Internet.

http://www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/index.html

· BONJOUR DE FRANCE

Lots of activities and exercises (vocabulary, grammar, reading comprehension…)

All levels. An excellent site, helpful and easy to use.

www.bonjourdefrance.com

· POLICIER

Searching for the killer! Clues will be given through grammar, lexical, reading

comprehension exercises. All levels from beginners.

http://www.polarfle.com/

· FRENCH TUTORIAL

A complete and very user-friendly tutorial covering simple grammar, verb conjugation, vocabulary by topic and pronunciation practice, with audio. A good reference to keep close-by.

http://www.frenchtutorial.com/standard/toc.php

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2. GRAMMAR

· CONJUGATIONS

You forgot how to conjugate a verb ? Here is the site you need:

http://www.verbix.com/languages/french.shtml

· SIMPLE GRAMMAR

The BBC site:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/languages/french/grammar/index.shtml

All about verbs :

http://www.btinternet.com/~s.glover/S.Glover/languagesite/Grammargate.htm (click on "Verbes, verbes, verbes")

Alternatively, you can go to the grammar reference contained in the Français interactif site, most explanations are followed by a practice exercise with answers.

http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr/index.html