French II

Description

Salut! Get set for some more adventure! In French II, students are immersed in the French language and culture. This course is full of engaging and interactive videos, dialogs, presentations, self-checks, and much more! The purpose of this course is to further develop the French communicative skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. In French II, students will broaden their French vocabulary and knowledge of grammar. Students will also experience the beauty and expressiveness of a language that is shared by different people and cultures throughout the world. 

Major Topics and Concepts

Semester I

Culture: The Eiffel Tower
Family members
Adjectives and adjective agreement
The verbs être, avoir
Present tense –er, -ir and -re verbs
French pronunciation
Culture: Basic French history
Culture: Northern France
The prepositions à and de
Likes and dislikes
Classroom objects
Culture: French Art
Numbers
Culture: Schools in France
Culture: The Paris Zoo
Animals
Reflexive verbs
Parts of the body
Using the expression: J’ai mal à
Culture: Québec and Montréal
Irregular verbs like acheter
The irregular verbs voir and croire
Negation
Culture: French holidays
Culture: The history of Paris
The Passé Composé
Using adverbs
Passé with être
The French-speaking world
The Imperfect
Object pronouns
L’imparfait vs Le Passé Composé
Vocabulary related to cities
Culture: Mardi Gras

Semester II

Culture: Le Métro
Clothing, transportation, stores and places in a town
Direct object pronouns
Culture: Shopping in France
Direct object pronouns with the passé composé
Culture: The European Union
Shopping and paying
Culture: La Fête Nationale Française
Emotions
Indirect objects
The verbs venir, revenir, and devenir
The pronouns y and en
Culture: Christmas in French-speaking countries
Culture: Working in France
Professions
The irregular verbs recevoir and devoir
Culture: Jeanne D’Arc
Qui and Que
Question words lequel, laquelle, lesquels, and lesquelles
Culture: French-speaking Africa
Culture: Savoir-vivre
The sea and the rainforest
The future tense
Culture: Martinique and Tahiti
Vocabulary related to the media
The verbs rire and sourire
Nationalities
The conditional tense
People