| Programs 1.
Orientation - An introduction to French in Action: its creation,
its components, and its functioning. How to work with the video programs and how
to integrate them with the audio and print components. This is the only program
in English; the others are entirely in French. 2.
Planning and Anticipating I - Greeting and leave-taking; talking about health;
expressing surprise; planning and anticipating; expressing decisiveness and indecisiveness.
Subject pronouns; masculine and feminine adjectives and nouns; definite and indefinite
articles; immediate future; agreement in gender and number; aller; être;
present indicative of -er verbs. 3. Planning
and Anticipating II - Greeting and leave-taking; talking about health; expressing
surprise; planning and anticipating; expressing decisiveness and indecisiveness.
Subject pronouns; masculine and feminine adjectives and nouns; definite and indefinite
articles; immediate future; agreement in gender and number; aller; être;
present indicative of -er verbs. 4. Planning
and Anticipating III - Greeting and leave-taking; talking about health; expressing
surprise; planning and anticipating; expressing decisiveness and indecisiveness.
Subject pronouns; masculine and feminine adjectives and nouns; definite and indefinite
articles; immediate future; agreement in gender and number; aller; être;
present indicative of -er verbs. 5. Names
and Origins - Numbers; expressing age; giving commands; necessity; negation.
Numbers 1-29; avoir; avoir in expressions of age; ne ... pas;
imperatives of -er verbs; il faut and infinitives. 6.
Physical Characteristics I - Reality and appearance; describing oneself; talking
about sports. Numbers 30-100, faire, aimer and faire with sports,
questions with intonation, inversion, and est-ce que. 7.
Physical Characteristics II - Reality and appearance; describing oneself;
talking about sports. Numbers 30-100, faire, aimer and faire
with sports, questions with intonation, inversion, and est-ce que. 8.
Kinship - Talking about family relationships; asking the identity of people
and things. Numbers 100-999,000,000, dates, partitive, possessive adjectives.
9. Describing Others I - Describing others; talking
about games; expressing agreement and disagreement; talking about time; talking
about the weather. Present tense with il y a ... que and ça
fait ... que; possessive and demonstrative adjectives; stressed pronouns;
venir; savoir versus connate. 10.
Describing Others II - Describing others; talking about games; expressing
agreement and disagreement; talking about time; talking about the weather. Present
tense with il y a ... que and ça fait ... que; possessive
and demonstrative adjectives; stressed pronouns; venir; savoir versus
connaître. 11. Encounters I - Starting
a conversation; talking about seasons and time of day; exclamations; talking about
studies; referring to lack and abundance; expressing approval and disapproval;
reacting to compliments; expressing politeness. Immediate past with venir
de; direct object pronouns; reflexive verbs; imperative and pronouns; demonstrative
adjectives and pronouns; interrogative adjectives and pronouns; parler
versus dire; imperfect; imperfect of être and avoir.
12. Encounters II - Starting a conversation; talking
about seasons and time of day; exclamations; talking about studies; referring
to lack and abundance; expressing approval and disapproval; reacting to compliments;
expressing politeness. Immediate past with venir de; direct object pronouns;
reflexive verbs; imperative and pronouns; demonstrative adjectives and pronouns;
interrogative adjectives and pronouns; parler versus dire; imperfect;
imperfect of être and avoir. 13.
Encounters III - Starting a conversation; talking about seasons and time of
day; exclamations; talking about studies; referring to lack and abundance; expressing
approval and disapproval; reacting to compliments; expressing politeness. Immediate
past with venir de; direct object pronouns; reflexive verbs; imperative
and pronouns; demonstrative adjectives and pronouns; interrogative adjectives
and pronouns; parler versus dire; imperfect; imperfect of être
and avoir. 14. Encounters IV - Starting
a conversation; talking about seasons and time of day; exclamations; talking about
studies; referring to lack and abundance; expressing approval and disapproval;
reacting to compliments; expressing politeness. Immediate past with venir
de; direct object pronouns; reflexive verbs; imperative and pronouns; demonstrative
adjectives and pronouns; interrogative adjectives and pronouns; parler
versus dire; imperfect; imperfect of être and avoir.
15. Occupations I - Talking about work; degrees
of assent; days and months of the year; buying and spending; approximating; talking
about years and centuries. Aller versus venir; prepositions;
contractions of definite article with de and à; adverbial
pronouns y and en; vouloir, pouvoir; c’est versus il/elle
est; ne ... plus, ne ... jamais; pronoun on; indirect object pronouns;
formation of adverbs. 16. Occupations II - Talking
about work; degrees of assent; days and months of the year; buying and spending;
approximating; talking about years and centuries. Aller versus venir;
prepositions; contractions of definite article with de and à;
adverbial pronouns y and en; vouloir, pouvoir; c’est versus
il/elle est; ne ... plus, ne ... jamais; pronoun on; indirect
object pronouns; formation of adverbs. 17. Occupations
III - Talking about work; degrees of assent; days and months of the year;
buying and spending; approximating; talking about years and centuries. Aller
versus venir; prepositions; contractions of definite article with de
and à; adverbial pronouns y and en; vouloir, pouvoir;
c’est versus il/elle est; ne ... plus, ne ... jamais; pronoun
on; indirect object pronouns; formation of adverbs. 18.
Occupations IV - Talking about work; degrees of assent; days and months of
the year; buying and spending; approximating; talking about years and centuries.
Aller versus venir; prepositions; contractions of definite article
with de and à; adverbial pronouns y and en;
vouloir, pouvoir; c’est versus il/elle est; ne ... plus, ne ...
jamais; pronoun on; indirect object pronouns; formation of adverbs.
19. Education I - Identification and description;
talking about occupations; talking back; excusing oneself; expressing incredulity.
Passé composé; plaire; negation with jamais, rien,
personne; mettre, boire; passé composé and direct object pronouns;
savoir and infinitives; agreement of past participle with avoir.
20. Education II - Identification and description;
talking about occupations; talking back; excusing oneself; expressing incredulity.
Passé composé; plaire; negation with jamais, rien,
personne; mettre, boire; passé composé and direct object pronouns;
savoir and infinitives; agreement of past participle with avoir.
21. Education III - Identification and description;
talking about occupations; talking back; excusing oneself; expressing incredulity.
Passé composé; plaire; negation with jamais, rien,
personne; mettre, boire; passé composé and direct object pronouns;
savoir and infinitives; agreement of past participle with avoir.
22. Getting Around I - Using the telephone; receiving
invitations; expressing optimism and pessimism. Passé composé
of reflexive verbs; passé composé with être;
agreement of past participles; future. 23. Getting
Around II - Using the telephone; receiving invitations; expressing optimism
and pessimism. Passé composé of reflexive verbs; passé
composé with être; agreement of past participles; future.
24. Food and Drink I - Talking about food and
drink; ordering in a restaurant; thanking hosts. Future of irregular verbs; relative
pronouns qui and que; imperative with direct and indirect object
pronouns; position of en with object pronouns; ne ... que; expressions
of quantity; vowel change e/è. 25.
Food and Drink II - Talking about food and drink; ordering in a restaurant;
thanking hosts. Future of irregular verbs; relative pronouns qui and
que; imperative with direct and indirect object pronouns; position of
en with object pronouns; ne ... que; expressions of quantity;
vowel change e/è. 26. Food and Drink
III - Talking about food and drink; ordering in a restaurant; thanking hosts.
Future of irregular verbs; relative pronouns qui and que; imperative
with direct and indirect object pronouns; position of en with object
pronouns; ne ... que; expressions of 27.
Transportation and Travel I - Expressing fear; insisting; talking about means
of transportation; talking about cars; expressing admiration; making suggestions.
Pluperfect; conditional; conditional and imperfect; past conditional; compound
tenses and past participles; agreement of past participles; expressions of time.
28 Transportation and Travel II - Expressing fear;
insisting; talking about means of transportation; talking about cars; expressing
admiration; making suggestions. Pluperfect; conditional; conditional and imperfect;
past conditional; compound tenses and past participles; agreement of past participles;
expressions of time. 29. Transportation and Travel
III Expressing fear; insisting; talking about means of transportation; talking
about cars; expressing admiration; making suggestions. Pluperfect; conditional;
conditional and imperfect; past conditional; compound tenses and past participles;
agreement of past participles; expressions of time. 30.
Transportation and Travel IV - Expressing fear; insisting; talking about means
of transportation; talking about cars; expressing admiration; making suggestions.
Pluperfect; conditional; conditional and imperfect; past conditional; compound
tenses and past participles; agreement of past participles; expressions of time.
31. Transportation and Travel V - Expressing fear;
insisting; talking about means of transportation; talking about cars; expressing
admiration; making suggestions. Pluperfect; conditional; conditional and imperfect;
past conditional; compound tenses and past participles; agreement of past participles;
expressions of time. 32. Habitat I - Asking one's
way; talking about housing; protesting; expressing satisfaction and dissatisfaction.
Imperfect and passé composé; irregular imperatives; causative faire; faire versus
rendre; en and present participle; ni ... ni. 33.
Habitat II - Asking one's way; talking about housing; protesting; expressing
satisfaction and dissatisfaction. Imperfect and passé composé; irregular imperatives;
causative faire; faire versus rendre; en and present participle; ni ... ni. 34.
Habitat III - Asking one's way; talking about housing; protesting; expressing
satisfaction and dissatisfaction. Imperfect and passé composé; irregular imperatives;
causative faire; faire versus rendre; en and present participle; ni ... ni. 35.
Habitat IV- Asking one's way; talking about housing; protesting; expressing
satisfaction and dissatisfaction. Imperfect and passé composé; irregular imperatives;
causative faire; faire versus rendre; en and present participle; ni ... ni. 36.
Entertainment I - Talking about entertainment; calming others down; expressing
restriction; expressing reservations; expressing doubt; expressing enthusiasm.
Indefinite expressions; subjunctive; subjunctive of irregular verbs; subjunctive
with falloir and expressions of doubt; position of souvent, toujours, jamais;
verbs in -yer; personne and rien as subjects and objects. 37.
Entertainment II - Talking about entertainment; calming others down; expressing
restriction; expressing reservations; expressing doubt; expressing enthusiasm.
Indefinite expressions; subjunctive; subjunctive of irregular verbs; subjunctive
with falloir and expressions of doubt; position of souvent, toujours, jamais;
verbs in -yer; personne and rien as subjects and objects. 38.
Entertainment III - Talking about entertainment; calming others down; expressing
restriction; expressing reservations; expressing doubt; expressing enthusiasm.
Indefinite expressions; subjunctive; subjunctive of irregular verbs; subjunctive
with falloir and expressions of doubt; position of souvent, toujours, jamais;
verbs in -yer; personne and rien as subjects and objects. 39.
Entertainment IV -Talking about entertainment; calming others down; expressing
restriction; expressing reservations; expressing doubt; expressing enthusiasm.
Indefinite expressions; subjunctive; subjunctive of irregular verbs; subjunctive
with falloir and expressions of doubt; position of souvent, toujours, jamais;
verbs in -yer; personne and rien as subjects and objects. 40.
Entertainment V -Talking about entertainment; calming others down; expressing
restriction; expressing reservations; expressing doubt; expressing enthusiasm.
Indefinite expressions; subjunctive; subjunctive of irregular verbs; subjunctive
with falloir and expressions of doubt; position of souvent, toujours, jamais;
verbs in -yer; personne and rien as subjects and objects. 41.
Getting and Spending I - Talking about money; buying and selling; announcing
good and bad news; expressing indifference; talking about good and bad luck; expressing
preference. Subjunctive in conditional sentences with conjunctions in relative
clauses; personne and rien with compound tenses; position of déjà and encore;
plus rien, jamais rien; comparatives and superlatives; superlative and subjunctive;
relative pronouns ce qui, ce que; demonstrative pronouns. 42.
Getting and Spending II - Talking about money; buying and selling; announcing
good and bad news; expressing indifference; talking about good and bad luck; expressing
preference. Subjunctive in conditional sentences with conjunctions in relative
clauses; personne and rien with compound tenses; position of déjà and encore;
plus rien, jamais rien; comparatives and superlatives; superlative and subjunctive;
relative pronouns ce qui, ce que; demonstrative pronouns. 43.
Getting and Spending III - Talking about money; buying and selling; announcing
good and bad news; expressing indifference; talking about good and bad luck; expressing
preference. Subjunctive in conditional sentences with conjunctions in relative
clauses; personne and rien with compound tenses; position of déjà and encore;
plus rien, jamais rien; comparatives and superlatives; superlative and subjunctive;
relative pronouns ce qui, ce que; demonstrative pronouns. 44.
Getting and Spending IV - Talking about money; buying and selling; announcing
good and bad news; expressing indifference; talking about good and bad luck; expressing
preference. Subjunctive in conditional sentences with conjunctions in relative
clauses; personne and rien with compound tenses; position of déjà and encore;
plus rien, jamais rien; comparatives and superlatives; superlative and subjunctive;
relative pronouns ce qui, ce que; demonstrative pronouns. 45.
Getting and Spending V - Talking about money; buying and selling; announcing
good and bad news; expressing indifference; talking about good and bad luck; expressing
preference. Subjunctive in conditional sentences with conjunctions in relative
clauses; personne and rien with compound tenses; position of déjà and encore;
plus rien, jamais rien; comparatives and superlatives; superlative and subjunctive;
relative pronouns ce qui, ce que; demonstrative pronouns. 46.
Geography and Tourism I - Talking about countries and regions; exaggerating;
confirming; insisting; expressing perplexity. Conditional in intentional expressions;
dont; pronoun tout; possessive pronouns; irregular subjunctives; subjunctive in
subordinate clauses; future in the past; penser de versus penser à; articles and
prepositions with geographical names. 47. Geography
and Tourism II - Talking about countries and regions; exaggerating; confirming;
insisting; expressing perplexity. Conditional in intentional expressions; dont;
pronoun tout; possessive pronouns; irregular subjunctives; subjunctive in subordinate
clauses; future in the past; penser de versus penser à; articles and prepositions
with geographical names. 48. Geography and Tourism
III - Talking about countries and regions; exaggerating; confirming; insisting;
expressing perplexity. Conditional in intentional expressions; dont; pronoun tout;
possessive pronouns; irregular subjunctives; subjunctive in subordinate clauses;
future in the past; penser de versus penser à; articles and prepositions with
geographical names. 49. Geography and Tourism IV -
Talking about countries and regions; exaggerating; confirming; insisting; expressing
perplexity. Conditional in intentional expressions; dont; pronoun tout; possessive
pronouns; irregular subjunctives; subjunctive in subordinate clauses; future in
the past; penser de versus penser à; articles and prepositions with geographical
names. 50. Geography and Tourism V - Talking about
countries and regions; exaggerating; confirming; insisting; expressing perplexity.
Conditional in intentional expressions; dont; pronoun tout; possessive pronouns;
irregular subjunctives; subjunctive in subordinate clauses; future in the past;
penser de versus penser à; articles and prepositions with geographical names.
51. Getting Away I- Referring to destination;
levels of speech. Negative infinitive; imperatives and pronouns. 52.
Getting Away II - Referring to destination; levels of speech. Negative infinitive;
imperatives and pronouns. | 
