Cours débutant - Beginner Course Leçon une - Lesson 1 Lesson Objectives: Beginner students will first learn and practice in pairs and small groups the most used greetings and farewells. Bienvenue en classe de français! (Welcome in the French Class!) 1. Greetings: Bonjour bonsoir (at or after sunset or at the end of the work day) Bonjour Monsieur Bonjour Madame Bonjour Mademoiselle Bonne nuit (before going to sleep) Salut (informal, similar to hi or hello) Comment allez-vous? (how are you doing?) = Comment ça va? Réponses possibles (possible answer): Ça va, et vous?(i am doing fine, and you?) Ça va (très) bien. (I am doing (very) well.) Ça va (très) mal. (I am doing (very) poorly.) 2. Farewells: Au revoir (good bye) - A la prochaine! (see you next time!) A bientôt! (see you later!) Salut! (informal, bye!) Ciao! (informal, bye!) Adieu (good bye forever) 3. Self-Introduction in French: Je suis. (I am.) Mon nom est. (My name is.) Je m appelle. (My name is.) 4. Activity 1: One at a time, each Student (Sdt) introduces her/himself in French to the whole class. Then in pairs, the Students (Ss) greet and introduce each other. 5. Roman Alphabet Letters Pronunciation: Letters English Sound French Examples a, A accord un accord (a agreement) b, B baby un bébé c, C coffee un café ceiling ceci (this one)
façade une façade d, D dentist un dentiste e, E de trop de trop (too much) é, É fiancée une fiancée è, È ê, Ê bête noire une bête noire (black beast) f, F fauve fauve g,g gag un gag (a joke) mirage un mirage h, H (always silent) un hôtel i, I naïve naïve j, J déjà vu déjà vu (already seen) k, K kaki kaki l, L lake un lac (a lake) m, M Ma am Madame n, N Noël Noël (Christmas) o, O solo solo p, P paper un papier (a paper) q, Q pique une pique r, R rouge rouge (red) s, S escargot escargot t, T tea un thé (tea) u, T u (does not exist in English) tu (singular you, informal) v, V valid valide w, W v un wagon x, X example un exemple y, Y yogurt un yaourt z, Z zebra un zèbre 6. Activity 2: One by one, each student spells their last name to the whole class. Then in pairs, the students spell their first name, their last name, and the word Stuttgart to each other. 7. Activity 3: After learning and practicing the alphabet in a round-robin formation (circle or U-shape), the students in turn say one of the 26 letters first in alphabetical order, then in reverse alphabetical order. Teacher can participate in this activity (Optional it depends on the number of present students). 8. Numbers from 0 to 12: Teacher says each number twice slowly, and students repeat after him/her. Teacher also shows with his/her hands the number from 0 to 12. Students are encouraged to imitate the hand gestures (cultural aspect). 0 zéro 1 un 2 deux 3 trois 4 quatre [katr] 5 cinq 6 six [sis] 7 sept [set] 8 huit 9 neuf 10 dix [dis] 11 onze 12 douze [duz] 9. Activity 4 Number Transcription: Teacher reads each number only once, one at a time, while pausing for 2-3 seconds depending on the abilities of the students. The 2
students have to write down in their notebook/notepad/sheet of paper each number numerically as they understand them. It is a listening comprehension exercise. 4 0 7 5 2 8 1 10 6 12 9 11 (in a slower pace than normal) 0 10 3 11 5 6 2 12 7 9 4 8 (a slightly faster pace, but too fast The students are only beginners. ) 10. Activity 5 Number in Context: Teacher reads each sentence separately while pausing for 2-3 seconds depending on the abilities of the students. The students have to identify and write the number as they understand it. A. Marc a 5 euros. B. Marine a 7 ans. C. Les 4 enfants de Serge sont ici. D. Il est 11 heures. E. La Tour Eiffel a 3 étages. F. Les présidents Bush et Obama ont 2 filles. G. Elle a une voiture. H. Il reste 10 secondes avant la fin de cet exercice. 11. Reading time from a clock: knowing the numbers up to 12 will help the students to read time from a clock. Il est une heure ou Il est 1 heure. Il est 2 heures. Il est 3 heures. [ ] Il est 11 heures. Il est midi. (12 p.m.) Il est minuit. (12 a.m.) Il est 8 heures 5. (8h05) Il est 8 heures 10. (8h10) Il est 8 heures et quart. (8h15) Il est 8 heures 20. (8h20) Il est 8 heures 25. (8h25) 3
Il est 8 heures et demi. (8h30) Il est 8 heures 35. (8h35) Ou Il est 9 heures moins 25. (8h35) Il est 8 heures 40. (8h40) Ou Il est 9 heures moins 20. (8h40) Il est 9 heures moins le quart. (8h45) Il est 8 heures 50. (8h50) Ou Il est 9 heures moins 10. (8h50) Il est 8 heures 55. (8h55) Ou Il est 9 heures moins 5. (8h55) Student s Notes: 10 : dix 20 : vingt 30 : trente 40 : quarante 50 : cinquante 60 : soixante 12. Activity 6: a practice exercise: Students will read the time from these pictures below. 4
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