This course takes place from 1 October until 26 November 2024. There is no class in the week of 21 October because of the Autumn Break.
Class day and time: Tuesdays from 7.45 - 9.15 pm
Number of participants: min. 6 - max. 16
There will be eight meetings:
- 5 online meetings (2, 3, 4, 6 and 7) and
- 3 on-site meetings (1, 5 and 8).
Approach and content
French is spoken as much as possible during classes, with Dutch and English as the supporting languages. This means that in most cases, you can take this course if you do not speak Dutch. Please contact our Service Centre for more information.
You should count on about three to four hours of individual study per week.
What do the classes cover?
Skills
- Introducing yourself: name, address, profession
- Asking questions, asking and showing the way, describing a city
- Going to a restaurant, ordering food and commenting on it
- Shopping: asking about quantities
- Shopping: fashion, clothing, colours and sizes
- Travel, countries and nationalities
- At a hotel, filing a complaint
- Talking about the weather, indicating the date
- Family and relationships, describing someone's appearance
- Hobbies, going out, booking something or meeting someone
Grammar
- Personal pronouns (je, tu... moi, toi...)
- Articles (le, la, un...), partitive article (du pain, de la farine), demonstrative article (ce, cette...)
- Pronunciation, intonation
- Cardinal and ordinal numbers
- Regular verbs (type -ER parler)
- Basic verbs: être, avoir, faire, aller
- Irregular verbs: prendre, vouloir, pouvoir
- Negation (ne... pas)
- Adjectives (grand, grande...), comparisons (plus grand, moins petit)
- Irregular adjectives (beau, nouveau)
- Indicate time and days, indicate frequency (toujours, souvent...)
- Irregular verbs: choisir, offrir, savoir, sortir, venir
- Possessive pronouns (mon, ma...)
- The present perfect: I have talked, I have gone (passé composé: j'ai parlé, je suis allé)
- The near future (futur proche: je vais manger)
- Pronouns: I take it (je le prends), I give to him (je lui donne)
Course material
- Voyages 1 (new edition):
Tekstboek. ISBN: 9789460307317
Werkboek. ISBN: 9789460307324
An English version of this book is also available.
This book is also used during the course French halfway to A1.
Optionally:
- Even Spieken Frans. ISBN 9789463923590
The course material can be purchased at Roelants bookstore. Course material is not included in the course fee.
