UCL CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES &
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Evening Courses
French Level 1
Prerequisite for entry
For complete beginners or those who have had only very little contact with the language.
Term duration
10 x 2-hour classes.
Aims and Objectives
The aim of the course is to enable students to function at a basic everyday survival level
(basic vocabulary, grammar, morphology, syntax and phonetics). Students should be able to
communicate in and understand French on a number of practical everyday matters.
Language learning skills, including autonomous learning and how to approach some
authentic material will be enhanced. Some transferable skills will also be covered.
Functions
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Greetings, introducing yourself and others.
Meeting people
Talking about yourself and your family
Likes/dislikes
Describing a person
Describing your home (living room/bedroom)
Shopping in a clothes shop
Ordering/buying drinks in a café
Course Content: Main topics/themes to be covered
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First contacts around nationality
Politeness (formal or informal/familiar)
Introduction of closer acquaintances (family, friends)
Occupation and centres of interest
The family
Numbers, days of the week, months
Home (objects, furniture)
The clothes, colours
Linguistic Structures/ Phonetics
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Basic rules of the pronunciation of spoken French
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Grammar
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Gender and number of French nouns/some adjectives
Negative and interrogative structures
Definite and indefinite articles
Prepositions + countries/cities
Possessive and demonstrative adjectives
Present tense of regular verbs in –er
Basic prepositions and linking words
Present tense of a few irregular verbs (être, avoir, aller)
Learning Resources
Books
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Course book: Le nouveau Taxi 1. Hachette (Up to lesson 8).
Tutor’s material.
In addition there is a wide range of language learning materials for self-study in the
Self-Access Centre.
Bilingual Dictionaries (Collins/Robert) Pocket edition
Useful websites:
www.bbc.co.uk/languages/French
www.bonjourdefrance.com
www.frenchlesson.com
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