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French Beginners Level 2: LANG 2002

Continue to improve your French

The material covers a variety of everyday topics in a simple, concise manner. There are plenty of examples and explanations to illustrate how the language works and to build confidence. Each lesson contains: clear grammar explanations, vocabulary lists, reading material consisting of a story, dialogue or letter, questions for speaking practice, and exercises.

By the end of level 2, you will have an expanded vocabulary and be able to understand, ask and answer questions using simple sentences. This course is for you if you:

  • Meet the criteria listed in French Beginners Level 1
  • Have a basic French vocabulary
  • Can form simple sentences and understand some spoken language

Topics covered include:

  • Numerals 1-60, telling the time, seasons, months, days, present tense of irregular reflexive verb s’asseoir, the cedilla.
  • Countries, inhabitants, languages, towns, phrases with avoir, omission of the article, irregularities of some -er verbs, word order.
  • Numerals from 60 onwards, collective numerals and measurements, comparative and superlative of adjectives, present tense of connaître and savoir.
  • Relative pronouns, the conjunction que.
  • Quel and lequel, demonstrative pronouns, comparative and superlative of adverbs, present tense of vouloir and pouvoir.
  • The future tense, use of the future tense, emphatic pronouns, present tense of ecrire and recevoir.
  • The perfect tense with avoir, agreement of the past participle after avoir, the position of adverbs.
  • The perfect tense with être, insertion of the definite article.

No materials are required.

Summer term

Thursdays, May 7 to July 9 (10 weeks)
7:30 - 9 p.m.
UNB Fredericton
Carleton Hall, 19 Macaulay Lane, room 204
$225 (No HST)

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About the instructor

Maryse Bernier-Duchaussoy is a native French speaker from Quebec. She has been teaching French and French as a Second Language since 2007 in private schools as well as in francophone and anglophone school districts in New Brunswick. She obtained a Bachelor of Education in Social Studies from Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and later completed a Master’s degree in History at Université Laval.

Her experience also includes teaching in Quebec and Nova Scotia in different educational contexts. She has supported learners in preparing for federal second-language evaluations and has contributed to the development of French programming for adult learners. She is passionate about literacy and teaching, and her philosophy emphasizes approaching concepts from various angles to ensure understanding.