The Basics of French Grammar

Overview

The language of instruction is French.

This course focuses on the essentials of French grammar in a dynamic communicative approach. Rules and exceptions are part of the game. Participants will explore strategies and tricks to lighten what seems to be an overload for the mind. This course is a very good preparation for those who plan to take the Federal Government’s B or C language proficiency tests.

 

Learning Outcomes

Apply the following:
  • Parts of speech and syntactic functions
  • Gender of nouns (masculine, feminine)
  • Agreement of nouns and adjectives
  • Direct and indirect complements
  • Different pronouns
  • Subject and verbs agreement
  • Plural of nouns and adjectives
  • Verb tenses and moods
  • Numbers : singular or plural ?
  • Past participles with “avoir” and “être”
  • Correcting errors : vocabulary and expressions.
  • Some homophones : à/a, bientôt/bientôt, autour/au tour, ce/se…

 

Audience

  • Anyone who wishes to review the basics of grammatical structures

 

Duration

12 hours

 

Cost

  • $1095 (plus tax)

 

Featured Instructor

Georges Farid, Ph.D., holds a doctoral in Applied Linguistics from Université Paris V René Descartes. Now an honorary professor, he has taught written French in all its forms at the Université du Québec en Outaouais. He has presented numerous papers on various aspects of the French language, both nationally and internationally. He has written several articles on spelling and grammar. In 2004, he published Mieux comprendre le participe passé, and in 2012, Homonymes en exercices. His research interests include new spelling, sexism in the French language, inclusive writing, clarity and simplicity in writing, error correction, grammar in the workplace, the 45 rules of the past participle, punctuation and the right word.

 

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