Disclaimer
All chapter will include speaking, writing, listening, reading.
Please note that while the course program is designed to cover all essential content, it may not always be followed 100% in the exact order presented. The teacher reserves the right to adjust, add, or remove elements as deemed appropriate for the student’s situation and learning goals. The ultimate objective remains to ensure that all key topics are covered thoroughly.
| Situation | Skills to Develop | Language Content |
|---|---|---|
| Episode 1 Change of Direction Thomas and Nadia talk about training and employment. | A. Describe a person in a professional context B. Write a curriculum vitae (CV) C. Participate in a selection interview to attend training D. Call after an interview to follow up E. Write a cover letter for a CV | • Three tips for writing a CV • Listing responsibilities and achievements in a CV • Lists of action verbs according to job types • "Voici" and "Voilà" • Using "c’est" and "il/elle/on est" and "ils/elles sont" in a presentation context • The interrogative pronoun "que" |
| Episode 2 Food for Thought Isabelle, Marc, and Carlos cook and talk about current events. | A. Understand a radio column B. Understand a radio report C. Understand an informative article D. Exchange opinions on current events E. Understand an advertising message | • Inversion of the subject pronoun in interrogative sentences • Forming the present conditional • Expressing intensity and its consequence • Present subjunctive and expressing opinions • Expressions to discuss current events • Impersonal sentence • Sentences expressing emotions |
| Bilan : Review of learning from 1A to 2E |
| WINTER | ||
|---|---|---|
| Situation | Skills to develop | Linguistic content |
| Thomas receives a visit from Loïc, a French friend. They will take part in several activities and cultural events. | A. Chat with colleagues during a break B. Understand a comment about a work or a cultural event C. Understand a series or a film and make a summary of it D. Listen to a humorous capsule E. Understand a short story F. Comment on a work or a cultural event | • Expressions to ask for news from a colleague • Expressions to give news to a colleague • Rephrasing information with the pronoun ça • Expressions to summarize a series or a film • Language registers • Use of language registers • Swear words • Use of the simple past and imperfect • Expressions to comment on a work or a cultural event |
| Hélène and Nadia have a drink. They talk about their respective challenges at work and at school. Annie joins them. | A. Understand information related to a research topic B. Make a presentation in an academic or professional context C. Communicate in a team D. Get information about a job in the region E. Take part in a selection process involving several steps | • Hypothesis in the present tense with si • Expressing perceptions • Expressing facts • Expressions to introduce a presentation • Comparatives and superlatives with nouns and verbs • Comparative and superlative of superiority of bon and bien • Expressions to mention a source • Some common connectors • The logical sequence first • Expressions to conclude a presentation • Relative pronoun dont • Questions to better understand a company • Relative pronoun lequel |
| Summary | Return to learning outcomes 3A to 4E | |
| Reinforcement activities | • Understanding and writing comments on cultural events • Understanding and summarizing TV series and films • Understanding humorous capsules • Researching job opportunities in the region |
Super, merci pour l’image. Voici la traduction complète en anglais du tableau, en gardant exactement la même structure que ton modèle :
| SPRING | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Situation | Skills to develop | Linguistic content | Cultural and intercultural paths |
| Thomas and Marie-France decide to buy a house, while Fatima and Christian are preparing for retirement. Martha, on her side, is trying to resolve a defective appliance problem. | A. Get information to buy a home B. Get information about financial products C. Get information about insurance D. Inform your insurer by phone about damage E. Describe a malfunction of a device or a vehicle F. Write a complaint letter | • Use the present subjunctive with afin que, avant que, pour que… • Use the present subjunctive or infinitive with il faut • Form the present subjunctive • Form the future anterior • The verb aller in the present followed by the infinitive past • Se faire followed by an infinitive verb • Expressions to describe a malfunction • Expressions to indicate when during driving the problem occurs | Facts from here The means to sell or buy a property Household debt in Canada Sources of retirement income in Canada Manufacturer’s warranty, legal warranty, and extended warranty Elsewhere, differently? Taking out home insurance |
| Hélène and Benoit have work to do. They decide to mix business with pleasure by meeting in a café to work. | A. Summarize different types of texts B. Write the minutes of a meeting | • Steps to properly summarize a text • Situating an action in time • Agreement of past participle with être auxiliary • Agreement of past participle in gender and number • Agreement of past participle with avoir auxiliary • Identify the direct object | Facts from here Hypotheses about the origin of the word maringuoin |
| Summary | Review of learning outcomes 5A to 6B | ||
| Reinforcement activities | • Collecting information about purchasing housing, various financial products, and insurance • Description of a malfunction of a device or a vehicle • Writing a complaint letter • Writing a summary of different types of texts |
Veux-tu que je fasse pareil pour toutes les saisons (automne, hiver, printemps, été) afin d’avoir un document complet en anglais avec la même mise en page que l’original?
Parfait, voici la traduction en anglais de ton tableau d’ÉTÉ, en respectant le format identique à ton modèle :
| SUMMER | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Situation | Skills to develop | Linguistic content | Cultural and intercultural paths |
| Fatima and her stepdaughter, Marie-France, have dinner together on the terrace of a restaurant. | A. Understand an opinion text B. Write on a blog C. Understand a point of view on current events D. Comment on the news by justifying your point of view E. Write an open letter | • Form the past conditional • Detect the presence of the author in an opinion text • Choice of indicative or subjunctive mood • Express and qualify agreement or disagreement • Use markers to express opinions • List of relational markers to structure a speech and give an opinion • Hypothesis in the past with si • Some ways of developing and supporting an argument • The structure of the open letter | Facts from here Milk of anger: the price increases Garbage radios Statistical portrait of the Canadian Francophonie Elsewhere, differently? Freedom of expression |
| Hélène receives a promotion she had long been waiting for. She slowly realizes the scope of her new responsibilities. | A. Communicate to resolve a problem in a work context B. Write a service note C. Take part in a decision-making meeting D. Write an administrative letter E. Chat informally with a superior during a break | • The service note • Writing conventions in the service note • The base clause and the subordinate clause • Relative clause • Relative clause: determinative or explicative • The comma and explicative relative clauses • Expressions to take part in a work meeting • Replacement of an inanimate indirect object complement with the pronoun y • Placement of the pronoun en in relation to other pronoun complements • The salutation of the administrative letter • The subject of the administrative letter • The semicolon • The tone of the administrative letter • Impersonal forms • Expressions to chat informally with a superior | Facts from here First names and their meanings Services in French in Quebec and Canada Talking informally with a superior Elsewhere, differently? Workplace communication |
| Summary | Review of learning outcomes 7A to 8E | ||
| Reinforcement activities | • Understanding opinion texts and writing an open letter • Taking part in meetings • Discussion with a superior during a break |