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Adults

+ New in Winter 2012

 
FIAF Language Center
22 East 60th Street
3rd floor
646 388 6612
languagecenter@fiaf.org

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Adults
Linguistic Workshops
Grammar

Beginner Level A1
Sat, Jan 14, Jan 21, Jan 28, from 1:30–4:30pm

Advanced Beginner Level A2
Sat, Feb 4, Feb 11, Feb 18, Feb 25, from 1:30–4:30pm

Intermediate Level B1
Sat, Mar 3, Mar 10, from 1:30–4:30pm

Course Code: WKGR
Level: Beginner Level A1 / Advanced Beginner Level A2 / Intermediate Level B1
Instructor: Samira Ait-Jafour
Price: $75 per workshop
Location: FIAF, New York

Workshops can be taken separately or as a series.

Description

Practice, reinforce and gain confidence with the grammar you learn at each level. These workshops are tailored to match your needs! By practicing grammar in context, you will learn more and solidify your knowledge of French grammar. These workshops are ideal as a complement to any general French class.

 

Beginner
Level A1

Suitable for students in General French 101, 102, 103

Sat, Jan 14, from 1:30–4:30pm
Articles, pronouns, adjectives, simple interrogations, expressions of time, the impersonal

Sat, Jan 21, from 1:30–4:30pm
Some regular verbs (être, avoir, s’appeler, etc.), the present tense, the imperative, the conditional (for polite use)

Sat, Jan 28, from 1:30–4:30pm
Interrogation, the expression of quantity and space, structure words

 

Advanced
Beginner
Level A2

Suitable for students in General French 201, 202, 203, 204

Sat, Feb 4, from 1:30–4:30pm
Le passé composé
, the recent past (venir de...), the progressive present (être en train de...), the near future (aller+infinitif), the imperfect, the future

Sat, Feb 11, from 1:30–4:30pm
Different types of phrases, interrogation, COD/COI pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, negative form (ne…plus, ne…rien, ne…personne)

Sat, Feb 18, from 1:30–4:30pm
The passé composé and the imperfect, the conditional used to suggest, logical structure words

Sat, Feb 25, from 1:30–4:30pm
COD/COI pronouns, comparison (comparative and superlative), possessive pronouns, relative pronouns (qui, que…), locational prepositions (à, chez, dans…)

 

Intermediate
Level B1

Suitable for students in General French 301, 302, 303, 304

Sat, Mar 3, from 1:30–4:30pm
Pronominal verbs (reflexive, passive, reciprocal), relative pronouns (qui, que, , dont), expression of hypothesis and condition (present, imperfect, conditional), reported speech

Sat, Mar 10, from 1:30–4:30pm
Reported speech, plus perfect, passive form, subjunctive

Instructor: Samira Ait-Jafour
Madame Ait-Jafour came to the US in 2000, and has been teaching at FIAF for 4 years. She holds a degree in teaching from the Ecole Normale Supérieure, and has extensive experience in teaching French as a second language. She has been responsible for a wide range of activities at FIAF, notably the “French Start” program for elementary students in four New York City public schools, teacher training sessions and pedagogical counselling. She was also responsible for the specialized French language program for the Royal Navy of Morocco.

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