Real French for Travelers: Here’s what you’ll learn

Orientation to course

Section One: Building Blocks of French

1:1       Polite words, greetings, and phrases

1:2       Pronunciation (Part 1)

1:3       Genders and Articles

1:4       Plurals

1:5       Pronunciation (Part 2)

1:6       The Verb être

1:7       Numbers 1-31

1:8       Months, Dates, and Seasons

Quick Start Phrases 1

Section Two: Building Conversations

2:1       Regular Verbs/ER Verbs

2:2      Aller (to go)

2:3      Avoir (to have)

2:4      Negatives

2:5      Conjunctions and Words of Frequency

2:6      IR Verbs

Quick Start Phrases 2

Section Three: Restaurants, Hotels, and Getting Around

3:1       Adjectives

3:2      This and These

3:3      His, Hers, Ours

3:4      Food and Restaurants

3:5      Asking Yes/No Questions

3:6      Asking Informational Questions

3:7       Three Dialogues

3:8      RE Verbs

Quick Start Phrases 3

Section Four: Weather, Leisure, and Transportation

4:1       Numbers 32-100 and Beyond

4:2      Telling Time

4:3      Irregular Verbs

4:4      The Verb ‘Faire’ (To make or do)

Listening Practice 1

Quick Start Phrases 4

Section Five: Shopping and Daily Needs

5:1       Shopping in France

5:2      Comparisons

5:3      Expressing Possibilities, Obligations, and Desires

5:4      Direct Objects

5:5      Indirect Objects

Listening Practice 2

Quick Start Phrases 5

Section Six: Conversations and Using Past Tense

6:1       Making Simple Conversations/ Family Vocabulary

6:2      The Past Tense (Part 1) with avoir

6:3      The Past Tense (Part 2) with être

Listening Practice 3 and Conclusion