French Beginners Level 1 (Online)

Comment vas-tu? Take the mystery out of one of our province's official languages.

This course helps you to develop your French language skills (listening, speaking, and strategies for reading and writing) by focusing on the use of vocabulary, grammar, comprehension and sentence construction.

Topics covered include:

• Alphabet, accents, pronunciation, gender of nouns, definite and indefinite articles, plural of nouns, present tense of avoir and être.
• Partitive article (du, de la), agreement of adjectives, il y a, forming questions.
• Present tense of verb endings in -er, showing possession, to or at, present tense of aller, immediate future (present tense of aller + infinitive).
• Question forms of verbs, negatives, use of de, possessive adjectives, present tense of dire, lire, partir and prendre.
• Present tense of verbs ending in -ir, position of adjectives, use of de, feminine forms of adjectives, use of on, present tense of jeter.
• Present tense of verbs ending in -re, irregular plural forms of nouns and adjectives, use of tout, the demonstrative adjective, voici and voilà, present tense of boire and faire.
• Personal pronoun objects of verbs (conjunctives), the imperative, position of personal pronoun objects with the imperative, present tense of venir, voir, vouloir, immediate past (present tense of venir + de + infinitive).
• Reflexive verbs, formation and position of adverbs, present tense of ouvrir and mettre.

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

By the end of Level 1, you will have gained some elementary vocabulary and be able to understand, ask and answer questions using simple sentences.

No materials are required.

Course details 

Fall 2023 afternoon

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Fall 2023 evening

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Winter 2024 afternoon

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Winter 2024 evening

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About the instructors

Nadine Schnarr

Nadine has a bachelor's degree in Education from Moncton, New Brunswick, and a Master's degree in Education with honors from Lille, France. Nadine has over 20 years of experience teaching French as a second language, tailoring her teaching to her students' learning styles.

"I'm a proud Acadian who moved back to New Brunswick in 2011 after enjoying learning about other cultures when I lived in France and England over 7 years. It would be my pleasure to teach you French while you learn about both Acadian and other French Cultures."

Mona Hosseini

Mona has a Ph.D. in Literary studies from Moncton, NB and several pedagogical trainings in Grenoble, France. She has been teaching French to government employees and immigrants since 2008. Mona also has a teaching certificate in new methods of teaching French to non-French speakers from Stendhal University. Mona is proud to live in New Brunswick and to be able to share her linguistic knowledge with everyone.

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