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If you want to learn French conversation skills in Sydney then this course is for you.

If you thought French was just the language of romance and berets, you were mistaken. French is much more than simply food, wine and the Eiffel Tower, so start to understand the wealth of cultural heritage by learning the language. There are 30 countries where French has official or semi-official status!

Expand your horizons, enrich your life, understand some of the cultures around you.

• discover how the language works
• learn the foundations of the language.
• Solid foundations make it easier to build later.
• pronunciation skills from a teacher who is a native speaker
• No prior knowledge of the language is assumed

This level will offer you a basic language framework to operate within. After completion of level 1 you are ready to study in level 2.

Agenda

During this course the intention is that most of the following topics will be covered, however not necessarily in the order given. Due to the flexible nature of Adult Education classes, parts of the curriculum may be adapted to suit the needs of the class.

• Alphabet/Characters – Identification and Pronunciation (vowels, consonants, tones in words and structures).
• Greetings (meeting people) – Introducing and describing yourself and others.
• Asking and responding: your and someone’s name; country of origin; your well being (for example ‘how are you?’ ‘where are you from?’ or ‘what’s your name?’).
• Using basic communicative expressions in formal and familiar forms
• Small talk -idioms
• Time – time of the day, days of the week, months. Birthdays
• Numbers – For example telephone number, address, money, age.
• Commuting – basic directions (for example ‘where is the train station/hotel?’)
• Cultural Perspective – geography, demography, and social customs.
• Practice – Some language learning/study strategies

Objectives

By the end of the course the students will be able to:

• Identify the alphabet/characters and basic sounds/tones
• Pronounce competently some vocabulary, expressions, intonations, pronunciations
• Communicate using basic sentences, interrogatives and requests
• Have some basic grammatical concepts: nouns, adjectives and verbs, sentence structure
• Have some basic reading and writing skills
• Appreciate the language culture
• Have confidence in using basic forms of the language

Other Information

Please bring a notepad and pen.

Text required: French Experience 1 Student Book New Edition
ISBN: 9780563472568
Cost: $49.95
This book will be used in Levels 1, 2, and 3.
All books can be obtained from Abbeys Bookstore in York St in the City, where Sydney community College students can get 10% discount.

PLS NOTE: All classes need a minimum number of students to go ahead. If your course does not have enough students it will be cancelled and you will be informed. ***Please be aware that you maybe be informed of a cancellation &/or change via SMS or E-mail.

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