OLYMPIADS SCHOOL

Course Title: French Level 2

Course Date: Winter Session

Teacher: K. Laribi

I. Course Description:

The goals of this course includes reading, grammar, writing, oral comprehension and oral
communication. The program covers beginner and intermediate levels of French grammar and
usage. Following a summary of rules for correct pronunciation and spelling, we will review verb
tenses, The Present Tense of Regular Verbs, The Present Tense of Irregular Verbs, The Imperfect,
and The Future. Rules governing nouns, prepositions, interrogatives, and negative forms are also
examined numbers, time and dates.

The students will be tested on all of these aspects of language learning through written
homework, classroom participation, and through periodic quizzes and exam.

II. Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, students should be able to:

 Apply a basic knowledge of grammar appropriate to the level.

 Apply strategies for understanding specific information.
 Understand short texts in the target language, dealing with everyday material.
 Interact in simple way, and ask and answer questions on familiar topics.

III. Instructional Methods:

This course is taught using a variety of instructional including lecture, class discussions, small
group work and writing small paragraphs.
IV. Textbook & Materials:

Supporting materials:

 Communication progressive du français: Niveau débutant. By Claire Miquel.

 Practice Makes Perfect “Basic French” by Eliane Kurbegov.

Supplementary Sources:
 Complete Guide to Conjugating 12000 French Verbs by Bescherelle.

V. Grading standard:

This course will be based on weighted categories. The categories are divided as follows:

1. Homework (20%).
2. Reading (20%).
3. Quiz (20%).
4. Participation (20%).
5. Final exam (20%).

VI. Topics and Assignments:

Week 1
The Present Tense of Regular Verbs
Nouns
Reading Comprehension

Week 2
The Present Tense of Irregular Verbs (1)
Plural of Nouns
Quantity
Reading Comprehension

Week 3
The Present Tense of Irregular Verbs (2)
Partitive Articles
Agreement of Adjectives
Reading Comprehension

Week 4
The Imperfect Part I
Comparative and Superlative Forms of Adjectives
Reading Comprehension
Week 5
The Imperfect Part II
Position of Adverbs
Reading Comprehension

Week 6
Recent Past
Formation of Adverbs
Reading Comprehension

Week 7
The Future Simple (1)
Reading Comprehension

Week 8
The Future Simple (2)
Subject Pronouns
Reading Comprehension

Week 9
The Near Future
Pronominal Verbs (1)
Stressed Pronouns
Reading Comprehension

Week 10
Pronominal Verbs (1)
The Compound past Tense with “Avoir”
Possessive Pronouns
Reading Comprehension

Week 11
The compound past tense with irregular verbs (1)
Demonstrative Pronouns (1)
Reading Comprehension

Week 12
The compound past tense with irregular verbs (2)
Demonstrative Pronouns (2)
Reading Comprehension
Week 13
The compound past tense with “Etre” (1)
Comparatives and Superlatives
Reading Comprehension

Week 14
The compound past tense with “Etre” (2)
The Compound Past of Pronominal Verbs

Week 15
The Compound Past of Pronominal Verbs (1)
Interrogative Pronouns
Reading Comprehension

Week 16
The Compound Past of Pronominal Verbs (2)
Reading Comprehension

Week 17
The imperative and its forms
Relative Pronouns (1)
Reading Comprehension

Week 18
Imperative Forms of Irregular verbs
Relative Pronouns (2)
Reading Comprehension

Week 19
Negations (1)
Direct and indirect object pronouns (1)
Reading Comprehension

Week 20
Negations (2)
Direct and indirect object pronouns (2)
Reading Comprehension

Week 21
The Interrogative (1)
Object Pronouns: y
Reading Comprehension
Week 22

Review of the course

Final Exam