FRENCH 1

 

Book:  C’est à Toi!  Level 1 

EMC/Paradigm Publishing, Saint Paul, Minnesota ©1998

 

 

CHAPTER 1

 

Functions

  • Greeting someone
  • Introducing yourself
  • Introducing someone else
  • Asking someone’s name
  • Telling someone’s name
  • Talking about likes and dislikes
  • Leaving someone
  • Thanking someone
  • Giving telephone numbers
  • Restating information

 

Vocabulary

  • Greetings
  • Introductions
  • Names
  • Numbers

 

Culture

  • Body language

 

CHAPTER 2

 

Functions

  • Expressing likes and dislikes
  • Asking for information
  • Inviting
  • Refusing an invitation
  • Agreeing and disagreeing
  • Giving opinions

 

Grammar

  • Subject pronouns
  • Tu vs. vous
  • Infinitives
  • Present tense of regular verbs ending in –er
  • Position of adverbs
  • Negation with ne (n’) …pas

 

Vocabulary

  • Activities
  • Sports
  • Adverbs of degree

 

Culture

  • Cognates
  • School supplies
  • Movies
  • Free-time activities
  • Music
  • Driving
  • Le Tour de France
  • Sports

 

CHAPTER 3

 

Functions

  • Asking how someone is
  • Telling how you are
  • Asking what time it is
  • Telling time on the hour
  • Inviting
  • Accepting and refusing an invitation
  • Ordering food and beverages
  • Asking for a price
  • Stating prices

 

Grammar

  • Present tense of the irregular verb aller
  • Telling time on the hour
  • Gender of nouns and indefinite articles
  • Definite articles
  • Plurals

 

Vocabulary

  • Physical well-being
  • Time
  • Food
  • Beverages
  • Numbers from 20 to 100

 

Culture

  • Fast-food restaurants
  • Healthy eating
  • Le Boul’ Mich
  • French fries
  • Service compris
  • French currancy

 

CHAPTER 4

 

Function

  • Expressing emotions
  • Expressing need
  • Asking for information
  • Telling location
  • Asking what something is
  • Identifying objects
  • Describing daily routines
  • Agreeing and disagreeing
  • Giving information
  • Inviting
  • Stating exact time

 

Grammar 

  • Present tense of the irregular verb avoir
  • Expressions with avoir
  • Present tense of regular verbs ending in -ir
  • Telling exact time

 

Vocabulary

  • Classroom objects
  • Classroom expressions
  • Prepositions
  • Days of the week
  • Numbers from 100 to 1.000
  • School subjects
  • Time

 

Culture

  • Names of schools
  • Terms for “student”
  • Slang expressions
  • French calendar
  • School subjects
  • Schools in Canada

 

CHAPTER 5

 

Functions

  • Asking for information
  • Giving information
  • Pointing out family members
  • Asking and telling how old someone is
  • Describing physical traits
  • Asking and telling what date it is
  • Telling location
  • Explaining something
  • Telling when someone’s birthday is
  • Expressing emotions
  • Describing character

 

Grammar

  • Possessive adjectives
  • Expressions with avoir
  • Present tense of the irregular verb être
  • Dates
  • Agreement of adjectives

 

Vocabulary

  • Family relationships
  • Colors (hair and eyes)
  • Age
  • Pets
  • Numbers over 1.000
  • Dates
  • Months
  • Adjectives

 

Culture

  • Proverbs
  • Prefix beau-
  • Nantes
  • Guadeloupe and Martinique
  • Metric system
  • Vacations
  • Pets
  • Birthday celebrations
  • Feast days

 

CHAPTER 6

 

Functions

·         Asking for information

·         Asking and telling where someone is from

·         Identifying nationalities

·         Identifying professions

·         Giving information

·         Explaining something

·         Inviting

·         Expressing emotions

 

Grammar

  • Present tense of the verb venir
  • De + definite articles
  • Forming questions
  • Indefinite articles in negative sentences
  • The interrogative adjective quel
  • C’est v. il/elle est
  • Present tense of the irregular verb faire
  • Forming questions with inversion

 

Vocabulary

  • Countries
  • Nationalities
  • Professions
  • Seasons
  • Weather

 

Culture

  • Tours
  • Travel within Europe
  • Working in France
  • Celsius scale
  • Bicycles and mopeds

 

CHAPTER 7

 

Functions

  • Expressing intentions
  • Expressing need
  • Inviting
  • Expressing likes and dislikes
  • Inquiring about and comparing prices
  • Choosing and purchasing items
  • Asking  someone to repeat
  • Asking for and giving information

 

Grammar

  • Aller + infinitive
  • À + definite articles
  • Irregular adjectives
  • Position of adjectives
  • Present tense of verbs acheter and préférer
  • Present tense of regular verbs ending in -re

 

Vocabulary

  • Clothing
  • Types of stores
  • Colors
  • Adjectives
  • Shopping

 

Culture

  • Specialized  stores
  • Teenagers and fashion
  • Le Quartier Latin
  • Open-air markets
  • Montreal
  • Soldes
  • How to ask someone to repeat
  • Sizes
  • French words used in English

 

CHAPTER 8

 

Functions

  • Asking for information
  • Giving information
  • Agreeing and disagreeing
  • Identifying objects
  • Asking for permission
  • Expressing likes and dislikes
  • Insisting
  • Asking for a price
  • Stating prices
  • Making a complaint
  • Inquiring about and comparing prices
  • Negotiating
  • Choosing and purchasing items

 

Grammar

  • Present tense of the irregular verb vouloir
  • Present tense of the irregular verb pouvoir
  • Demonstrative adjectives
  • The partitive article
  • The partitive article in negative sentences
  • Comparative adjectives

 

Vocabulary

  • Vegetables
  • Seafood
  • Food
  • Specialty food stores
  • Expressions of quantity
  • Fruits

 

Culture

  • Marseille
  • Regional dishes
  • Guadeloupe
  • Shopping for fruits and vegetables

 

OTHER

  • Saint Bernadette and Our Lady of Lourdes
  • Song of Bernadette
  • The sign of the cross, Glory Be, Hail Mary and Our Father in French
  • Saint de la Semaine (Saint of the Week)
  • La fête des Rois (Epiphany)
  • Mardi Gras et Carême (Fat Tuesday and Lent)
  • Le chemin de la croix (The Stations of the Cross)
  • La Messe (French Mass)
  • Poisson d’avril (April 1st)
  • National French Week