Jacksonville State University College of Arts and Sciences Updated

Jacksonville State University
College of Arts and Sciences
Updated January 2013
FH 101: Beginner’s French I
Course Description
Beginning French grammar, pronunciation, culture, and supplementary work in
the laboratory (Quia).
Text
Contacts, 7th edition. Valette, Valette
Course Objectives
Students will demonstrate:
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An understanding of general non-technical topics spoke in French at a
normal conversational tempo
Comprehension of and the ability to connect major ideas and details in the
contextual discourse of non-technical reading materials
Demonstrate an ability to white on general topics in French with
grammatical accuracy and clarity
Acquisition and retention of a general vocabulary in French
Knowledge of culture, geography, and contributions of French and
Francophone societies.
Course Topics include:
-Niveaux de langue
-Alphabet
-Adjectifs de nationalite
-Preferences, Le present des verbes en er, pronouns sujets
-Le verbe, etre, Activites; La constuction infinitive
-Les nombres de 13 a 99, Le pronoun “on”, Expressions interrogatives, pronouns
accentues, La date
-Le verb “avoir,” le genre des noms; L’article defini, Le forms des adjectifs de
description
-La possession avec de, Les verbes acheter et preferer