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Language: French
Level:1a
Tutor: Rada Getova
Course book title: French1 Palgrave Foundations,
by D.Bissar, H. Phillips and C.Tschirhart.
Palgrave Macmillan, 2001, 2008. ISBN 978-0230-55304-0
Week
Topic (and unit in book)
Objectives and language functions
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“Bonjour! Je suis…”
1
(Unit 1)
‘Toi et moi’
2
 Greeting people
 Introducing yourself
 Providing basic personal information about
yourself (where you are from and your
occupation)
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Asking/ answering personal questions
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Giving/understanding information about
friends and family.
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Ordering snacks and drinks
(Unit 1)
Les autres
3
(Unit 2)
Tu veux un café?
4
(Unit 2)
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Grammar and vocabulary
Verbs: “être” (to be) ‘faire’ (to
do)
Basic conjugations of the
regular verbs in the present
tense
The alphabet
Numbers 1-20
Greeting phrases
Nationalities
Questions and negatives
Verbs ending in –er
(regular form): habiter,
travailler
Asking questions
Numbers 20-70
Occupations/studies
Workplaces
Verbs: avoir
Possessive adjectives
Family
Numbers 70-100
Additional activities
Verbs: vouloir; aimer;
More regular verbs ;
Un, le ou mon ?
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La routine
5
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Talking about everyday activities
(Unit 3)
Comment dire l’heure
6
(Unit 3)
Qu’est-ce que vous faites
le week-end?
7
8
(Unit 4)
9
La boulangerie est en
face
(Unit 4)
Au magasin de
vêtements
10
Au marché
(Unit 4)
Snacks and drinks
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Regular verbs: the three
groups;
aller; aimer, followed by
another verb
Prepositions à, de, followed
by le/les
Days of the week;
Verbs: devoir.
Expressions of time
Meals
Daily routine, leisure
activities
Introduction to reflexive
verbs
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Asking for/ giving the time
Explaining what you like/dislike/ have to do
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Describing daily routine and leisure
activities
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Understanding street signs.
Asking for directions
Giving directions
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(Unit 3)
En ville
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Verbs: imperative
Directions and locations ;
buildings and shops
Describing where places are
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Prepositions of location
Pronouns le, la, les
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Shopping for clothes and food
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Expressing preferences
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Demonstrative adjectives
Descriptive adjectives
Article du
Clothes; Colours
Fruits and vegetables
Food items
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Language: French
Level:1b
Tutor: Rada Getova
Course book title: French1 Palgrave Foundations,
by D.Bissar, H. Phillips and C.Tschirhart.
Palgrave Macmillan, 2001, 2008. ISBN 978-0230-55304-0
Week
Topic (and unit in book)
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Objectives and language functions
Talking about holiday plans.
Describing your intentions.
Explaining what you are going to do
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Grammar and vocabulary
Prepositions before towns
and countries;
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aller + infinitive
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Countries and regions
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Locating places on a map
Additional activities
Projets de vacances
1
(Unit 5)
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En train
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Requesting/giving travel information
Understanding timetables
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Verbs : pouvoir, devoir, falloir
Trains: travel tickets
Telling the time – revision
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Dealing with travel problems
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Means of transport
The pronoun y
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Making a hotel booking
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Verbs: reflexives
Reflexive verbs in a negative
sentence
Hotel facilities
2
Unit 5)
Ma voiture est en panne !
3
(Unit 5)
A l’Hôtel
4
(Unit 6)
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Il y a un problème...
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Making complains
Understanding holiday brochures
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Describing accommodation
Saying where you live
Renting a gîte in France
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5
(Unit 6)
Ma maison
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6
(Unit 6)
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Telephone conversations and how to make
a phone call.
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Arranging to meet someone.
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(Unit 7)
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Describing physical appearances.
Home rooms and furniture
Describing your ideal home
Using some forms of être
and avoir in the Conditional
tense.
Comparisons with adjectives
pas de
Expressions used on the
telephone
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Expressions used to make
suggestions.
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Object pronouns lui and
leur
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The use of the pronoun on
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Revision of verbs in the
Present Tense. Brief
introduction to the
conditional tense
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The use of the conditional to
be more polite
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Adjectives
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Vocabulary for physical
Description
Tu veux sortir?
7
Reflexive verbs in the near
future
Days of the week
Dates
Months and seasons
Il/elle est comment?
8
(Unit 7)
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9
10
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Restaurant vocabulary
Various dishes
Au restaurant
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The use of the pronoun en
(Unit 7)
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Restaurant vocabulary
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Introduction to the Perfect
Tense. Regular verbs with
avoir; Irregular verbs with
avoir
Tu as passé un bon
week-end?
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(Unit 8)
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Ordering a restaurant meal
Talking about what you did last week-end
Describing what you did in your free time/
how and where you spent last week-end.
Explaining why you are late.
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Language: French
Level:1c
Tutor: Rada Getova
Course book title: French1 Palgrave Foundations,
by D.Bissar, H. Phillips and C.Tschirhart.
Palgrave Macmillan, 2001, 2008. ISBN 978-0230-55304-0
Week
Topic (and unit in book)
Vacances et loisirs
1
(Unit 8)
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Mon week-end dernier
2
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(Unit 8)
3
‘Gros bisous de
Bretagne’
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Objectives and language functions
Describing leisure activities and past
holidays in the Perfect Tense.
Talking about the weather
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Asking questions and talking about your
daily routine on a particular day in the past.
Describing what you did during the day/
the past week-end.
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Writing a holiday post card
Describing your week in the present and
the past
Describing places and the weather in the
past.
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Talking about your background;
Describing your education
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Grammar and vocabulary
Verbs conjugated with avoir
Verbs conjugated with être
Weather vocabulary
Additional activities
Reflexive verbs in the
Perfect tense.
Pendant and il y a
Vocabulary used to describe
places;
Types of holidays; holiday
activities;
(Unit 8)
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4
Education et expérience.
‘Inscription à la fac’
(Unit 9)
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Studies
Exams and qualifications
The use of depuis, pendant,
Reflexive verbs in the
Perfect tense
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Vocabulary used to write a CV
Describing your work experience
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Travail et études
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5
(Unit 9)
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Socializing and using colloquial language
Au travail
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(Unit 10)
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Expressions used when
saying goodbye
Object pronouns and the
imperative.
Ne... pas and the infinitive
6
Il est interdit de…
7
8
9
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Vocabulary used to write a
CV
Agreement of the Past
participle
Object pronouns and the
Perfect tense
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Asking for/ giving help
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Accidents and emergencies
Qui and que.
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Talking about holiday plans.
Describing your intentions.
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Some common colloquial
expressions
The conditional tense – more
practice
(Unit 10)
Je voudrais partir...
Projets d’avenir
Informal listening test
Informal short oral
presentations
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Focus on oral presentation skills
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Revision of all structures covered
in the course
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10
Ah! Les vacances!
Focus on oral presentation skills
Revision of all structures covered
in the course
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