Introducción al francés para estudiantes de secundaria y preparatoria: principiantes

In this course, students will learn the French for beginners curriculum through interactive lectures where they will have the opportunity to participate in class discussions and conversations with a partner, all in a relaxed atmosphere. We use presentations with visuals and graphs to introduce the content followed by student's centered activities such as role playing and games. In addition, the French culture will be presented as a context to the conversations and activities.

This course does not build on previous topics and learners can join at any time. After the lesson, students may complete a series of optional activities to reinforce the lesson's content. These activities will include a combination of skills: reading, speaking and writing and will not reflect on the following meeting. All instructional materials will be available through the Outschool classroom.

Distribution of themes by week:


Week of January 5 Fun Activities
Week of January 12 At the Vet
Week of January 19 Reflexive Verbs- Everyday activities
Week of January 26 Routines
Week of February 2 At school
Week of February 9 Adverbs- How we do things
Week of February 16 Ne pas- Saying no
Week of February 23 Etre- Describing 
Week of March 2 Er verbs- Activities
Week of March 9 Asking Questions
Week of March 16 To take - Prendre
Week of March 23 Possesives
Week of March 30 Quel Demonstrative pronouns
Week of April 6 Voir- To See
Week of April 13 Venir- To Come
Week of April 20 Il/Elle/Est
Week of April 27 Professions
Week of May 4 Food- Cooking and Recipes
Week of May 11 To Prefer- What do you like to eat?
Week of May 18 Clothes- Paris Fashion
Week of May 25 Shopping- Going to the Mall
Week of June 1 Around the City
Week of June 8 To go: Aller - Places
Week of June 15 Prepositions- Locating Places in a Map
Week of June 22 Let's go to Peru and Discover its Culture
Week of June 29 Animal Farms and Products
Week of July 6 The Verb to Have- Avoir
Week of July 13 The Verb to Have- Idioms
Week of July 20 Physical Feelings
Week of July 27 To Like- Fun Activities
Week of August 3 The House parts and furniture
Week of August 10 The house - Making Chores
Week of August 17 The Weather- Describing Weather Patterns and Seasons
Week of August 24 Telling Time - The Basics
Week of August 31 Telling Time- Week of February
Week of September 1 Body Parts- At the Doctor
Week of September 8 Body Parts- Describing 
Week of September 15 Ongoing Actions- Activities
Week of September 22 Ongoing Actions- Penguins at Antartica
Week of September 29 Family 


At this point our curriculum will circle back. This program might be adjusted to meet learner's need and some modification to the schedule could apply.

Learners will receive exposure to the topics with the opportunity to practice in a communicative format. We use colorful visuals, music, games and context clues to facilitate understanding and keep the goals of every lesson simple enough for learners to be able to memorize new words and phrases every session while using them in simple conversations. Fun and age appropriate topics as well as language immersion suited for beginners will translate into fluency.