Leçon 1:Introduction
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.
Leçon 2: Genèse I
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.
Leçon 3: Genèse II
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.
Leçon 4: Genèse III
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.
Leçon 5: Familles
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.
Leçon 6: Portraits I
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.
Leçon 7: Portraits II
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.
Leçon 8: Généalogie
Kinship
Talking about family relationships; asking the identity of people and things.
Numbers 100-999,000,000; dates; partitive; possessive adjectives.
Leçon 9: Vacances en Bretagne I
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.
Leçon 10: Vacances en Bretagne II
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.
Leçon 11: Rencontres I
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.
Leçon 12: Rencontres II
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.
Leçon 13: Rencontres III
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.
Leçon 14: Entrée en matière I
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.
Leçon 15: Entrée en matière II
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.
Leçon 16: Entrée en matière III
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.
Leçon 17: Il n'y a pas de sot métier I
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.
Leçon 18: Il n'y a pas de sot métier II
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.
Leçon 19: Attention: Ecoles I
Education I
Identification and description; talking about occupations; talking back; excusingoneself;
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.
Leçon 20: Attention: Ecoles II
Education II
Identification and description; talking about occupations; talking back; excusingoneself;
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.
Leçon 21: Attention: Ecoles III
Education III
Identification and description; talking about occupations; talking back; excusingoneself;
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.
Leçon 22: A la recherche d'une invitation I
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.
Leçon 23: A la recherche d'une invitation II
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.
Leçon 24: Nourritures terrestres I
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.
Leçon 25: Nourritures terrestres II
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.
Leçon 26: Nourritures terrestres III
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.
Leçon 27: Transports en tous genres I
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.
Leçon 28: Transports en tous genres II
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.
Leçon 29: Transports en tous genres III
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.
Leçon 30: Transports en tous genres IV
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.
Leçon 31: Transports en tous genres V
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.
Leçon 32: Résidences I
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.
Leçon 33: Résidences II
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.
Leçon 34: Résidences III
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.
Leçon 35: Résidences IV
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.
Leçon 36: Divertissements I
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.
Leçon 37: Divertissements II
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.
Leçon 38: Divertissements III
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.
Leçon 39: Divertissements IV
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.
Leçon 40: Divertissements V
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.
Leçon 41: Question de chance I
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.
Leçon 42: Question de chance II
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.
Leçon 43: Pensez vacances I
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.
Leçon 44: Pensez vacances II
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.
Leçon 45: Pensez vacances III
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.
Leçon 46: Invitation au voyage
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.
Leçon 47: Quelle variété!
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.
Leçon 48: Quelle richesse!
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.
Leçon 49: Quelle horeur!
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.
Leçon 50: Encore de la variété, encore de la richesse!
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.
Leçon 51: Revue et défilé
Getting Away I
Referring to destination; levels of speech. Negative infinitive; imperatives
and pronouns.
Leçon 52: Tout est bien qui finit bien... ou mal
Getting Away II
Referring to destination; levels of speech. Negative infinitive; imperatives
and pronouns.