French for Beginners

This course is designed for learners who are new to French and who learn best by having fun. It will give students the opportunity to build a foundational understanding of the language by practising their listening, speaking and writing French skills through reading and engaging tasks.

As students learn best by doing, a variety of interactive games and activities will be used. We will learn using songs, games, role-playing and most importantly, fun! Every class will begin with a review of the previous class, as the best way to learn a new language is to practice and reinforce.  

Learning a new language can be intimidating, this class aims to make language learning fun and put students at ease in order to create a safe and welcoming learning environment. J’espère de vous voir en classe! (I hope to see you in class!)  

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We will be focusing on building our speaking, listening, writing and reading skills in French authentically. Particular emphasis will be placed on phonetic awareness, reading fluency and reading comprehension in order to build confidence in oral communication. Content covered will include:

• Greetings, presenting oneself; letters a & i  
• Numbers; letters o & u  
• Colours; letter e  

• Days of the week; letters e & e  
• Months of the year; Review; a, i, o, u, e, e & e  
• Weather; letter p  
• Family members; letter l  
• Common adjectives; letter m  

• Common fruits & vegetables; letter t  
• Body parts; letter r  
• Classroom objects; letter d  
• Clothing; letter v  
• Domestic animals; letter n  

• Farm animals: letter s  
• Methods of transportation; letter b  
• Winter activities; letter f  
• Position of objects; letters k & c  
• Personal Pronouns Part 1; letter g  

• Personal Pronouns Part 2; letter z

Each lesson will be divided into three main components:

• Oral Communication (30 minutes)  

• Introduction of concept  
• Student-centered activity  

• Phonics (30 minutes)  

• Introduction of sound(s) of the week  
• Student-centered activities  

• Reading Comprehension (30 minutes)  

• Read aloud of a short story  

• Formulating written and oral responses to comprehension questions  
• Discussion  

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• Every week students will be assigned a task and will be given time to complete this task during class. If they do not complete it during class time, they may submit it anytime prior to our next class on Microsoft Teams.  
• A dedicated notebook/binder/duotang  

• Writing tools (pencils, pens, erasers)  
• Pencil Crayons  
• To make the most out of our time together, students are expected to have all materials ready at the start of each class.  

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