Course Syllabus
Obtaining Textbooks
The only required textbook for this course is Bien dit! French 1, 2018 edition, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN- 978-0-544-86133-6.
This is an online textbook, and is available for no extra cost for all registered students. Please click here to learn more about your online textbook and how to get access.
You may wish to purchase an optional hard-copy textbook. Please use the information below to identify the correct book from your preferred book seller:
DeMado, John, Séverine Champeny, Marie Ponterio, Robert Ponterio. Bien dit! French 1. French edition.
Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 2008. ISBN 978-0030398889
Course Outline
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Introduction: Overview | Course Topics | Textbook and Course Requirements | Online Textbook | Using the Online Textbook | Course Organization and Assignment | Examinations | Grading | Words of Advice
Lesson 1: Bienvenu au français
Getting Started
Overview: Lesson Introduction | Le monde francophone | Quelques prénoms Français | Instructions and Suggestions pour apprendre le Français
Géoculture: L’Île-de-France | Museums | National Holiday | Astérix | Cheese | Architecture | World War 1 | Porcelain | Additional Information
Assignment: Instructions | Textbook | Web
Lesson 1 Assignment
Lesson 2: Salut, les copains!
Getting Started
Study Session 2A: Introducing Chapitre 1 | À Paris! | Comment ça va? | Les nombres de 0 à 30 | Vocabulary Expressions | Subjects and Verbs | Subject Pronouns | Highlights
Study Session 2B: Dans la salle de classe | À l’école | Les Accents | Indefinite Articles and Plurals of Nouns | The Verb avoir and Negation | Highlights
Study Session 2C: Télé-roman: Que le meilleur gagne! | Lecture et écriture | Lesson Review
Assignment: Instructions | Textbook | Cahier | Web | Oral
Lesson 2 Assignment
Lesson 2 Practice Answers
Lesson 3: Qu’est-ce qui te plaît!
Getting Started
Study Session 3A: Introducing Chapitre 2 | Qu’est-ce que tu aimes?| Definite Articles | Verbs that end in -er | Vocabulary and Grammar Review | Highlights
Study Session 3B: Les goûts des jeunes Français | Contractions with à | Conjunctions | Vocabulary and Grammar Review | Highlights
Study Session 3C: Télé-roman: Que le meilleur gagne! | Lecture et écriture | Lesson Review
Assignment: Instructions | Textbook | Cahier | Web | Oral
Lesson 3 Assignment
Lesson 3 Practice Answers
Lesson 4: Midterm Exam Tips and Examity Proctoring information
Exam Application | Examity page
Midterm Exam
Lesson 5: Comment est ta famille?
Getting Started
Géoculture: La province de Québec | Syrup and Seafood | Montreal | La ville de Québec | Additional Information
Study Session 5A: Introducing Chapitre 3 | Mon ami(e) est...| The Verb être | Adjective Agreement | Vocabulary and Grammar Review | Highlights
Study Session 5B: Une famille québécoise | Possessive Adjectives | Contractions with de | Vocabulary and Grammar Review | Highlights
Study Session 5C: Télé-roman: Que le meilleur gagne! | Lecture et écriture | Lesson Review
Assignment: Instructions | Textbook | Cahier | Web | Oral
Lesson 5 Assignment
Lesson 5 Practice Answers
Lesson 6: Mon année scolaire
Getting Started
Study Session 6A: Introducing Chapitre 4 | Au Cégep à Québec | Telling Time | Days of the Week | Verbs that end in -re | Verbs That End in -ger and -cer | Vocabulary and Grammar Review | Highlights
Study Session 6B: Un magasin de fournitures scolaires à Québec | Colors and Numbers | The Verbs préférer and acheter | Adjectives and Nouns | Vocabulary and Grammar Review | Highlights
Study Session 6C: Télé-roman: Que le meilleur gagne! | Lecture et écriture | Lesson Review
Assignment: Instructions | Textbook | Cahier | Web | Oral
Lesson 6 Assignment
Lesson 6 Practice Answers
Lesson 7: Le temps libre
Getting Started
Géoculture: L’Ouest de la France | Normandy | Brittany | The Loire Valley | Notable Sites | Additional Information
Study Session 7A: Introducing Chapitre 5 | Les sports et les passe-temps | Months of the Year | The Verb faire | Question Words | Vocabulary and Grammar Review | Highlights
Study Session 7B: Où vas-tu? Je vais . . . | Aller and the futur proche | The futur proche | Venir and the passé récent | Vocabulary and Grammar Review | Highlights
Study Session 7C: Télé-roman: Que le meilleur gagne! | Lecture et écriture | Lesson Review
Assignment: Instructions | Textbook | Cahier | Web | Oral
Lesson 7 Assignment
Lesson 7 Practice Answers
Lesson 8: Final Exam Tips and Examity Proctoring information
Course Evaluation - Please complete before applying for the Final Exam below. All responses are anonymous.
Exam Application | Examity page
Final Exam