Alliance Française of New Haven
Spring Session March 30, 2014- June 9, 2014
SYLLABUS FOR THE INTERMEDIATE LEVEL 1 CLASS
The Adult Intermediate level 1 French Classes will meet every Thursdays starting April 3, 2014 to
June 5, 2014. Language classes will meet once a week for two hours, from 5:45-7:45 pm.
Classes will be held at the co-working space named Bourse-New Haven, 2nd floor, in back of room,
located at 839 Chapel Street, New Haven CT. Parking is available on the streets (Chapel and Orange St.)
and at the covered parking garage above Elm City Market. The entrance of the parking garage is at 360
State Street, New Haven. The parking ticket costs $2.00/hour but if you buy something at the market, you
will have an hour parking for free.
We will be using the method Imaginez by Mitschke, which gives insights on the parts of the francophone
world.
The first 15 minutes of classes will be to review the poignant 15 minute-video that opens up each unit of
the method Imaginez. The other hour and forty five minutes will be to practice the grammar and
vocabulary related to the lesson with a lot of discussions and interpretations of texts and videos.
All our language classes offer an immersion experience in the French language, which means that
instruction will be given in French as much as possible. Students are encouraged to express themselves in
French and they will learn French grammatical principles intuitively through repetition. Grammatical
instruction will be a tool, not a goal.
The instructor, Khalid Bename comes from Morocco and speaks French beautifully (French is the second
language in Morocco). He has experience teaching on private schools. Khalid has a great motivation to share his
French knowledge with others and learn something from them too.
Tuition : $300.00
March 30, 2014 – June 9, 2014 (10 lessons)
Tuition is $280.00 if paid in full by March 23, 2014.
Students must be members of the Alliance Française of New Haven to qualify. Membership fees are
$30 for student, $35 for senior, $45 for an individual, $55 for a couple, and $60 for a family.
Please, send your check made out to Alliance Française of New Haven (including your tuition and your
membership fee if you are not a member of the AFNH already), and your registration form to the address:
Alliance Française New Haven, PO Box 207333, New Haven CT 06520.
FRENCH Intermediate 1
The Intermediate level 1 class is a continuation of the Adult Beginner level 1 and level 2 classes offered
by the Alliance Française of New Haven. Students will have completed the French in Action method by
Pierre Capretz, and will have basic grammar skills in the present, imperfect and passé composé tenses as
well as a conversational vocabulary building and continuing relationships, making appointment, talk
about family, likes and dislikes, studies, weather and descriptions of people.
The method Imaginez, features a magazine-like design that engages students while integrating thematic,
cultural and grammatical concepts within every sections of the text. The lessons are arranged thematically
and introduced by a poignant 15 min-movie. We will study 5 chapters, around the themes of personal
relations (civil status, personality, relations, feelings), of living in town (activities done in town, people
in town, how to ask for directions, describe places), the medias (the cinema and the television, people in
the medias, the press), the world of justice and politics (the law, people’s rights, politics, our security),
our society in evolution (changes in society, problems and solutions). Magazine articles will teach us
about parts of the Francophone world and the creators (writers, painters, sculptors, architects,
engineers…) associated with such countries.
In grammar, we will review, the present, imperfect, passé compose tenses by learning literary texts, by
Appolinaire, Dany Laferriere, (Haiti) Marguerite Duras, Ghislaine Sathoud (Congo). We will also learn
the passé simple and plus-que-parfait and the object pronouns and “y” and “en” in more detail.
MATERIAL :
Method: Imaginez by Mitschke, 2nd edition, Boston: Vista publisher, 2012. The textbook goes along
with short videos (15 minute- videos) that you can find on Youtube.com. Students are required to watch
the videos before class.
Recommended material:
English Grammar for Students of French by Jacqueline Morton, 4th edition, The Olivia and Hill Press,
1997.
French Grammar by Julio Celestin, Harper Perennial, 1991.
VIDEO: The videos of the method Imaginez (chapters 1-5) are available for free on Youtube.com.
IT IS ESSENTIAL that you watch as many times as possible the video and repeat the script (lesson in
your book) as many times a week as possible.
HOMEWORK: Your instructor will assign homework to do each week. Have workbook and textbook
with you.
INFORMATION: For any info, email your instructor at khalidbenamere@gmail.com or call him at 860
890 9321.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:
April 3: Leçon 1: Ressentir et vivre, pp. 2-11 et grammaire, pp. 18-25.
April 10 : Leçon 1: Ressentir et vivre, pp. 12-17 et grammaire, pp. 2
April 17: Leçon 2: Habiter en ville, pp. 40-49 et grammaire, pp. 56-63.
April 24: Leçon 2: Habiter en ville, pp. 50-55 et grammaire, pp. 64-73.
May 1: Leçon 3: Tout bouge autour de moi, pp. 74-89 et grammaire, pp. pp. 96-103.
May 8: Leçon 3 : Tout bouge autour de moi, pp. 90-95 et grammaire, pp. 104-117.
May 15: Leçon 4 : La valeur des idées, pp. 118-127 et grammaire, pp. 134-141.
May 22: Leçon 4 : La valeur des idées, pp. 128-133 et grammaire, pp. 142-155.
May 29: Leçon 5 : La société en évolution, pp. 156-165 et grammaire, pp. 172- 179.
June 5: Leçon 5 : La société en évolution, pp. 166-171 et grammaire, pp. 180-195.