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The Open University

Beginners’ French: A trip to Avignon

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Overview

This free course, Beginners’ French: A trip to Avignon, helps you to acquire the basic language to find your way around a French town. You will learn how to understand and give directions, ask about accommodation, book a hotel room at the tourist information office and get information about what to see and do in the local area. You will visit some museums in Avignon and buy a film for your camera. The course also deals with telling the time and making liaisons in speech. By the end of the course, you will feel more confident understanding and giving information about towns, seeking clarification and dealing with numbers. You will also have developed your oral fluency and your reading skills.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • Session 1
  • 1.1 Autour d'Avignon
  • 1.1.1 Noms de rues
  • 1.1.2 La mairie/l'hôtel de ville
  • 1.1.3 Activités 2 et 3
  • 1.1.4 Le rôle du touriste
  • Session 2
  • 2.1 Une chambre d'hôtel
  • 2.1.1
  • 2.1.2
  • 2.1.3 Activités 10 et 11
  • Section 2.2
  • 2.2.1 L'Ardèche
  • 2.2.2 Demande des directions
  • 2.2.3 Activités 14 et 15
  • 2.2.4 Getting about
  • Section 2.3
  • 2.3.1 Les nombres, les jours et les dates
  • 2.3.2 La date de votre anniversaire
  • 2.3.3 Bonne fête!
  • 2.3.4 Using ‘quel’, ‘quelle’
  • Section 2.5
  • 2.5.1 La révision
  • 2.5.2 Activités 26 et 27
  • 2.5.3 Une brochure de détails d'hôtel
  • 2.5.4 Activités 30 et 31
  • 2.6 Faites les bilan: Sessions 1–5
  • Section 2.7
  • 2.7.1 Les musées d'Avignon
  • 2.7.2 Vingt-quatre heures
  • 2.7.3 Au bureau de vente de billets
  • 2.7.4 Telling the time
  • Section 2.8
  • 2.8.1 Learning about verbs
  • 2.8.2 Purchasing goods and services
  • Section 2.9
  • 2.9.1 Looking at a plan
  • 2.9.2 Au musée
  • 2.9.3 Understanding notices
  • Section 2.10
  • 2.10.1 Years
  • 2.10.2 Le musée Angladon-Dubrujeaud
  • 2.10.3
  • Section 2.11
  • 2.11.1 Revision: choosing and booking hotels
  • 2.11.2 Revision: directions and dates
  • 2.12 Faites le bilan: Sessions 6 – 10
  • Conclusion
  • Take the next step
  • Acknowledgements

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