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French Fundamentals

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10 sessions

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This series ended on August 26, 2023. All 1:1 and group chats related to this series are disabled 7 days after the last session.

About

In this series we will cover many different aspects of basic French. This is intended for learners who are complete beginners in French - with very little knowledge (or none at all!). We will begin with the very basics of the language, then work towards building sentences and holding simple conversations. New vocabulary will be sprinkled within each session and it will be tailored to you and your interests!

Tutored by

Sophie S 🇨🇦

Certified in 6 topics

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Hey all, I'm Sophie! I'm a biology and forensic science student in Halifax, Canada. My favourite activities are playing ice hockey, reading, participating in any and all sports, and spending time outdoors :). I tutor mostly in French, chemistry, biology and a little bit of math here and there. I hope to see you at my sessions!

Schedule

✋ ATTENDANCE POLICY

All (but one) sessions are mandatory in order to get the most out of this series. With this in mind, please advise me if you will miss any sessions (and I can provide you with the missed material, and/or meet in office hours with you).

Please note that session six (on diacritics) is completely optional! This is an aspect that is not crucial to French, but it is quite interesting.

SESSION 1

10

Jul

SESSION 1

Orientation

Mon 11:00 PM - 11:30 PM UTCJul 10, 11:00 PM - 11:30 PM UTC

In this orientation session, we will be meeting each other and introducing ourselves. Following this, we will quickly overview the plan for the series (the format, different sessions, office hours, etc.).
I look forward to seeing you there!

SESSION 2

11

Jul

SESSION 2

Orientation

Tue 12:00 AM - 12:30 AM UTCJul 11, 12:00 AM - 12:30 AM UTC

*This is just a redo of the first orientation session (see our groupchat for more information)*
In this orientation session, we will be meeting each other and introducing ourselves. Following this, we will quickly overview the plan for the series (the format, different sessions, office hours, etc.).
I look forward to seeing you there!

SESSION 3

15

Jul

SESSION 3

Enrichment

Sat 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM UTCJul 15, 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM UTC

1 - Greetings and Introductions
*Description to be updated shortly*

SESSION 4

21

Jul

SESSION 4

Office Hours

Fri 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM UTCJul 21, 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM UTC

This session is an unstructured Office Hours time period, as requested by a learner. Anyone can feel free to join and ask questions, but the learner who made the original request for this time (in the weekly form) will get priority.
Regardless, I will try to get to everyone's questions/concerns!

SESSION 5

22

Jul

SESSION 5

Enrichment

Sat 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM UTCJul 22, 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM UTC

2 - Pronouns and Verbs (1/2)
In this session, we will begin by going over the different pronouns used regularly in French. Using these, we will then learn to conjugate basic verbs including "to be", "to have", and we will cover the rules to conjugating the first group of verbs (ending in -er).

SESSION 6

29

Jul

SESSION 6

Enrichment

Sat 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM UTCJul 29, 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM UTC

3 - Verbs (2/2)
In this session, we will continue to learn to conjugate verbs. Specifically, we will work on verbs in the second and third groups (ending in -ir and -re). If time permits, we will cover some of the more common irregular verbs in French (these often have exceptions and weird rules).

SESSION 7

3

Aug

SESSION 7

Office Hours

Thu 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM UTCAug 3, 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM UTC

This session is an unstructured Office Hours time period, as requested by a learner. Anyone can feel free to join and ask questions, but the learner who made the original request for this time (in the weekly form) will get priority.
Regardless, I will try to get to everyone's questions/concerns!

SESSION 8

5

Aug

SESSION 8

Enrichment

Sat 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM UTCAug 5, 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM UTC

4 - Determiners
In this session, we will be talking about all of the little words that help glue together sentences and conversations - determiners! These include words such as "the", "a", "my", "your", "this", "that", "some", and "many" - they are split into different categories: articles, possessive determiners, demonstrative determiners, and quantifiers.

SESSION 9

19

Aug

SESSION 9

Enrichment

Sat 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM UTCAug 19, 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM UTC

6 - Diacritics
*Description to be updated shortly*

SESSION 10

26

Aug

SESSION 10

Enrichment

Sat 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM UTCAug 26, 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM UTC

7 - Review and Conversations
*Description to be updated shortly*

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Jul 10 - Aug 26

7 weeks

30 - 60 mins

/ session

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