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French IOnline College Course
Start speaking French — greetings, campus life, family, and daily conversation, built for real use.
What You'll Learn
A full semester of french i — completed at your own pace, with no deadlines or fixed class times.
What You'll Be Able to Do
- Communicate in French in spoken and written form on familiar everyday topics, including greetings, personal information, family, campus life, leisure, food, and celebrations
- Apply core grammatical structures — including noun gender and articles, subject pronouns, the present tense of regular and irregular verbs, adjective agreement, possessives, the near future, and the passé composé with avoir — to construct accurate sentences
- .Comprehend the main ideas and relevant details of spoken and written French intended for novice learners, using contextual and linguistic strategies
- Produce coherent written texts such as personal descriptions and captions using appropriate vocabulary, grammar, and accentuation
- Demonstrate spoken proficiency at the Novice-High level by exchanging information, asking and answering questions, and managing simple interpersonal exchanges
- Analyze cultural products, practices, and perspectives of the Francophone world and compare them with the learner's own culture to demonstrate intercultural competence
- Evaluate communication breakdowns and apply compensatory strategies (e.g., circumlocution, requesting clarification) to sustain interaction
Major Course Topics
Course chapters and lessons
French I has 6 chapters across 71 instructional hours, as listed in the course syllabus. Expand any chapter to see the lessons inside it.
- Chapters
- 6
- Lessons
- 41
- Instructional hours
- 71 hrs
- Semester hours
- 3
Chapter 1
Salut! (Greetings & Introductions)
- 1.1 The French alphabet, accent marks, and liaisons
- 1.2 Greetings, farewells, and courtesy expressions
- 1.3 Gender of nouns; definite & indefinite articles
- 1.4 Numbers 0-60 and the expression il y a
- 1.5 Subject pronouns and the verb être
- 1.6 Adjective agreement and adjectives of nationality
- 1.7 Culture: greetings, la bise, and the Francophone world
Chapter 2
À la fac (Campus & University Life)
- 2.1 Vocabulary for courses, subjects, and places on campus
- 2.2 Expressing likes and dislikes
- 2.3 Present tense of regular -er verbs and spelling changes (-cer, -ger)
- 2.4 Forming questions and expressing negation
- 2.5 Present tense of avoir and expressions with avoir
- 2.6 Telling time; talking about schedules
- 2.7 Culture: the French university system and le bac
Chapter 3
La famille et les copains (Family & Friends)
- 3.1 Family members, marital status, and pets
- 3.2 Descriptive and possessive adjectives
- 3.3 Professions and occupations
- 3.4 Numbers 61-100
- 3.5 Prepositions of location and disjunctive pronouns
- 3.6 Culture: the French family and types of relationships
Chapter 4
Au café (Around Town & the Café)
- 4.1 Places and activities around town
- 4.2 The verb aller and the near future (futur proche)
- 4.3 Contractions with the preposition à
- 4.4 Interrogative words
- 4.5 Food and drink at a café; expressing quantity
- 4.6 The verbs prendre and boire; partitive articles
- 4.7 Culture: the role of the café in France and North Africa
Chapter 5
Les loisirs (Leisure & Weather)
- 5.1 Sports and leisure activities; expressing frequency
- 5.2 The verb faire; il faut to express necessity
- 5.3 Irregular -ir verbs
- 5.4 Seasons, months, the date, and weather expressions
- 5.5 Numbers 101 and higher
- 5.6 Spelling-change -er verbs
- 5.7 Culture: le football and public gardens in the Francophone world
Chapter 6
Les fêtes (Celebrations & Shopping)
- 6.1 Parties, celebrations, and stages of life
- 6.2 Colors and clothing; shopping vocabulary
- 6.3 Demonstrative adjectives
- 6.4 The passé composé with avoir; irregular past participles
- 6.5 Indirect object pronouns
- 6.6 Regular and irregular -re verbs
- 6.7 Culture: French celebrations, fashion, and the arts in West and Central Africa
These chapters come straight from the official course syllabus, which also sets out the graded assignment and the proctored final exam.
Course Details
| Course | French I (FR 101) |
|---|---|
| Format | 100% online |
| Learning Style | Self-paced — no deadlines or class times |
| Credits | 3 College Credits |
| Lab | Not required |
| Prerequisites | None — starts from zero |
| Assessment | 25% Attendance · 25% Quizzes · 25% Assignments · 25% Final Exam |
| Estimated Completion | Self-paced · no deadlines |
| Credit Recommendation | NCCRS Credit Recommended |
| Transfer Information | Transferable via the credit recommendation above — your registrar can confirm your school's policy |
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