Français Intensif – Intensive French Course for Beginners

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Course

Lecture 1: Introduction to Section 1

Lecture 2: Get the Ball Rolling

Lecture 3: Keep the Ball Rolling

Lecture 4: How to Use This Course Most Effectively

Lecture 5: Conclusion to Section 1

Chapter 2: Spelling and Pronunciation

Lecture 1: Introduction to Section 2

Lecture 2: A, Be, Ce – The French Alphabet

Lecture 3: P comme Pierre – French Consonants

Lecture 4: A comme André – French Vowels and Semi-Vowels

Lecture 5: Pas, dit, chez – Final Consonants

Lecture 6: Pas un avion – Liaisons

Lecture 7: French stress rules

Lecture 8: é, à, ô – French Accents

Lecture 9: Conclusion to Section 2

Chapter 3: Getting Started – by Leaps and Bounds

Lecture 1: Introduction to Section 3

Lecture 2: Qu’est-ce que c’est? – Introducing things

Lecture 3: Comment est …? – Describing things

Lecture 4: Qui est-ce? – Introducing People

Lecture 5: Salut, je suis Pierre – Introducing Yourself, Common Greetings

Lecture 6: Je suis, tu es – The Verb ‘to be’ and Personal Pronouns

Lecture 7: Qui es-tu? Comment t’appelles-tu? – Asking For Personal Information

Lecture 8: Je chante, tu chantes – Regular Verbs

Lecture 9: Un, deux, trois – Cardinal Numbers

Lecture 10: Les filles intelligentes – Plurals

Lecture 11: Combien, beaucoup, peu – Quantity, Number, Amount

Lecture 12: Mon père, ma mère – Possessive Adjectives

Lecture 13: Ce chien, cette chatte – Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns

Lecture 14: Je parle bien – Adverbs

Lecture 15: Section 3 Vocabulary Recap

Lecture 16: Conclusion to Section 3

Chapter 4: To Be Or To Have

Lecture 1: Introduction to Section 4

Lecture 2: Où est cela? – Describing Location

Lecture 3: J’ai, tu as – The Verb to have

Lecture 4: Il y a – There Is, There Are

Lecture 5: Section 4 Vocabulary Recap

Lecture 6: Conclusion to Section 4

Chapter 5: Conjugation Patterns

Lecture 1: Introduction to Section 5

Lecture 2: Aimer et adorer – Regular -er Verbs

Lecture 3: Choisir et finir – Regular –ir Verbs

Lecture 4: Attendre et perdre – Regular –re Verbs

Lecture 5: Nous commençons, nous mangeons – Regular Verbs with Spelling Changes

Lecture 6: Je me lève – Reflexive Verbs

Lecture 7: On va chanter – The Verb aller (to go)

Lecture 8: Je prends un taxi – The Verb prendre (to take)

Lecture 9: Je sais, je connais – The Verbs savoir, connaître (to know)

Lecture 10: Je fais, tu fais – The Verb faire (to do)

Lecture 11: Je pars – Irregular –ir Verbs

Lecture 12: Je viens de Paris – The Verb venir (to come) and such like

Lecture 13: Je dis, tu dis – The Verb dire (to say)

Lecture 14: Je peux, je veux, je dois – The Verbs pouvoir, vouloir, devoir

Lecture 15: Je mets mon manteau – The Verb mettre (to put) and such like

Lecture 16: Je reçois, je conduis, je crains – Irregular Verbs Ending in –cevoir, -uire, -nd

Lecture 17: Voir, rire, vivre – Other Irregular Verbs

Lecture 18: Section 5 Vocabulary Recap

Lecture 19: Conclusion to Section 5

Chapter 6: Asking, Confirming, Negating and Ordering

Lecture 1: Introduction to Section 6

Lecture 2: Oui ou non? – General Questions

Lecture 3: Comment, combien, pourquoi? – Specific Questions

Lecture 4: Qu’est-ce qui arrive? – Asking About the Subject

Lecture 5: Qu’a-t-il? – Asking About the Object

Lecture 6: Il n’est pas – Negatives

Lecture 7: N’est-t-il pas? – Negative Questions

Lecture 8: Parle! Parlez! Parlons! – Imperatives of Regular Verbs

Lecture 9: Va, soyez – Imperatives of Irregular Verbs

Lecture 10: Lave-toi – Imperatives of Reflexive Verbs

Lecture 11: Section 6 Vocabulary Recap

Lecture 12: Conclusion to Section 6

Chapter 7: Direct and Indirect Object

Lecture 1: Introduction to Section 7

Lecture 2: À la fille, de la fille – Expressing Noun Cases

Lecture 3: Je lis le livre, je le lis – Direct Objects

Lecture 4: Il lui dit – Indirect Objects

Lecture 5: À, de, pour – Common Prepositions

Lecture 6: À moi, pour toi – Personal Pronouns after Prepositions

Lecture 7: Me la, te la, la lui – Two Object Pronouns

Lecture 8: Aide-moi, t’inviter – Verb Forms with Personal Pronouns

Lecture 9: Nous nous parlons – Reciprocal Verbs

Lecture 10: Section 7 Vocabulary Recap

Lecture 11: Conclusion to Section 7

Chapter 8: Verbal Constructions

Lecture 1: Introduction to Section 8

Lecture 2: On dit que… – Impersonal Forms

Lecture 3: En parlant – The Present Participle

Lecture 4: Voir, parler, boire – Simple Infinitives

Lecture 5: Je te vois venir – Infinitives as Objects

Lecture 6: Je vais chanter – Intentions and Predictions

Lecture 7: Je viens de finir – What we just did

Lecture 8: J’aime chanter – Verb + Verb Constructions