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Getting Started

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You can navigate around the course content using the outline below, or by clicking Modules at left.

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Course Outline

Introduction: Be sure to read the course introduction before beginning any lessons or assignments.

Module 1 | Greetings and Introductions

1.1 Lesson Overview - Making Informal Greetings and Introductions

  1.1.1 Informal Greetings and Introductions (Explore & Connect) 
  1.1.2 Understanding Informal Greetings and Introductions (Engage with Concepts) 
  1.1.3 Responses to Informal Greetings and Introductions (Engage with Concepts)
  1.1.4 Recording Responses to Informal Greetings and Introductions (Think Aloud and Reflect) 
  1.1.5 Informal Greetings and Introductions in Conversation (Think Aloud and Reflect) 
  1.1.6 Informal Greetings and Introductions (Self Reflection)

1.2 Lesson Overview - Making Formal Greetings and Introductions

  1.2.1 Formal Greetings and Introductions (Explore & Connect)
  1.2.2 Understanding Culture - Tu vs. Vous (Explore and Connect) 
  1.2.3 Understanding Formal Greetings and Introductions (Engage with Concepts) 
  1.2.4 Responses to Formal Greetings and Introductions (Think Aloud and Reflect)
  1.2.5 Practicing Formal Greetings and Introductions (Engage with Concepts)

1.3 Lesson Overview - How old are you?

   1.3.1 How old are you? (Explore & Connect)
   1.3.2 Identifying numbers 1-20 (Engage with Concepts)
   1.3.3 Recognizing ages (Engage with Concepts)
   1.3.4 Responding to questions about ages (Engage with Concepts)
   1.3.5 How old are you? (Self Reflection)

1.4 Lesson Overview - Where do you live?

   1.4.1 Asking Where You Live (Explore & Connect)
   1.4.2 Understanding Responses to Where do you Live? (Engage with Concepts)
   1.4.3 Answering "Where Do You Live?" (Explore and Connect)
   1.4.4 Where Do You Live? (Self Reflection)

1.5 Lesson Overview - How do I contact you?

   1.5.1 Introduction - How do I contact you? (Explore & Connect)
   1.5.2 Understanding Contact Information (Engage with Concepts)
   1.5.3 Sharing Personal Information (Think Aloud and Reflect)
   1.5.4 Practice Sharing Personal Information (Self Reflection)

1.6 Lesson Overview - Greeting Etiquette

   1.6.1 Learning Politeness and Greeting Practices (Explore & Connect)
   1.6.2 Practice with Politeness and Greetings (Explore and Connect)
   1.6.3 Introducing 'La Bise' (Engage with Concepts)
   1.6.4 Cultural Dependence of Politeness and Greeting Practices (Engage with Concepts)
   1.6.5 Greeting Etiquette (Self Reflection)

Module 1 Assessment (Part I) & Module 1 Assessment (Part 2)

Module 2 | Likes and Dislikes

2.1 Lesson Overview - What things do you like or not like?

   2.1.1 What things do you like or not like? (Explore & Connect)
   2.1.2 Musical Tastes (Engage with Concepts)
   2.1.3 Qu’est-ce que tu aimes? (Think Aloud & Reflect)
   2.1.4 Likes and Dislikes (Think Aloud and Reflect)
   2.1.5 Things You Like and Don't Like (Self-Reflection)

2.2 Lesson Overview  - What activities do you like or not like to do?

   2.2.1 Activities Vocabulary (Explore & Connect)
   2.2.2 Le Sport (Engage with Concepts)
   2.2.3 Entre les Murs, J'aime (Think Aloud & Reflect)
   2.2.4 Activity Likes and Dislikes Review (Think Aloud and Reflect)
   2.2.5 Activity Likes and Dislikes (Self-reflection)

2.3 Lesson Overview - What activities do you do?

   2.3.1 Daily Activity Vocabulary (Explore & Connect)
   2.3.2 Les Activités de la semaine (Engage with Concepts)
   2.3.3 My Weekly Activities (Think Aloud & Reflect)
   2.3.4 Daily Activities (Think Aloud & Reflect)
   2.3.5 Daily Activities (Self Reflection)

2.4 Lesson Overview - What everyday activities don’t you do?

   2.4.1 Negation (Explore & Connect)
   2.4.2 Practice with "Ne...Pas" (Engage with Concepts)    
   2.4.3 Je ne sais pas (Think Aloud & Reflect)
   2.4.4 Negation Review (Think Aloud and Reflect)
   2.4.5 Negation (Self Reflection)

2.5 Lesson Overview - How often and how well do you do things?

   2.5.1 Connectives (Explore & Connect)
   2.5.2 Les loisirs artisiques (Engage with Concepts)
   2.5.3 Penpals (Think Aloud & Reflect)
   2.5.4 Activities Review (Think Aloud & Reflect)
   2.5.5 Activity likes and dislikes (Self Reflection)

2.6 Lesson Overview - Where do you do some everyday activities?

   2.6.1 Vocabulary (Explore & Connect)
   2.6.2 Where Activities Happen (Engage with Concepts)
   2.6.3 Building Sentences (Think Aloud & Reflect)
   2.6.4 Activies Review (Think Aloud & Reflect)
   2.6.5 Activities (Self Reflection)

Module 2 Assessment (Part 1) & Module 2 Assessment (Part 2)

Module 3 | My Family

3.1 Lesson Overview - Family Vocabulary

   3.1.1 Recognize Family Vocabulary (Explore & Connect)
   3.1.2 Listen and Learn French Family Vocabulary (Engage with Concepts)
   3.1.3 Talking about Family (Think Aloud & Reflect)
   3.1.4 Family (Self Reflection)

3.2 Lesson Overview  - Creating My Family Tree

   3.2.1 My Family Tree Introduction (Explore & Connect)
   3.2.2 Filling Out the Family Tree (Engage with Concepts)
   3.2.3 Listening and Speaking - Do you have brothers and sisters? (Think Aloud & Reflect)
   3.2.4 Le Petit Frère (The Little Brother) (Think Aloud & Reflect)
   3.2.5 Family Tree Vocabulary Review (Engage with Concepts)
   3.2.6 Family Tree (Self Reflection)

3.3 Lesson Overview - What do you and your family members look like?

   3.3.1 What do they look and act like? (Explore & Connect)
   3.3.2 What do they look like? (Engage with Concepts)
   3.3.3 Describing Family Members (Think Aloud & Reflect)
   3.3.4 Understanding Physical Descriptions (Think Aloud & Reflect) <
   3.3.5 Physical Descriptions Review (Think Aloud & Reflect)
   3.3.6 Family Appearance (Self Reflection)

3.4 Lesson Overview  - Describing Personalities

   3.4.1 What’s Your Personality? (Explore & Connect)
   3.4.2 What’s your personality? (Engage with Concepts)
   3.4.3 Personality Review (Engage with Concepts)
   3.4.4 Personality (Self Reflection)

3.5 Lesson Overview - How old are they?

   3.5.1 How old are you? How old are they? (Explore & Connect)
   3.5.2 How old are you? How old are they? (Engage with Concepts)
   3.5.3 How old are your family members? (Think Aloud & Reflect)
   3.5.4 Ages (Self Reflection)

3.6 Lesson Overview - What are families in francophone countries like?

   3.6.1 Families in Francophone Countries (Explore & Connect)
   3.6.2 Francophone Family Culture (Engage with Concepts)
   3.6.3 Family Life (Self Reflection)

Module 3 Assessment (Part 1) & Module 3 Assessment (Part 2)