Course Details

French for Beginners

Academic Year 2023/24

VYF001 course is part of 2 study plans

Elective Courses Summer Semester

Elective Courses Winter Semester

Pronunciation: French phonetic system, stress, intonation, linking
Grammar: articles, present tense of 1st verb group, making negative forms and questions, making plural forms of nouns and adjectives, personal, demonstrative and possessive pronouns, imperative.
Vocabulary: introducing, description of person and objects, place of objects, orientation in the town, time, date, numbers 1-1OOO, shopping, clothes

Course Guarantor

Institute

Objective

Mastering the rules of pronunciation to the extent of 500 words and basic grammar for speaking in the Present Tense.
Reading skills, translating a simple text, communication of simple information.

Knowledge

Student will accomplish the aim of the course, which is: mastering the rules of pronunciation to the extent of 500 words and basic grammar for speaking in the Present Tense.
Reading skills, translating a simple text, communication of simple information.

Prerequisites

None.

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

2 credits

Semester

winter

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

1.pronunciation, linking, numbers 1-10 2. Bienvenue- masculine and feminine gender, verb "to be", question; greeting, introducing 3.Rencontre- definite article, gender of nouns and adjectives, prepositions (countries, towns) 4. ca va bien?- possessive pronouns, indefinite article, question; adress, age, phone number, numbers 10-20 5. Correspondance- hobbies, writing an email 6.Passe-temps- plural of articles and nouns, prepositions, question, "il y a", description and location of objects 7. Portrait-robot- personal pronouns, negative form, accord of nouns and adjectives; description of person and clothes 8. Boutique.net- demonstrative pronouns, interrogative pronouns, question; shopping 9. Le coin des artistes 10. Appartement a louer- in the town, my flat 11. Pour aller au Louvre- imperative; means of transport 12. Voyages, voyages- pronoun "on"; travelling, cardinal points 13. Week-end a la mer- revision L9-L12