Level 1
Vocabulary
 Greetings and introductions, including asking name and age
 Common French names
 Family members, immediate family
 Physical description and personality characteristics
 Weather: il fait beau, mauvais, il fait du vent, il fait chaud, froid
 Numbers up to 100
 Days, months, calendar
 Expressions of time, such as mois, semaine, année, journée, demain
 Expressions de quantité, beaucoup de, d'
 How to tell time
 Adverbs of time such as souvent, toujours, quelquefois, maintenant
 Classroom furniture
 Common prepositions of location : dans, sur, sous devant, derrière, avec, chez, pour, après, avant
 Colors and common clothing
 Common foods
 Leisure activities j'aime faire du ski, j'adore le tennis
 Countries bordering France, adjectives of nationality, languages
 Questions words : Qu'est-ce que, qu'est-ce qui, comment, combien, pourquoi, où

Grammar
 Elision
 Articles, definite, indefinite, (partitive in reading and listening only), contractions
 Regular plural of nouns  
 Form of common adjectives, blond, blonde
 How to make questions and negations.  Use of est-ce que for questions
 Possessive adjectives mon, ton, ma, ta only
 Demonstrative adjectives ce, cette, ces
 Possession with de
 Subject pronouns je, tu, il, etc.  Limited use of moi, toi
 Regular verbs in -er at present, few regular common -ir verbs such as finir, choisir
 -er verbs at imperative- mange! mangez!
 Il y a vs il est, voilà, voici
 Four irregular verbs: être, avoir, faire, aller

Cultural sensitivity
 Vous vs tu
 Proper greetings, Monsieur vs. first name  
 Eating customs in France vs. U.S.  

Level 1 - 2 Transition
Vocabulary
 Class schedule, subjects and school supplies
 Rooms of the house, basic furniture,  
 Cities, places, activities and transportation
 Shopping, restaurants and common food, simple restaurant menu
 Prepositions of location  à côté de, près de, loin de, en face de, entre, etc.
 Expressions such as: Combien coûte, j'ai besoin de, c'est cher , c'est bon marché,je veux, tu veux, je voudrais, tu voudrais.
 Leisure time activities jouer à, faire de
 Name of cognate-based professions
 Expressions of time: le mois prochain, l'année prochaine
 Expressions with avoir -- avoir tort, avoir raison, avoir soif, avoir faim, avoir besoin de, etc.
 Simple expressions with faire :  faire la vaisselle, faire des maths, faire du ski  

Grammar
 Near future aller + infinitive
 J'ai chaud vs. il fait chaud
 Interrogative quel, quelle, quels, quelle
 de, négatif de un, du, des...
 Il ya versus C'est.....
 Opposition of " j'aime le...je mange du... "

Cultural sensitivity
 Eating customs in France vs. U.S.
 School schedule in France vs. U.S.

 Level 2
Vocabulary
 Daily routine
 Rooms of the house and chores
 Food, typical French meal  
 School related activities, such as la fanfare, la chorale
 Health, fitness and expressions such as j'ai mal à, tu as l'air malade, ça va bien?
 Shopping for special events, such as birthdays and proms
 Travel plans and activities
 Giving and asking directions
 Expressions with avoir such as avoir envie de, avoir le temps de, avoir peur de, avoir de la chance,  etc.
 Expressions with être such as: être en train de, être en forme, être de Toulouse, c'est à moi

Grammar
 Add all common regular -ir and -re verbs
 Add to the four irregular verbs avoir, être, aller, faire.  Eight additional irregulars: mettre, prendre, dormir, sortir, partir, vouloir, pouvoir, savoir  
 Regular -er, -ir and -re verbs at passé composé, along with passé composé of the above mentioned irregular verbs avoir, être, aller, faire, mettre, prendre, dormir, sortir, partir.  Common " être " verbs vs. " avoir "
 Pronominal verbs only at present
 Imperfect might be used in listening comprehension and reading selections, but not tested as a grammar item
 Agreement and position of all adjectives
 Comparatives and superlatives of regular adjectives and adverbs plus.que, moins. .que
 Interrogative pronouns: qui, qui est-ce qui, que, qu'est-ce que, quoi
 Object pronouns with verbs at present tense, use of one pronoun only - le, lui, y, en., etc...
 Use of prepositions with geographical names à, en, au, aux
 Simple negations rien, jamais, personne, plus
 All regular imperatives, including mangeons, finissons
 All possessive adjectives, notre...., leur.....

Cultural sensitivity
 House construction, size, rooms
 Differences in daily life, energy conservation, extra curricular activities
 Health care
 School life
 The many facets of Francophone lifestyles  

Level 3
Vocabulary
Wider scope vocabulary related to:  school, daily schedule, parts and rooms of house, extended family, clothing and appearance, more complex menus, leisure, sports and entertainment, future plans for education and job, health, city life and environment, holidays and traditions.

Grammar
 Use of inversion to make questions
 All regular verbs at passé composé, including pronominals
 Contrast of imparfait and passé composé
 Simple agreement of past participle with être and common pronominals
 Pronominal verbs at impératif
 Future and conditional
 Subjunctive of common verbs will be used in reading and listening comprehension but will not be tested as a grammar item
 Common verbs requiring a preposition followed by infinitive commencer à, etc.
 Correct use of sortir, partir, laisser, quitter
 Depuis + present tense
 Use of ne…..que
 Adjectives followed by de
 Relative pronouns qui, que.  Dont, lequel used only in reading and listening comprehension, not tested as grammar item.
 Common negative structures, including ni…ni
 Expanded comparative structures aussi…que, autant…que, etc

Cultural sensitivity
 Driving and car use among teenagers  
 Secondary studies and college in France and US
 Teen life and dating in France and US
 Communities and the environment
 The many facets of Francophone lifestyles  

Level 4
Vocabulary  and culture
 Social issues, such as human rights, equality between sexes, crime and violence, diversity, emigration, prejudice and discrimination, science and medicine, nature and ecology in France and the Francophonie
 Culture, celebrations and traditions, arts, historical events, literature in France and the Francophonie

Grammar
 Verbs with spelling changes such as espérer, acheter
 All interrogative pronouns
 All possessive pronouns
 Si clauses with present and imparfait
 En with present participle
 Past infinitive with après
 Relative pronouns including dont, lequel....
 Demonstrative pronouns
 Developed negative words, aucun, ni....ni...
 Correct use of manquer de, manquer à
 Use of present and imparfait with depuis, il y a, ça fait…que
 Most simple uses of subjunctive,  
 Use of descendre, monter, sortir, rentrer, passer + direct object at passé composé
 C'est vs. il est,more complex uses
 Recognition of futur antérieur and passé simple in readings only.

Cultural sensitivity
All the preceding topics expanded

Beyond Level 4
Vocabulary
Globalization and technology, such as current events, politics, communications, media in France and the Francophonie

Grammar
 Plus-que-parfait and conditionnel passé
 Correct use of imparfait and passé composé
 Agreement of past participles with all passés composés
 All si clauses, including plus-que-parfait
 Double object pronouns
 More elaborate use of subjunctive
 Expended use of relative and demonstrative pronouns

Cultural sensitivity
All the preceding topics expanded