French 202 will focus on communicating about past events and experiences, expressing emotions, and learning grammar and vocabulary related to situating actions and events in time. Students will practice talking about memories, anger, concern, and frequencies of actions using past tenses like the passé composé and plus-que-parfait. Lessons will also cover adjectives, possessive pronouns, transportation, the housing market, and pronunciation. Each chapter divides material across an introductory document, grammar and vocabulary, an email, pronunciation practice, and information on French culture.

1. What to Expect from French 202
Situating Events in Time
Connexions 2 - Unités 4-6
Communication skills
 Evoke memories, talk about the past  Express anger and joy
 Express concern or anxiety  Express the frequency of something
 How to comfort someone  Express discontent
 Express things in terms of “before” and  Rent an apartment
“after” (e.g. we finished our work before
leaving)
Grammar, vocabulary
Conjugation
 Past participle agreement (passé composé),
plus-que-parfait and other past tenses in
context, gérondif.
Words and phrases: Grammar :
 Chronology markers  Adjectives: gender, number, place
 Transportation  Possessive pronouns
 House market  Interrogation (revision)
 Negation (revision)
 Comparison
Lesson format
Each chapter (Unité) of the book is divided into five segments:
1) Introductory document (letter, dialogue, news article, etc)
2) Grammar, vocabulary, and practice speaking
3) An E-mail (usually a quick, friendly note from a friend)
4) Phonetic/Pronunciation Activities
5) French culture
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