FSI - French Basic Course (Revised) - Volume 1 - Student Text

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COURSE

2 REVISED

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BASIC COURSE

LINITS 1-12 REVISED

BV

MON IQUE COSSARD ROBERT SALAZAR

FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE BASIC COURSE SERIES Edited by

A ua USTUS A. KOSKI

PREFACE

French Basic Course (Revised) drows heauily on the 1960 French Basic Course by Dan Desberg and associates and incorporotes the 1967 French Supplementary Exercises by Robert Salazar. lt owes a debt to the many people who haue contributed to the euolution of ItJnguage instruction since the establishment of the Foreign Seruice Institute. One member of the staff in the early years whose part should be especially recognized is Naomi Pekmezian, first superuisor of French instruction at FSI.

Monique Cossard pltJnned the reuision, coordinated the efforts of the many staff members participating in the work, and reuised the grammar notes which, in their earlier form, had presented difliculties to students. The dialogues, of which she was the author in the 1960 edition, remain unchanged.

With only minor exceptions, ail parts of the uolume haue been tape recorded. AltJin Mornu serued as chairman of the recording group and Mr. SaltJzar serued as consultant. Voices on the recordings are those of Dauid Deceuninck, Elizabeth Barnett de Maynadier, Bernadette Ernould, Annie Goldmark, Paulette Martin, Annie Procopio, Jacqueline Taylor, Ketty Blanchy Thompson, Mr. Mornu and Mr. Salazar. The recordings were made in the FSI studio under the technical direction of Jose Ramirez, with !Ielp from Albert Whiting. Mr. Mornu checked and edited the tape recordings and cross referenced the printed text to the tapes.

The couer and title page were prepared by John McClelland of the FSI Audiouisual Staff, with assistance from Joseph Sadote, Acting Head of the unit. The photography which prouides the background for the couer of this book is the work of Claude Abron, a French lAnguage instructor. The uolume was typed by Francine Haughey, who, with Mr. Mornu, Mr. Deceuninck and Catherine Hanna, did the proofreading of the French portions. The English portions were proofread by Joann Tench Meeks. The work has had the benefit of feedback from ail members of the French teaching staff and ualuable counsel from Dr. C. Cleland Harris, Chairman of the Romance lAnguage Department.

James R. Frith, Dean School of lAnguage Studies

Foreign Seruice Institute Department of State

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Foreword

Planned in two volumes, French Basic Course (Revised) has been designed to help students reach a level of proficiency which will enable them to participate effectively in most formal and informal conversations. The dialogues, drills, situations and narrations have been tape-recorded unless otherwise indicated in the texte

For beginning students, the twenty-four units are designed for a six-month intensive training program of six hours of class per day, plus outside preparation. Each unit presents a situational topic introduced in a dialogue, and usually five grammar points. Each grammar point is preceded by grammar notes which generally are expressed in non-technical terms.

other units include materials of the following kinds.

1. A dialogue to provide a body of natural French conversation as a source for subsequent drills and exercises. (At FSI these dialogues are commonly memorized.)

2. UsefUl words to supplement the vocabulary with a limited number of additional words, usually related to the topic of the dialogue.

3. Vocabulary awareness to enable the student to better identify the elements of the utterances he learned as a whole and to regroup and review vocabulary.

4. Drills of six different kinds, each type designed for a specific

purpose.

a. Lexical drills to manipulate already acquired vocabulary and improve fiuency.

b. Learning drills to introduce new grammar points (with reference lo the corresponding grammar notes).

c. Practice drills to give the student an opportunity to illustrate In sentences the grammar point he just covered.

d. Question \

e. Answer 1 drills to prepare the student for normal conversation.

f. Review drills

(Drills preceded by an (*) have been included for

optional use with fast-moving students.)

5. Situations to improve comprehension and serve as a basis for

questions and elementary conversation.

6. Narrations to provide reading material and introduce a very limited

number of vocabulary items.

7. Written exercises to offer to the student opportunity to relate the

spoken language to the writing system.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

Units 1 - 12

Foreword

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Unit 1

Classroom expressions

a

Dialogue: Dans la rue

1

Useful words

4

Vocabula~ awareness

5

Lexical drills

6

Questions on the dialogue

la

Grammar 1: Noun-Marker - Definite article:

la

le, la, etc ??

2: Subj ect pronouns -

14

3: Inversion questions

17

4: Verb: ?tre

20

Question drill

25

Response drill

25

Review drills

25

Unit 2

Dialogue: Dans un petit h?tel

29

Useful words

33

Vocabula~ awareness

34

Lexical drills

35

Questions on the dialogue

38

Grammar 1: Noun-Marker - Indefinite article:

39

~ une, etc ??

2: Noun-Marker - Cardinal numbers

42

3: Negative adverb: ne ???pas

44

4: Verb: avoir

48

Situations

52

Question drill

53

Response drill

53

Review drills

53

Written exercises

56

Unit 3

Dialogue: A la gare

58

Dialogue notes

61

Use fuI words

61

Vocabula~ awareness

62

Lexical drills

63

Questions on the dialogue

67

Grammar 1: Noun-Marker - Demonstrative adjectives: 67

ce, cet, etc ??

2 : ? la, au, et c ?:- -

71

3: Yes!No-questions

73

4: Verbs with infinitive ending in - ER

77

Situations

83

Question drill

83

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Response drill

84

Review drills

84

Written exercises

86

Unit 4

Dialogue: Faisons des courses

88

Dialogue notes

91

UsefUl words

92

Vocabulary awareness

93

Lexical drills

94

Questions on the dialogue

99

Grammar 1: Noun-Marker - Possessive adjective

100

mon, son, etc ??

2: Noun-Marker - 'IIidefinite article

105

du, de la, etc ??

3: Numbers to 100--

108

4: Prepositions: ~/!

113

5: Verb: aller

115

Situations

119

Question drill

119

Response drill

120

Review drills

120

Written exercises

121

Unit 5

Dialogue: Le climat

124

Dialogue note

127

UsefUl words

128

Vocabulary awareness

129

Lexical drills

129

Questions on the dialogue

136

Grammar 1: Noun-marker - Indefinite adjective

136

plusieurs, quelques,

etc ??

2: Noun-Markers in negative constructions 141

3: large numbers

144

4: Impersonal verbs

148

5: Verb: faire

150

Situations

153

Question drill

154

Response drill

155

Review drills

155

Written exercises

157

Unit 6

Review drills

160

Unit 7

Dialogue: Prenons rendez-vous

174

Dialogue notes

177

UsefUl words

177

Vocabulary awareness

178

L3xical drills

179

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Questions on the dialogue

183

Grammar 1: Adjectives - Part one: Forros

184

2: Object pronouns

ln

3: Subject pronoun ce

199

4: Question-words -

208

5: Verbs: Eouvoir, vouloir, savoir

212

Situations

217

Question drill

218

Response drill

219

Review drills

219

Narration

221

Written exercises

221

Unit 8

Dialogue: Chez le coiffeur

225

Dialogue notes

228

Useful words

228

Vocabular,y awareness

229

Lexical drills

229

Questions on the dialogue

235

Grammar 1: Adjectives - Part two: Position

236

2: abject pronouns: lui, leur

240

3: Object pronouns: en

245

252

4: Imperatives

258

5: Verbs like finir

263

Situations

267

Question drill

268

Response drill

268

Review drills

269

Narration

272

Written exercises

273

Unit 9

Dialogue: Au restaurant

275

Dialogue notes

278

Useful words

278

Vocabulary awareness

279

Lexical drills

279

Questions on the dialogue

285

Grammar 1: Comparative & Superlative

286

2: Pass? c~os? (avoir)

293

3: Order o~bject pronouns

304

4: de + Adj. + Noun Plural

318

5: V?rbs ending in 1ire 1

320

Situations

325

Question drill

326

Response drill

326

Review drills

327

Narration

331

Written exercises

331

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