Marie-Pierre Wolfe

Required: Edito B1 or equiv. Prepare for CECR B2 level.

Description: Advanced Edito is a method geared toward adults wishing to gain mastery of CECR level B2. A variety of societal and cultural themes are presented throughout the book using authentic documents (articles, video and audio clips), including the media, arts & culture, travel, history, the environment, the working world, and more. Edito classes can be taken in any sequence; thus the books are used for several terms.

Required: 101 or equiv. Prepare for CECR A1 level.

Communication: Describing people, lodging, leisure and daily activities; expressing one’s preferences; responding to ads; telling time.

Grammar: Gender and number of nouns/adjectives; possessive adjectives; reflexive verbs; futur proche; quel/quelle…; prepositions of place – dans/chez/sur/sous; on = nous; verbs: "aller, prendre, descendre, payer, faire, acheter, manger".

Phonetics: Plural liaison; /y/, /EU, /E/

Required: 101 or equiv. Prepare for CECR A1 level.

Communication: Describing people, lodging, leisure and daily activities; expressing one’s preferences; responding to ads; telling time.

Grammar: Gender and number of nouns/adjectives; possessive adjectives; reflexive verbs; futur proche; quel/quelle…; prepositions of place – dans/chez/sur/sous; on = nous; verbs: "aller, prendre, descendre, payer, faire, acheter, manger".

Phonetics: Plural liaison; /y/, /EU, /E/

Required: 102 or equiv. Prepare for CECR A1/A2 level.

Communication:  Describing the weather, clothing, sizes and materials, daily activities; expressing appreciation; proposing/accepting/refusing an outing; telling time; asking a price; making a phone reservation.

Grammar:  Gender, number, placement of adjectives; reflexive verbs; adverbs of frequency; imperative mood; near future; recent past; demonstrative adjectives; verbs: "venir, pouvoir, vouloir".

Phonetics:  Élision; liaison; /i/ -  /u/ -  /y /.

Required: 103 or equiv. Prepare for CECR A1/A2 level.

Communication: Family tree; introducing one’s family; congratulating; excusing oneself; inquiring about housing;  floor plans, furniture, decorating. 

Grammar : Possessive adjectives; passé composé with avoir; COD  pronoun; « y » ; obligation/interdiction. 

Phonetics: /f/,/v/,//ã/,/ ɔ̃/, /ɛ̃/.

Required: 106 or equiv. Prepare for CECR A2 level.

Communication:  Proposing/accepting/refusing an outing; understanding literary extracts; writing a postcard or posting an on-line commentary; sharing one’s interests, dislikes, origins.

Grammar:  Passé composé with être; imparfait ; negation; « y », « en » ; adjective placement.

Phonetics:  /s/- /z/; la liaison with « en ».

Découvrez le monde futuriste de Jules Verne, le pionnier du genre science-fiction.  Cet atelier sera un premier regard sur le cours d’été de dix semaines qui présentera plusieurs extraits de l’auteur ainsi que le roman : Paris au XX-e siècle.

Découvrez le monde futuriste de Jules Verne, le pionnier du genre science-fiction.  Cet atelier sera un premier regard sur le cours d’été de dix semaines qui présentera plusieurs extraits de l’auteur ainsi que le roman : Paris au XX-e siècle.

Required: Edito B1 or equiv. Prepare for CECR B1/B2 level.

Description: Découvrez le monde futuriste et prophétique de l’auteur français le plus traduit dans le monde. Jules Verne est le pionnier du genre science-fiction, de la science à l’imaginaire.  Dans ce cours vous allez lire des extraits d’œuvres avec l’étude approfondie de « Paris au XX-e siècle » son roman d’anticipation, seulement publié en 1994.

Get ready to drill and master the extended family of pronouns, gradually introduced to you since your first French lessons.  Direct and indirect object pronouns; stress pronouns, as well as “y” and “en” will be studied during this two-hour workshop.

Get ready to drill and master the extended family of pronouns, gradually introduced to you since your first French lessons.  Direct and indirect object pronouns; stress pronouns, as well as “y” and “en” will be studied during this two-hour workshop.