
In this lesson, you will learn about the FREE textbook we have selected for this course and how you can get a copy. You will learn about the author and version. You will get information on how I have remixed this book in other to help students focus on the learning objectives of the course.
This lesson focuses on helping you to identify the key communication and grammar learning objectives of Unit One. Before diving deep into the unit, it is important for you to know what is really matters so that you can focus your energy on mastering the things that matter.
This lesson focuses on how to read the French alphabet. It explains the international phonetic alphabet and how to combine sound units for the pronunciation of the letters of the French alphabet.
This lesson focuses on the communication objective. You will learn how to find out the names of other people. You will learn how to ask people to spell or write their names. You will also be able to give your own name and spell it out to others.
This lesson focuses on the communication objective. You will learn how to give the names of some of your course mates.
This lesson focuses on the communication objective. There are lots of similarities between English and French. But there are lots of differences as well. This lesson provides information on how to pronounce French words based on the letters and the IPA.
This lesson focuses on the communication objective. This lesson focuses on the French nasal sound and identifies the various combination of letters that produce those nasal sounds.
This lesson describes the five French accents you need to understand in order to be better at speaking the language. These accents play a key role in how certain letters or words are pronounced.
In this lesson you will learn more about French accents and how they affect the pronunciation of words. You will also learn how to represent uppercase and lowercase in words when you are spelling them. You will learn how to include the five French accents when spelling words.
In this lesson, you will learn the technique for counting in French and cover numbers ranging from 0 to 100.
In this lesson, you will learn the technique for counting higher numbers in French. You will learn certain characteristics, pronunciation tips, similarities between English and French.
In this lesson, you will learn how to work with numbers, moving from numerals to words and vice versa.
In this lesson, you will learn how to work with numbers and mathematical signs such as plus, minus and equal to add up or subtract numbers in French.
In this lesson, you will continue to work with numbers, learning two basic math signs for multiplication and division.
This lesson describes the three global learning objectives and identifies specific targets and tasks under each learning objective, which you need to be able to accomplish when you finish the unit.
In this lesson, you will learn how to greet different people in French. You will learn about French culture, faire la bise. You will see a model dialogue and how two people greet each other and introduce themselves. You will be able to apply that knowledge to greet people you meet, find out their names and introduce yourself to them.
In this lesson, you will acquire vocabularies through a model dialogue between two people. You will learn how to give your name/find out people's names, give your address and place of birth.
In this lesson, you will acquire vocabularies, learn conversation tips to make you able to engage in simple conversations and find out how people are doing. You will learn to respond to questions, including letting people know how you are.
A noun is any name you can think of. Pronouns replace nouns in sentences. In this lesson, you will learn subject pronouns in both English and French. You will understand the structure of a simple sentence, SVO.
In this lesson, you revise the subject pronouns before focusing on the communication learning objective with a dialogue and vocabularies.
In this lesson, we take a moment to identify and define certain terms you will be coming across often in verb conjugation, such as infinitive, tense, verb forms, etc.
In this lesson, you will learn how to conjugate the verb ETRE in the present tense. You will see how to begin to combine the verb with other vocabularies to begin to make simple sentences.
In this lesson, you will revise the conjugation of the verb ETRE in the present tense. You will learn the nationalities and see how to combine them with the verb ETRE to say where you come from. You will be introduced to writing a simple composition to tell about yourself in French.
In this lesson, you will learn how to conjugate the verb PARLER (to speak). You will see how to combine this verb with names of languages in simple sentences to tell the languages you speak.
In this lesson, you will learn the basic colours in French. You will learn how to identify the colour of your country's flag. You will be able to learn the French national anthem. You will learn how to find out what languages people speak.
In this lesson, you will learn a bunch of descriptive adjective in both masculine and feminine forms. You will learn how to use the adjective in simple sentences to describe yourself, other people and things.
In this lesson, you will learn how to read a few short paragraphs. Some of the unfamiliar words will be explained so that you can apply them and follow the models to write your own composition.
This lesson describes the three global learning objectives and identifies specific targets and tasks under each learning objective, which you need to be able to accomplish when you finish the unit.
In this lesson, you will learn the three major verb groups in French. You will understand the concept of regular and irregular verbs in French.
In this lesson, you will learn a strategy for guessing the meaning of French words using cognates. You will also see some exercises to reinforce your knowledge and use of ÊTRE in sentence formation.
In this lesson, you will learn how to conjugate AVOIR in the present tense. You will learn two important phonetic concepts (liaison and elision) and how they apply to AVOIR. You will revise the verb ÊTRE and see certain differences between ÊTRE and AVOIR.
In this lesson, we focus on further understanding the use of the verb AVOIR in the present tense in various contexts. Through an exercise, we see how the correct form of the verb is used with the correct noun or pronoun.
In this lesson, we focus on further understanding how to use ÊTRE and AVOIR in the present tense. Through an exercise, we see how the correct form of each verb is used with the correct noun or pronoun.
In this lesson, we are going to discuss our intro in French. This will enable you understand the wordings of the intro so that you are able to use the expressions for your own constructions.
In this lesson, you will learn how to conjugate the verb ALLER in the present tense. You will see the first meaning of the verb and how to use it to tell where different people are going to.
In this lesson, you will learn about new online resources such as bilingual dictionaries to use in building your vocabularies. You will learn new vocabularies and how to use ALLER to express health conditions.
In this lesson, you will learn further uses of AVOIR to express age. You will see some differences between English and French in terms of how to find out how old people are and also how to tell how old you are.
In this lesson, you will revise the use of ETRE, AVOIR and numbers. You will see how the two verbs can combine with numbers to ask questions as well as provide answers to tell where and when you were born.
In this lesson, you will continue to build on vocabulary acquisition. You will see further uses of AVOIR and how the verb can combine with other phrases to express various conditions.
This lesson describes the global learning objectives and identifies specific targets and tasks under each learning objective, which you need to be able to accomplish when you finish the unit.
In this lesson, you will learn what we mean by 'gender' and see how many genders we have in French. You will be able to use French to tell how many genders there are in French language.
In this lesson, you will learn what we mean by "definite article". You will learn the four different forms of the definite article in French and what role they play in helping you to identify the gender of nouns.
In this lesson, you will learn what we mean by "indefinite article". You will learn the three different forms of the indefinite article in French and what role they play in helping you to identify the gender and number of nouns.
In this lesson, you will see some difference between English and French in terms of when you can omit the indefinite article. You are learn the key difference between definite and indefinite articles.
In this lesson, you will revise the difference between definite and indefinite articles. You will see some concrete examples of usage. You will cover some exercises on how to use definite articles with nouns based on number and gender. You will learn more vocabularies.
In this lesson, you will learn a bunch of vocabularies. You will see some strategies to identify the gender of words. You will complete certain exercises, assigning the correct indefinite and definite articles to nouns.
In this lesson, you will learn a bunch of vocabularies often used in a traditional classroom. You will see the names of various items found in a classroom and how to use them in your own simple sentences.
In this lesson, you will learn a bunch of vocabularies often used in a traditional classroom to give various commends. Some cultural observations are including to show you a more appropriate way to address your teachers.
In this lesson, you will learn how to pronounce a bunch of vocabularies and expressions in French. You will notice that we have already seen most of them in the preceding lessons. You will see how to use them in making your own simple sentences.
In this lesson, you learn the difference between il y a and voila/voici. You will learn how to construct negative sentences in French.
In this lesson, you revise how to form negative sentences in French. You learn how indefinite articles behave when you use them in a negative sentence.
This lesson describes the global learning objectives and identifies specific targets and tasks under each learning objective, which you need to be able to accomplish when you finish the unit.
In this lesson, you will revise the three major verb categories in French. You will learn how to identify the racine (stem or root) of an infinitive as well as the terminaison (ending). You revise regular and irregular verbs and see how -ER verbs are conjugated in the present tense.
In this lesson, you will reinforce the conjugation of -ER verbs in the present tense, learn some pronunciation differences, and understand how to begin to create simple sentences with the conjugated verbs.
In this lesson, you will learn how to identify both the stem and terminaison of regular -IR verbs in French. You will learn how the terminaison changes according to the nouns and pronouns when conjugating in the present tense. You will see how to combine verbs with other parts of speech to start making simple sentences.
In this lesson, you will learn how to identify both the stem and terminaison of regular -RE verbs in French. You will learn how the terminaison changes according to the nouns and pronouns when conjugating in the present tense. You will see how to combine verbs with other parts of speech to start making your own simple sentences.
In this lesson, you will be introduced to some online resources that you can use to practice verb conjugation and pronunciation.
In this lesson, you will how to conjugate some ER verbs that behave differently, such as avancer, manger, preferer, peser, nettoyer, balayer, etc.
In this lesson, you will learn how to conjugate some of the French modal verbs, vouloir (to want), pouvoir (to be able, can) and devoir (ought to, have to) in the present tense. You will learn some new vocabularies and how they can be used in sentence formation.
In this lesson, you will focus on understanding the morphological structure of the French language. You will see how to combine more than one verb in a sentence. This knowledge will help you in forming hundreds of simple sentences of your own.
In this lesson, you will learn how to conjugate French verbs in the conditional tense. You will see three examples with the verbs vouloir, pouvoir and devoir. You will see how to use the conditional present tense to express politeness.
In this lesson, you will expand your understanding of sentence formation. You will learn how to transform your simple sentences into questions. You will learn a few punctuation marks such as period, comma and question marks. You will learn how to give your website/domain name to people.
In this lesson, you will learn a bunch of new vocabularies and expressions. You will see how to use verbs to connect those expressions in simple sentences. You will learn how to form negative sentences using ne ... jamais.
In order to talk about buying, selling and obtaining the prices of items in a store, you need to know how to conjugate the verbs achèter (to buy), vendre (to sell), and coûter (to cost). You will learn how to conjugate these verbs in the present tense so that you will be able to combine them with vocabularies in the future to say things you want to buy or sell.
In this lesson, you will learn the vocabularies of buying and selling in a store. You will see the different sections of the store and the items you can find in each section.
In this lesson, you will learn the vocabularies of buying and selling in a store. You will see the different sections of the store and the items you can find in each section.
Using some dialogues, you will learn how to hold a conversation, negotiate for price and buy something in a store.
In this lesson, you will indentify the learning objectives of unit six. You will learn how to conjugate the verb APPRENDRE (to learn). You will learn how to use APPRENDRE and ÉTUDIER (to study) with other verbs and vocabulary to tell the learning objectives of a lesson.
In this lesson, you will learn about some online resources you can use to review the eight parts of speech in traditional grammar - noun (nom), pronoun (pronom), verb (verbe), adjective (adjectif), etc.
In this lesson, you will learn a list of descriptive adjectives and how to pronounce them. You will learn the forms of regular descriptive adjectives and see how to use them in simple sentences.
In this lesson, you will learn the technique for finding the feminine and plural forms of the descriptive adjective. You will see how to use them in sentences, making agreement between the noun and adjective.
We learned previously that a regular French adjective has four different forms. In this lesson, you will learn a few irregular adjectives that have five forms. You will understand when and how to use the 5th form of these adjectives.
In this lesson, you will learn the difference between English and French in terms of where to place your descriptive adjectives in French.
In this lesson, you will revise the adjectives of colours and nationality. Using some simple sentences, you will see where to place the adjectives when you have more than one adjective describing the same noun.
You already learned to add an S to make an adjective plural. In this lesson, you will learn a few adjectives that have the same form for both singular and plural.
In this lesson, you will learn how to form simple sentences by using question elements, Qu'est-ce que c'est? and Qui est-ce? to indentify both people and objects.
In this lesson, you will learn how to ask questions using "à qui" to show possession and tell who owns what object. You will also learn how to answer such a question. You will see how to use adjectives of colour to describe the objects possessed.
In this lesson, you will learn the vocabulary of family relationships. Using a sample family tree, you will be able to identify the different members of your family and how old they are. You will learn HOW TO CONJUGATE VERBS IN THE IMPERATIVE. You will also learn how to form ORDINAL NUMBERS and use them with nouns.
In this lesson, you will learn the vocabulary of family relationships. You will practice how to read a short passage and test your understanding of the passage by answering some simple comprehension questions.
In this lesson, you will learn the vocabulary of family relationships. You will learn how to make simple sentence to connect members of the extended family based on relationships.
In this lesson, you will learn how to describe your house and tell the various rooms you have. You will learn some vocabularies related to a home and be able to use them in simple sentences to describe your home.
In this lesson, you will learn how to identify and tell the items in your room. You will learn some vocabularies related to a home and be able to use them in simple sentences to tell what you have in various rooms in your house.
This lesson covers the days of the week in French.
This lesson covers the months of the year in French.
This lesson covers the four seasons of the year in Canada.
This lesson covers how to describe weather conditions and how people feel during certain weather conditions.
In this lesson, you will revise the conjugation of certain verbs. Then you will see various prepositions used with the different means by which you may travel. You will see how to use them in simple sentences to tell where you go to.
In this lesson, you will continue to acquire vocabularies and combining them with verbs to tell the different ways you travel. You will learn how to prepare some short dialogues to describe your travel plans.
In this lesson, you will be introduced to prepositions in French. You will learn a bunch of common prepositions and how they help to connect other words, indicating the location of things in relation to other things, or identifying direction.
In this lesson, you will learn the various forms of the prepositions you can use to tell what country, city or town you are going to or coming from.
In this lesson, you will learn how the prepositions (de and à) can contract with definite articles (le, la, l', and les).
In this lesson, you will learn how to express possession in French using the preposition "de".
In this lesson, you will learn how to express possession in French using the preposition "à".
In this lesson, you will go through some exercises to consolidate your understanding of the use of "de" and "à" to express possession.
In this lesson, you will go through some exercises to consolidate your understanding of the use of prepositions to create relationships between items.
In this lesson, you will learn how to give or follow directions to find your way around a city. You will revise a number of relevant verbs, vocabulary and expressions, including pronominal verbs.
In this lesson, you will learn how to ask questions to find out what time it is. You will learn how to read the clock and tell the time.
In this lesson, you will learn how to ask questions to find out what time it is. You will learn how to read the clock and tell the time.
In this lesson, you will learn how to ask questions to find out what time it is. You will learn how to read the clock and tell the time. You will learn how to find out as well as tell what excact time somebody does something.
In this lesson, you will learn the different forms of the possessive adjective, including their equivalents in English.
In this lesson, you will learn how the number (singular or plural) and gender (masculine or feminine) of the object possessed help you to determine the correct form of the possessive adjective to use in a sentence.
In this lesson, you will go through some exercises to reinforce your knowledge of how to use possessive adjectives.
In this lesson, you will revise how to tell the time you do certain activities. You will learn how to us AM and PM in the 12 hour system.
In this lesson, you will revise the days of the week in French and take some exercices, practice question and answer techniques.
In this lesson, you will learn some of the courses and areas of study. You will learn how to tell what you are studying in shool.
In this lesson, you will learn the four cardinal points in French. You will see how to use contracted articles with the cardinal points.
Already, you have learned that possessive adjectives agree in number and gender with the noun or object possessed. In this lesson, you will see an exception and learn when to use mon, ton and son with singular feminine nouns.
Already, you have learned how to conjugate some many verbs in the present tense. In this lesson, we will focus on the unique characteristics of a number of verbs.
Already, you have learned how to conjugate some many verbs in the present tense. In this lesson, we will focus on the unique characteristics of a number of verbs.
Already, you have learned how to use different prepositions with different places (countries, towns, cities, etc.). In this lesson, you will revise a list of countries and continents with prepositions. You will learn a little bit about Morocco.
Welcome to University French 100 — a complete beginner’s course designed to help you start speaking, reading, and understanding French with confidence.
This course will equip you with the foundational skills needed to navigate simple, real-life communication scenarios in French. You will develop a solid understanding of basic grammatical structures, pronunciation patterns, and vocabulary, while also gaining valuable cultural insight into the diverse world of la Francophonie mondiale.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Communicate effectively in everyday situations using beginner-level French.
Apply basic grammatical concepts accurately in speech and writing.
Pronounce a wide range of essential French sounds, including nasal vowels and accented letters.
Understand and respond to brief statements, greetings, and common questions.
Explore key cultural practices from French-speaking countries around the world.
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The course includes a free textbook, interactive lessons, pronunciation tips, grammar explanations, cultural notes, and practical exercises to reinforce your learning.