Refresher Beginner - Fall Session

Learn how to:

Pronounce French words correctly

Introduce yourself

Talk about the time and date

Talk about the weather and seasons

Express likes and dislikes

Say what people are or are not doing

Express a variety of actions

Say where you are going or where you want to go

Talk about yourself and others

Identify body parts

Discuss daily life

Ask directions

Ask questions

Say what will happen in the future

Grammar:

Subject pronouns

Conjugating regular verbs in the present tense

Conjugating the irregular verbs to be and to have

More present tense regular verbs

Conjugating irregular verbs in the present tense

Adjectives

Referring to events in the future

Definite and indefinite articles

Negation

Asking questions using inflection and est-ce que


Refresher Beginner - Winter Session

Learn how to:

Talk about what belongs to you and others

Talk about your family and home

Talk about and order food

Discuss a variety of activities and actions

Talk about more food, restaurants, and French specialty shops

Talk about and buy clothing

Discuss a variety of activities and actions

Talk about past events

Grammar:

Possessive adjectives

More irregular verbs in the present tense

Contractions

More regular and irregular verbs in the present tense

Prepositions

Indefinite articles in the negative

Introduction to the passé composé


Refresher Beginner - Spring Session

Learn how to:

Discuss past events

Discuss more activities in both the past and present

Talk about leisure and cultural activities (movies, theatre, art, etc.)

Talk about your health

Continue to discuss past events

Refer to people and things already mentioned

Discuss computer technology

Make or receive a phone call

Grammar

Review of the present tense

Present tense of reflexive verbs

Passé composé with avoir

Passé composé with être

Direct object pronouns

Indirect object pronouns


Refresher Beginner - Summer Session

Learn how to:

Discuss past events in a more advanced way

Ask questions in different ways

Create complex sentences

Deal with banks, post offices and exchange bureaus when you travel

Discuss cooking

Follow a recipe

Discuss past events in a more advanced way

Say you are going to or coming from a city, country or continent

Make travel arrangements by metro, car, train or plane

Discuss future events in a more advanced way

Grammar

Imperfect tense/ l’imparfait

Use inversion to form questions

More advanced forms of negation

Relative pronouns qui and que

In-depth study of the passé composé and imparfait

Using prepositions with cities, countries and continents

Introduction to the future tense