French A2

TEACHING UNIT 1. LEXICAL-SEMANTIC CONTENT

1. Personal introduction. Forms of address and greeting.
2. Vocabulary related to the classroom and computers.
3. Personal/everyday objects.
4. Human and Social Relationships. The Family.
5. Countries, nationalities.
6. Everyday activities.
7. Vocabulary Related to Leisure. Sports.
8. Travel and Vacations.
9. Accommodations (furniture and equipment).
10. The city (shops and services).
11. Means of transportation.
12. Location, movement actions.
13. The date, the months of the year, the seasons.
14. Weather. ”Il fait” / “Il y a.”.
15. The world of work. Professional life. Professions and roles within a company. Sectors of activity.
16. Food, cooking.
17. Clothing and accessories.
18. Health.
19. Email addresses. Common phrases in emails.
20. Telephone Phrases.
21. The numbers.
22. Weight (kilogram…), measurements (meter…), quantities.
23. Common expressions for the functions covered (allô, ça va, voilà, s’il vous plaît, avec plaisir, désolé, excusez-moi…)
24. Word families and the meanings of the most common affixes (re-, -er, -eur, -íen, -in, -im).
25. Formation of adverbs ending in -ment.
26. Related fields of the topics covered.
27. Common synonyms and antonyms.
28. Commonly Used Interjections.
29. Abbreviations, initialisms, and acronyms.
30. False friends.

TEACHING UNIT 2. GRAMMAR TOPICS

1. Prayer
2. Nouns and Adjectives
3. Determinants
4. Pronouns
5. Verbs
6. Adverbs
7. Conjunctions/Prepositions

TEACHING UNIT 3. SPELLING CONTENT

1. Review and reinforcement of punctuation marks.
2. Review of question marks and exclamation points.
3. Review and reinforcement of auxiliary symbols (accents, cedilla, apostrophe, umlaut, short hyphen “trait d’union”).
4. The use of the apostrophe in relation to the phenomenon of elision.
5. The French orthographic accent and its values:
6. Graphical representation of consonant sounds
7. Capitalization of proper nouns and nationalities.
8. The spelling of nasal vowels as opposed to oral vowels: “bon, bonne; copain, copine; prend, prennent; etc.”.
9. Spelling of commonly used foreign words (stress, football).
10. Correct spelling of commonly used vocabulary, with a focus on high-frequency words that pose the greatest difficulty.
11. Basic Spelling Rules.
12. Hyphenation at the end of a line.

TEACHING UNIT 4. PHONETIC, PHONOLOGICAL, AND ORTHOEPIC CONTENT

1. Review of the pronunciation of the letters of the alphabet.
2. A review of the general features of French.
3. Review and reinforcement of the vowel and consonant phonemes already introduced.
4. Liaison and Elision. Review.
5. Correct pronunciation of silent letters.
6. The different "e"s and the acute accents.
7. The aspirated "h.".
8. The pronunciation of "plus.".
9. The Pronunciation of "tout" and "tous"
10. The Melody of French
11. Vowel and consonant phonemes. The relationship between sound and spelling.
12. Oral/Nasal Oppositions (Review)
13. One hundred and five) ‘[ā]’ ‘[ē]’ ‘[ō]’ (review).
14. Intonation in interrogative sentences.
15. Semivowels or semiconsonants.
16. Diphthongs.
17. Consonants: (review and in-depth study).
18. Contrast ‘[b]’ ≠ ‘[v]’.
19. Contrast ‘[s]’ ≠ ‘[z]’; ‘[s]’ ≠ ‘[ʃ]’.
20. Contrast: ‘[g]’ ≠ ‘[ ]’; ‘[f]’ ≠ ‘[v]’.
21. Contrast ‘[ks]’ ≠ ‘[gz]’; ‘[aj]’ ≠ ‘[ej]’
22. Contrast between ‘[g]’ and ‘[k]’
23. Contrast between ‘[wi]’ and ‘[yi]’
24. Nasalization and Denasalization in Morphological Derivation Processes (bon / bonne, vient / viennent) – A Review.
25. Phonemes that students find most difficult.

TEACHING UNIT 5. SOCIOLINGUISTIC AND SOCIOCULTURAL CONTENT

1. Formulas for greetings (“Bonjour Madame, Bonjour Monsieur”) and farewells, both formal and informal.
2. Nonverbal communication in greetings, farewells, introductions, and physical contact (handshakes, kisses, etc.).
3. Use polite expressions or phrases: s’il vous plaît, merci, de rien, je vous en prie, excusez-moi, je voudrais, j’aimerais, “Would you like…?”, “Can I help you?”, etc.
4. The Use of "tú" and "usted.".
5. Common phrases used in emails and letters.
6. Common phrases used on the phone.
7. Schedules and customs related to work and leisure time.
8. Social conventions.
9. Living conditions.
10. Appreciate sociocultural differences.

TEACHING UNIT 6. FUNCTIONAL CONTENT

1. Using Everyday Expressions from French Class.
2. Greeting and saying goodbye, introducing yourself and introducing someone else, and responding when introduced; addressing someone; asking for permission; excusing yourself and apologizing; expressing gratitude; and offering congratulations.
3. Repeat, or ask for something to be repeated or clarified; spell something out or ask for it to be spelled out; ask the speaker to slow down; ask about a word or expression you don't know or have forgotten.
4. Show interest in people; react to information or a story with common expressions of interest, surprise, joy, and sadness.
5. Other common social uses: giving gifts, paying compliments, extending invitations, offering congratulations, making a toast, welcoming someone, expressing good wishes, and responding in these situations.
6. Ask for and provide information about people (address, phone number, occupation, education, family relationship).
7. Ask for and provide information about places, itineraries, schedules, quantities, prices, dates, items, activities, and the agenda.
8. Express health conditions and physical sensations.
9. Expressing moods and feelings: surprise, joy, indifference, sadness, worry, disappointment, fear, anger….
10. Ask for help.
11. Talk about the different types of transportation and be able to use them.
12. Compare people, objects, media, etc.
13. Indicate possession.
14. Talk about your professional experience and your workplace.
15. Go shopping, make simple transactions, purchase a good or service.
16. Share information about routines, habits, preferences, plans, and decisions.
17. Describe people, objects, and places.
18. Make a reservation at a restaurant. Order at a restaurant.
19. To warn, to prevent.
20. Schedule an appointment (confirm / move up / postpone / cancel).
21. Invite someone / accept / decline.
22. Have a conversation over the phone.
23. To express agreement, disagreement, or lack of knowledge.
24. To express an opinion, a wish, or an intention to do or not do something.
25. To express an obligation to do something, or a prohibition.
26. To ask for or give instructions on how to do something, or to suggest it.
27. To ask for an explanation or clarification about something.
28. To suggest doing something.
29. Describe experiences, actions, and projects related to past, present, and future events.

TEACHING UNIT 7. DISCURSIVE CONTENT

1. Conversational phrases for addressing someone, starting a conversation, cooperating, reacting and interacting, speaking up, asking for help, politely interrupting, talking on the phone, and expressing an opinion: “Pardon?”; “excusez-moi”; “n’est-ce pas?”; “eh bien moi”; “allô”; “d’après moi”; “à mon avis”; etc.; “je vais vous parler de”.
2. Use of basic conjunctions to organize the discourse, such as: “and, or, but, then, so, because…”.
3. Phrases used to organize speech: “D’autre part; en effet; c’est-à-dire”; etc., and to provide context in terms of time and place: “Alors; d’abord; après; ensuite; puis; finalement; avant de là-bas; etc.”.
4. Discourse connectors for the functions covered: “and, or, but, so, because, since, yet, when, ever since.”.
5. Stay on topic and avoid unintentional repetitions by using simple substitution techniques with clear referents: ellipsis, pronouns, and adverbs or expressions with anaphoric function: “That, that day, over there, the problem, the subject.”.
6. Basic Verb Tense Consistency in Discourse.
7. Emphasize: “Ce qui, c’est…que / qui.”.
8. Make sure the other person has understood correctly.
9. Ask for clarification on key points.
10. Intonation and basic discourse punctuation to convey information, separate or connect ideas, or emphasize.
11. Use the appropriate register: formal/informal.
12. Text formats for this level and the distinction between formal and informal letters: Email, personal letter, order letter, request for information.