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 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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
Kinship
Talking about family relationships; asking the identity of people and things.
Numbers 100-999,000,000; dates; partitive; possessive adjectives. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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 connaître. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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 quantity; vowel change e/è. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
Getting Away I
Referring to destination; levels of speech. Negative infinitive; imperatives and
pronouns. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
Getting Away II
Referring to destination; levels of speech. Negative infinitive; imperatives and
pronouns. VOD viewing restricted to: US/CA
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