FR 101 First Year French, Term 1

Lecture Hours: 4
Credits: 4

Introduces the French language (including listening, speaking, reading and writing) and Francophone culture (including geography, customs, daily life, heritage and literature), facilitated by the study of vocabulary, grammar, short readings and guided conversation. Instructor and students use French as the primary language of the class.

Prerequisite: Placement into WR 115 or higher; or WR 090 (or concurrent enrollment), or WR 115 or higher; or consent of instructor. (All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)
Student Learning Outcomes:

Respond simply and logically to spoken words and phrases.
Respond simply and logically to simple oral questions and statements supported by context and redundancy.
Pronounce words understandably.
Orally list objects and activities; identify and describe people and objects.
Interpret written words and phrases, including cognates.
Interpret main ideas from simple written text through repeated reading and contextual clues.
Transcribe and spell words accurately.
Compose written lists, questions, and simple sentences.
Interpret a few behaviors and basic nonverbal cues in very limited situations.
Describe selected aspects of the geography, history, artistic heritage, and cultural practices of the French-speaking world.

Content Outline

UNIT 1: Greetings!
- Lesson 1A: How’s it going?
  - French alphabet
  - In the café
  - Nouns & articles 
  - Numbers 0-60
- Lesson 1B: In class
  - Silent letters
  - Classmates
  - Subject pronouns
  - Verb to be
  - Adjective agreement
UNIT 2: On campus
- Lesson 2A: Courses
  - Liaisons
  - Too much homework!
  - Present tense of -er verbs
  - Questions & negations 
- Lesson 2B: A week on campus
  - The letter ‘r’
  - One finds a solution
  - Present tense of to have
  - Telling time
UNIT 3: Family and friends
- Lesson 3A: Marie Laval’s family
  - Accents
  - Photo album
  - Descriptive adjectives
  - Possessive adjectives
- Lesson 3B: A week on campus
  - More accents
  - One works at home
  - Numbers 61-100
  - Prepositions and disjunctive pronouns
UNIT 4: In the café
- Lesson 4A: Where are we going?
  - Oral vowels
  - Movie star
  - The verb to go
  - Interrogative words
- Lesson 4B: I’m hungry!
  - Nasal vowels
  - Time to eat
  - The verbs to take and to drink
  - Partitives