FRENCH 2

 

Book:  C’est à Toi!  Level 2 

EMC/Paradigm Publishing, Saint Paul, Minnesota ©1998

 

 

CHAPTER 1

 

Functions

  • Writing invitations
  • Giving addresses
  • Writing postcards
  • Expressing emotions
  • Describing character
  • Answering a telephone call
  • Asking to speak to someone
  • Responding to a request to speak to someone
  • Asking for information
  • Giving information

 

Vocabulary

  • Review of first-year material

 

Grammar

  • Present tense of regular verbs ending in –er, -ir, and –re
  • Possessive adjectives
  • Telling time
  • Dates
  • Present tense of the irregular verbs aller and être
  • De and à + definite articles
  • Agreement and position of adjectives
  • Aller + infinitive
  • Present tense of the irregular verbs avoir and faire
  • Forming questions
  • Negation
  • Indefinite articles in negative sentences

 

Culture

  • New Year’s Eve
  • Une nuit blanche
  • RSVP
  • Belfort
  • Quebec City
  • Le Carnaval
  • Annecy
  • Fort-de-France
  • Public telephones

 

CHAPTER 2

 

Functions

  • Identifying professions
  • Describing physical traits
  • Describing character
  • Expressing emotions
  • Describing past events
  • Sequencing events
  • Comparing people and things
  • Giving opinions
  • Giving orders
  • Making suggestions

 

Grammar

  • Present tense of the irregular verbs venir and faire
  • De + infinitive
  • Passé composé with avoir
  • Present tense of the irregular verbs mettre, prendre, and voir
  • Irregular past participles
  • Demonstrative adjectives
  • Comparative adjectives
  • The imperative
  • Superlative adjectives

 

Vocabulary

  • Professions
  • Adjectives
  • Being on time, early, and late
  • Art expressions
  • Zoo animals

 

Culture

  • Le métro
  • Grand Palais and Petit Palais
  • Panthéon
  • Le bac
  • Réunion
  • Le musée Picasso
  • La Joconde
  • Le R.E.R.
  • Pontoise
  • Le bois de Vincennes et le bois de Boulogne
  • Theme parks
  • Astérix

 

CHAPTER 3

 

Functions

  • Describing past events
  • Sequencing events
  • Expressing concern
  • Describing past events
  • Expressing astonishment and disbelief
  • Making suggestions
  • Pointing out something
  • Choosing and purchasing items
  • Ordering food and beverages

 

 

Grammar

  • Present tense of the irregular verbs  partir and sortir
  • Passé composé with être
  • Prepositions before cities, countries, and continents
  • Present tense of the irregular verbs dormir and lire
  • Ordinal numbers
  • Irregular plural forms of nouns and adjectives
  • Present tense of the irregular verbs vouloir, pouvoir, devoir and falloir
  • The partitive article

 

Vocabulary

  • Places in the country
  • Modes of transportation
  • Things to read
  • Farm animals
  • Babe
  • Food and beverages
  • Restaurant expressions

 

Culture

  • Trains
  • Marseille
  • La Provence
  • Le Pont du Gard
  • La montagne Sainte-Victoire
  • Beginning and ending a letter
  • La Flandre
  • Lyon
  • Restaurants in Lyon
  • La nouvelle cuisine
  • Menu expressions

 

CHAPTER 4

 

Function

  • Describing daily routines
  • Making suggestions
  • Giving opinions
  • Giving orders
  • Asking someone to hurry
  • Expressing likes and dislikes
  • Stating a preference
  • Expressing emotions
  • Describing past events

 

Grammar 

  • Reflexive verbs
  • Present tense of the irregular verb s’asseoir
  • The imperative of reflexive verbs
  • Passé composé of reflexive verbs

 

 

Vocabulary

  • Bathroom items
  • Reflexive verbs
  • Household appliances
  • Household chores
  • Grooming articles
  • Reflexive verbs
  • Wedding expressions

 

Culture

  • Haiti
  • Guadeloupe
  • History of Martinique
  • Contemporary Martinique

 

CHAPTER 5

 

Functions

  • Congratulating and commiserating
  • Describing talents and abilities
  • Asking if someone is free
  • Expressing appreciation
  • Asking what someone is
  • Expressing likes and dislikes
  • Pointing out exceptions
  • Making a prediction
  • Describing past events
  • Describing talents and abilities
  • Describing daily routine

 

Grammar 

  • Present tense of the irregular verb offrir
  • Present tense of the irregular verb courir
  • Direct object pronouns: me, te, nous, vous
  • Direct object pronouns : le, la, l’, les
  • Direct object pronouns in the past tense

 

Vocabulary

  • Sports
  • Kinds of movies and TV programs
  • TV expressions
  • Leisure activities
  • Musical instruments

 

Culture

  • Sports
  • Tennis
  • Amiens
  • Movies
  • TV
  • Bordeaux
  • Camping
  • Mountain climbing
  • Comic strips
  • Music festivals
  • La Maison des Jeunes et de la Culture

 

CHAPTER 6

 

Functions

·                     Asking someone to repeat

·                     Restating information

·                     Making requests

·                     Choosing and purchasing articles

·                     Writing a letter

·                     Sequencing events

·                     Describing daily routines

·                     Reporting

·                     Giving opinions

·                     Identifying objects

·                     Expressing need and necessity

·                     Inquiring about details

·                     Pointing out something

 

Grammar

  • Present tense of the irregular verb dire
  • Present tense of the irregular verb ouvrir
  • The relative pronouns qui and que
  • Present tense of the irregular verb écrire
  • Indirect object pronouns: lui, leur
  • Indirect object pronouns: me, te, nous, vous

 

Vocabulary

  • Post office
  • Jewelry
  • Accessories
  • Bank

 

Culture

  • Strasbourg
  • Alger
  • Postal services
  • Tunis
  • Writing a letter
  • Using le Minitel
  • Morocco
  • French banks
  • On-the-job training

 

 

OTHER

  • Saint Bernadette and Our Lady of Lourdes
  • Review of French 1 prayers
  • Fatima Prayer, Apostle’s Creed and Hail Holy Queen in French
  • 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