- The focus of this level is the acquisition of conversational and listening skills, which involve a wider range of tenses than in "On y Va!"
- Students will develop strategies to understand more complex conversational and/or reading structures and begin to use these by incorporating more sophisticated tenses (the subjunctive, the future, conditional and complex past tenses) into their speech.
- The vocabulary topics and cultural themes will vary from session to session.
- The variety of topics will allow the student to increase their vocabulary while continuing to acquire these more advanced grammatical structures necessary for successful communication.
Atelier d’hiver
- A table! — What are the rules of etiquette when dining in France? What is the vocabulary necessary to correct order and describe what you are eating?
- Faisons le marché! — What's on your shopping list? Do you know all the terms for the various quantities and types of fruit and vegetables?
- Y ou en? — What are those two little words that the French use so much? Use them in the context of a day at work.
Atelier d’été
- 12 m² à louer. — What kind of apartment is that? Learn the vocabulary for describing an apartment/house and giving your opinion of it.
- Celle/celui que je préfère. — Whether you are looking at clothes or cars, learn to be specific in expressing your preferences. You don't want to be misunderstood.
- Avez-vous bien observé? — Learn how to relate a past event with lots of details. Who was doing what when why and how?
Atelier d’automne
- Avantages et inconvénients. — Learn how to compare and contrast and state your choice. This lesson also introduces lots of idiomatic French that might mystify you at first (ex: “Il a gagné les doigts dans le nez” means “Il a gagné sans difficulté”).
- Les règles du jeu. — What are the rules of the game when you want to talk about the best of something? How interested in sports are the French?
- Ca sera comment? — What will the future hold? Use the vocabulary of nature and ecology to talk about conditions today and what the future may bring.
Required textbook & workbook set: Reflets 1
Recommended for all AF students: The Ultimate French Review & Practice Book
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This level has three sessions, which can be taken in any order.