- The focus of this level is the acquisition of conversational and listening skills, which involve the present, and past tenses of high frequency verbs as well as the near future.
- Students will develop strategies to understand more complex conversational and/or reading structures and begin to use these in their own 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 fundamental grammatical structures necessary for successful communication.
Atelier d’été
- Joyeux Anniversaire — This lesson will give you tips on how to be the perfect guest — What flowers to offer the hostess and how to compliment her food.
- Qu’est-ce que vous faites…? How do Americans and the French spend their leisure time? Survey your class and then compare the results with a survey of French people. Any surprises?
- Soyez précis! — Learn to go beyond the formalities of conversation and to give your opinion.
Atelier d’automne
- La vie n’est pas toujours facile! — What happens when life has those rough spots? Learn how to ask for information, to offer advice and to solve problems! Topic is the Paris metro/public
- On peut toujours s’arranger! — They say that where there are 3 Frenchmen together, there will be 4 opinions! Learn how to be persuasive and how to agree to disagree.
- Une journée bien remplie! — “Métro, boulot, dodo.” That describes the daily routine most of us experience. What vocabulary will you need to talk about your very busy day?
Atelier d’hiver
- Un certain savoir-faire — This lesson will make you very “savvy’ — you’ll learn all those prepositions that indicate place, the silent language of gestures, the secrets of the three verbs “to know”.
- Vouloir, c’est pouvoir. — “Where there’s a will, there’s a way”. Once again, you get to practice asking those important questions, understanding the answers and saying what you really think is important.
- Qu’est-ce que vous en pensez? — Learn how to give your opinion on something using pronouns instead of repeating the noun. You will sound so much more French! The topic is fashion.
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.