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Beginner's French - Summer Course

    • Title: Beginner's French - Summer Course
    • Category: Language Arts
    • Taught by: SchulzLanguages
    • Headline: Learn the basics of the French language with this seven week course.
    • Description: Although I call it a beginner's course, this French course can be beneficial to anyone interested in the French language. This course can help beginners get started with French, but it can also strengthen the skills of more experienced speakers.

      In this course, there is a heavy emphasis on speaking. That is because speaking is the tool that most essential to learning a new language. There is practice with reading, writing, and listening as well, but the main emphasis is on speaking. I have found that focusing on speaking is the quickest way for a beginner to become proficient in a new language.

      As with any beginner's course, the first lessons revolve around simple sayings and greetings such as "How are you?" or "Good Night" as well as general pronunciation. Throughout the course, we cover more advanced grammatical topics including: regular verbs in the present tense (-ar, -er, -ir), useful irregular verbs (ser, estar, ir, etc.), adjective agreement, articles, negation, prepositions, the near-future tense, and much more. Although this may sound like a lot of grammar, I try to spice it up and make it interesting and easy-to-follow.

      We also practice a lot of vocabulary. Some of the subjects discussed in this course include pets, food, family, clothes, and school/work.

      In addition to its use of Examville, this course also used Engrade.com to help the students keep track of their progress and where their strengths and weak points are.

      This Beginner's French Course is seven weeks long, with a total of fourteen hours in the Examville learning environment.
    • Starts: Jul 11, 2012, 6:00PM EST
    • Duration: 7 sessions
    • Fee (USD): $80.00
    • Sessions:
        • Title: Introduction Session
        • Description: In this session, the students will be introduced to the French language.
        • Start time: Jul 11, 2012, 6:00PM
        • End time: Jul 11, 2012, 8:00PM
        • Register per session: No
        • Title: Second Session
        • Description: During this session, we review the basics that we discussed in the last session and then move on. New grammatical topics discussed in this session include regular verbs in the present tense, formality, and personal pronouns. We will also learn more vocabulary.
        • Start time: Jul 18, 2012, 6:00PM
        • End time: Jul 18, 2012, 8:00PM
        • Register per session: No
        • Title: Third Session
        • Description: In this session, we will review the subjects discussed the week before and then continue on to new things. We will discuss essential irregular verbs and learn to build sentences with them. The majority of the lesson will be spent practicing this because that is the best way to memorize them, but we will also learn some new vocabulary.
        • Start time: Jul 25, 2012, 6:00PM
        • End time: Jul 25, 2012, 8:00PM
        • Register per session: No
        • Title: Fourth Session
        • Description: In this session, we will review what was discussed the week before and then move on. We will learn about question words, how to form questions, and how to negate sentences. There will also be some practice activities related to this. And, of course, we will learn some new vocabulary.
        • Start time: Aug 1, 2012, 6:00PM
        • End time: Aug 1, 2012, 8:00PM
        • Register per session: No
        • Title: Fifth Session
        • Description: During this session, we will do a quick review of what was discussed last week and then continue on. This session's new curriculum includes learning how to tell time, as well as learning the past tense. We will also be learning some new vocabulary.
        • Start time: Aug 8, 2012, 6:00PM
        • End time: Aug 8, 2012, 8:00PM
        • Register per session: No
        • Title: Sixth Session
        • Description: In this session, we will continue to learn about the past tense. We will also learn the future tense, which is very simple. We will learn some new vocabulary and then will begin a cumulative review.
        • Start time: Aug 15, 2012, 6:00PM
        • End time: Aug 15, 2012, 8:00PM
        • Register per session: No
        • Title: Review Session
        • Description: This final session will consist of several review activities designed to help the students bring together everything they've learned during this course. After this final course, students will be emailed a final progress report saying how they did during the course overall.
        • Start time: Aug 22, 2012, 6:00PM
        • End time: Aug 22, 2012, 8:00PM
        • Register per session: No
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