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Targets for French Beginners Try and keep the targets specific and achievable so we can tick them off as we go. Bear in mind that we may not cover some topics until later on in the course Vocab Learn vocabulary for a specific topic / Methods? / Specific target ie get 90% right in vocab tests Grammar Gender of words, agreement of adjectives, learn (and conjugate) verbs, difference between vous and tu Speaking Confidence, ask and answer questions, speak without referring to notes, understanding questions, trying out different ways of asking questions, Listening Understand (increasing) instructions in French, better understanding French spoken on video/cd Reading Start to understand more complicated written instructions, understanding of longer reading passages Writing Start to write more accurate short/longer phrases, understand spelling patterns, correct spelling in vocabulary tests Extra activities? Reading French magazines/papers/books, looking at French websites, extra grammar practise(!)
OBJECTIFS:
- Revise previous lesson. -Learn the alphabet -Be able to describe others - Learn countries/nationalities -Be able to give more details about yourself. - Learn the verb avoir and tre
RELIEZ
Au revoir a va? Je mappelle Comment allezvous? Jai quarante ans Bonsoir Merci beaucoup Vingt-cinq
How are you? (formal) Im forty years old Twenty five Thank you very much
Goodbye
How are you? (informal)
My name is
DICTE
DICTE
Bonjour, je mappelle John. Mon nom est Burns. Jhabite Exeter, en Angleterre. Jai trente-deux ans. Et vous?
DIALOGUE
A-Bonjour madame B-Bonjour monsieur, comment allez-vous? A- a va bien merci. Et vous? B- Trs bien merci. Comment vous appelez-vous? A- Je mappelle John, et vous? B-Je mappelle Kate. Quel est votre nom? A- Mon nom est Burns et vous? B- Mon nom est Ward. O habitez-vous? A- Jhabite Exeter, Heavitree. Et vous? B- Jhabite Exeter, Pinhoe. Quel ge avez-vous? A- Jai trente-deux ans et vous? B- Jai quarante ans. Vous tes de quelle nationalit? A- Je suis anglais et vous? B- Je suis anglaise. A- Enchant. FAITES UN DIALOGUE B- Enchante. Merci et au revoir. AVEC VOTRE A- Merci, bientt. PARTENAIRE
I Vs. He/She
Bonjour, a va? Je mappelle John Burns. Jhabite Exeter. Jai trente deux ans. Bonjour, a va? Je vous prsente Marie. Elle habite Exmouth. Elle a quarante-six ans.
Je me prsente
Je mappelle Thierry. Jhabite Qubec, au Canada. Je suis canadien. Jai quinze ans.
Je mappelle Isabelle. Je suis Mon nom est Patrice. Je anglaise, mais jhabite suis franais et jhabite Marseille. Jai onze ans. Paris en France. Jai dixsept ans.
LALPHABET
COMMENT A SCRIT?
1. JACQUES 2. JEAN 3. ALAIN 4. PATRICE 5. PIERRE 6. SIMONE 7. XAVIER 8. SUZANNE 9. KARINE 10. YVES
le Royaume-Uni
AU ROYAUME-UNI, IL Y A :
l'cosse
l'Angleterre
le Pays de Galles
l'Irlande du Nord
LA FRANCE
la Suisse
LA BELGIQUE
LESPAGNE
LITALIE
le la l
Quelle est la diffrence ?
lcosse
le Royaume-Uni au Royaume-Uni.
Example:
J'habite au Royaume-Uni
la France en France
Example:
J'habite en France.
TROUVEZ LA PRPOSITION: EN OU AU ?
1. lodie habite France. Elle habite Holnon, un village la campagne.
QUELQUES CHIFFRES
There are 56 countries which are acknowledged as members of the 'French speaking' community (red countries on the map).
About 200 million people speak French around the world (the total population of England is 60 million people...)
FRANCE OVERSEAS
France is not limited to the European territory.
Tu es de quelle nationalit?
Je suis anglais
Je suis anglaise
Tu es de quelle nationalit?
Je suis franais
Je suis franaise
Je suis franais
Je suis franaise
MASCULIN
espagnol
italien colombien
espagnole
italienne colombienne
Spanish
Italian colombian
Tu es de quelle nationalit?
JE SUIS TU ES
TRE = TO BE JE SUIS I AM TU ES YOU ARE IL EST / ELLE EST HE IS / SHE IS NOUS SOMMES WE ARE VOUS TES YOU ARE ILS SONT / ELLES SONT THEY ARE
EXERCICES a.I am English. (said by a man) b.I am English. (said by a woman) c.He is French. d.She is Welsh. e.We are German. (group of girls) f. You are Irish. ( formal and said to a man) g.I live in France but I am English (said by a woman) h.I live in Spain but I am Italian (said by a man) i. You live in Exeter and you are from England. (informal) j. She is called Laura, she is Scottish and she
RPONSES
a.Je suis anglais. b.Je suis anglaise. c.Il est franais. d.Elle est galloise. e.Nous sommes allemands. f. Vous tes irlandais. g.Jhabite en France mais je suis anglaise. h.Jhabite en Espagne mais je suis italien. i. Tu habites Exeter et tu es dAngleterre. j. Elle sappelle Laura, elle est cossaise et elle habite Glasgow.
AVOIR
JAI TU AS
IL A / ELLE A
AVOIR = TO HAVE JAI I HAVE TU AS YOU HAVE IL A / ELLE A HE HAS / SHE HAS NOUS AVONS WE HAVE VOUS AVEZ YOU HAVE ILS ONT / ELLES ONT THEY HAVE
QUIZ
1) How do you say nice to meet you in French? 2) What is the difference between le / la / l 3) If you are a woman, would you use : anglaise ou anglais ? 4) Somebody says to you: Je suis dAngleterre. What was the question? 5) What does the word rue mean? 6) How many French speaking countries are there around the world? 7) Would you say: Jhabite en France or Jhabite au France? 8) What does this mean? Je suis franais dorigine algrienne. 9) When you say your age, what verb do you use? avoir or tre 10) Can you spell your name in French? Remember five countries and five nationalities
VIDEO WHERE YOU ARE FROM -What is Le championnat des multicoques -Where is it held? -How do you say Brittany? -What does Je suis de mean? -Translate: Je suis n Nantes. -Where is la Normandie? -What is the name of the highest mountain in the Alps? -What is le massif central? -What does bien sr que je suis francais mean? -Try and note down any nationalities you hear
The regions are further subdivided into 101 departments. Each department has a number. (mainly alphabetical) This number is used for postcode and vehicle number plates.
LA FRANCE
The population of France is about 65 million.
France is divided into 27 administrative regions (22 in metropolitan France and five located oversea):
-French Guiana -Guadeloupe -Martinique -Mayotte -Runion