Alliance Française Calgary - Curriculum Adults

Curriculum Adults

A1 = 4 levels with Inspire 1 = 96 hours

A1.1 = Unités 1 & 2
A1.2 = Unités 3 & 4
A1.3 = Unités 5 & 6
A1.4 = Unités 7 & 8

A2 = 4 levels with Inspire 2 = 96 hours

A2.1 = Unités 1 & 2
A2.2 = Unités 3 & 4
A2.3 = Unités 5 & 6
A2.4 = Unités 7 & 8

B1 = 5 levels with Inspire 3 = 120 hours

B1.1 = Unité 1 & 2
B1.2 = Unités 3 & 4
B1.3 = Unités 5 & 6
B1.4 = Unités 7 & 8
B1.5 = Unité 9 + Révision

B2 = 4 levels with Inspire 4 + 6 levels with Edito B2 = 240 hours

B2.1 = Unités 1 & 2
B2.2 = Unités 3 & 4
B2.3 = Unités 5 & 6
B2.4 = Unités 7 & 8
B2.5 = Unité 9 + Révision

B2 = 4 levels with Défi 4 + 6 levels with Edito B2 = 240 hours

B2.6 = Unités 1 & 2
B2.7 = Unités 3 & 4
B2.8 = Unités 5 & 6
B2.9 = Unités 7 & 8
B2.10 = Unités 9 & 10
B2.11 = Unités 11 & 12

C1 = 6 levels with Cosmopolite 5 = 144 hours

C1.1 = Unités 1 & 2
C1.2 = Unités 3 & 4
C1.3 = Unités 5 & 6
C1.4 = Unités 7 & 8
C1.5 = Unités 9 & 10
C1.6 = Unités 11 & 12

A1.1 - Unités 1 & 2

Communication

Introduce yourself and someone else;
Greet people and say goodbye;
Spell names and words;
Count and use numbers (0–99);
Ask for help and communicate in class;
Ask politely;
Exchange basic personal information (age, nationality, profession);
Say where you are from and where you live;
Give your phone number and make a simple reservation (date).

Grammar

Definite articles (le, la, les) and gender of nouns;
Subject pronouns (je, tu, il, elle, nous, vous) and stressed pronouns (moi, toi…);
Verbs être, s’appeler, avoir, habiter and parler in the present tense;
Interrogative adjective quel / quelle;
Possessive adjectives (mon, ton, son, ma, ta, sa, notre, votre…);
Numbers (0–99 and introduction to larger numbers);
Alphabet and basic time markers (days, months, seasons);
Countries and nationalities.

A1.2 - Unités 3 & 4

Communication

Talk about your family;
Describe family members;
Talk about professions;
Describe a person’s physical appearance and personality;
Talk about clothes and accessories;
Express likes and dislikes;
Ask about and say what you like;
Talk about hobbies and leisure activities;
Introduce yourself in more detail in an informal context.

Grammar

Plural of nouns;
Interrogative forms: qui est-ce ?, qu’est-ce que ?, c’est qui ?, c’est quoi ?;
Possessive adjectives (mon, ton, son, ma, ta, sa, nos, vos, leurs);
Masculine and feminine forms of adjectives;
Indefinite and definite articles;
Negation ne… pas;
Interrogation with est-ce que and intonation;
Adverbs aussi, mais, moi aussi, moi non plus;
Verbs aimer and préférer in the present tense


A1.3 - Unités 5 & 6

Communication

TTalk about your daily routine;
Describe daily activities and habits;
Talk about time and daily schedules;
Say which sport or activity you practise;
Go shopping and ask for prices;
React to prices and quantities;
Buy clothes and describe an outfit or accessory;
Talk about food and meals;
Explain a simple recipe;
Talk about past experiences and events

Grammar

Time expressions (until, at, from… to);
Frequency expressions (always, often, sometimes);
Reflexive verbs in the present tense;
Verb dormir and finir in the present tense;
Quantity expressions (definite and indefinite);
Interrogation with combien;
Futur proche (affirmative and negative);
Position of adjectives and prepositions of place;
Passé composé with avoir and être;
Chronological connectors (d’abord, puis, ensuite).

A1.4 - Unités 7 & 8

Communication

Give advice and recommendations;
Describe your health and well-being;
Explain a project or plan;
Express causes and goals;
Talk about past trips and experiences;
Give opinions and express appreciation in the past;
Explain your educational background;
Describe a job and professional tasks;
Talk about housing and accommodation;
Communicate on the phone and talk about daily issues.

Grammar

Imperative form (affirmative and negative);
Modal verbs devoir, pouvoir and expressions il faut / il ne faut pas;
Expression of duration using depuis;
Expression of cause and purpose (parce que, pour + infinitive);
Futur proche with pronominal verbs;
Imparfait and passé composé (affirmative and negative);
Past participles of -ir, -re and -oire verbs;
Passé composé with être;
Comparatives and superlatives;
Adverbs of intensity (très, trop).


A2.1 - Unités 1 & 2

Communication

Introduce yourself in detail (identity, age, family, job);
Talk about your tastes, interests and activities;
Ask questions and make social connections;
Talk about social and friendly relationships;
Talk about the future and make predictions;
Situate actions and events in the future;
Describe family relationships and dynamics;
Explain past experiences and childhood memories;
Tell a personal story or describe a meaningful encounter.

Grammar

Review of Passé composé;
Imparfait and contrast with passé composé;
Futur proche and futur simple;
Present continuous review;
Frequency expressions (never, often, sometimes, always);
Interrogative structures and question words;
Expression of purpose (pour + infinitive);
Time markers and chronological indicators;
Position of adjectives.

A2.2 - Unités 3 & 4

Communication

Talk about your lifestyle and living environment;
Describe and characterize a place to live;
Compare different places and ways of living;
Talk about daily habits and shopping habits;
Describe a country and everyday life abroad;
Share an anecdote or personal experience;
Express a wish or a hope;
Ask for help and communicate by phone;
Give advice and make suggestions;
Talk about work, projects and professional environments.

Grammar

Relative pronouns qui, que and où;
Gender and plural of nouns;
Comparatives and superlatives;
Prepositions before place names;
Pronouns y and en;
Conditional present;
Imperative and expression of obligation;
Expressions with devoir, falloir and avoir besoin de;
Structures to express wishes and hypotheses;
Use of future tenses (futur proche and futur simple).

A2.3 - Unités 5 & 6

Communication

Write a short biography;
Talk about life events and situate them in time;
Describe and recount an exceptional experience;
Express intensity and emotions;
Explain a life project and express dissatisfaction;
Justify an opinion or a personal engagement;
Describe and characterize products or objects;
Ask for details and clarify information;
Talk about consumption habits and shopping choices;
Explain and justify everyday decisions.

Grammar

Passé composé and imparfait (review and contrast);
Time markers and expressions of duration (il y a, depuis, pendant);
Adverbs ending in -ment and adverbs of intensity;
Relative structures and question forms (qui, que, quoi, qu’est-ce que);
Expression of cause and consequence (parce que, donc, alors);
Expression of anteriority and posteriority;
Negation forms (ne… pas encore, ne… plus);
Possessive adjectives and pronouns;
Demonstrative pronouns (celui-ci, celle-là);
Expression of quantity and restriction (ne… que)..

A2.4 - Unités 7 & 8

Communication

React to information and express an opinion;
Highlight and comment on information;
Explain how you get informed;
Interact and talk about cultural habits;
Present an event and its program;
Give an appreciation and express contradiction;
Describe a trip and give your opinion about it;
Promote a travel project;
Talk about past experiences abroad;
Talk about a book or a personal experience.

Grammar

Contrast and opposition using mais and ne… que;
Relative clause with ce qui / ce que;
Object pronouns y and en;
Indefinite adjectives and pronouns (quelques, plusieurs, rien, personne, ni… ni);
Expression of cause and consequence (parce que, donc, du coup);
Expression of contradiction (pourtant);
Future tenses review (futur proche and futur simple);
Reported speech in the present;
Past tenses review (passé composé, imparfait, plus-que-parfait);
Placement of object pronouns.

B1.1 - Unités 1 & 2

Communication

Talk about yourself, your personality, tastes and activities;
Compare generations and ways of life;
Give advice and make predictions;
Explain cultural differences and behaviours;
Interact in everyday conversations;
Clarify a message and ensure mutual understanding;
Express an opinion and justify it;
Talk about commitment and social engagement;
Comment on current events and social issues;
Nuance your point of view when discussing inequalities.

Grammar

Present tense review and recent past;
Relative pronouns qui, que, où and dont;
Comparatives and superlatives;
Conditional present and future simple;
Expressions used to give advice;
Expression of cause and consequence;
Opposition (en revanche, par contre);
Imparfait and passé composé (review and contrast);
Agreement of the past participle;
Adverb formation and placement.

B1.2 - Unités 3 & 4

Communication

Ask for information and express obligation;
Talk about online activities and services;
Make recommendations and suggestions;
Express hypotheses and wishes;
Describe a problem and express an opinion or judgment;
Talk about personal experiences;
Talk about leisure activities and free time;
Answer a survey and give your opinion;
Discover and discuss social issues;
Imagine situations and talk creatively about free time.

Grammar

Expression of obligation;
Subjunctive (introduction);
Hypotheses with si + present, imperative or future;
Pronouns COD and COI;
Stressed pronouns;
Conditional present (review);
Interrogative structures;
Negation forms (ne… personne, ne… rien, ne… jamais);
Expression of hypothesis with imparfait;
Use of conditional in hypothetical situations.


B1.3 - Unités 5 & 6

Communication

Talk about city life and urban spaces;
Give precise information and locate an action in space;
Describe changes in a city over time;
Organize and present a guided visit;
Comment on a novel or a text;
Describe housing and improvements to quality of life;
Describe a work of art and give an appreciation;
Express usefulness, contradiction and opinion;
Explain the benefits and role of art in society;
Organize and structure a spoken or written discourse.

Grammar

Gerund to express manner and simultaneity;
Pluperfect and temporal markers to situate actions in time;
Agreement of the past participle with avoir;
Passive voice;
Pronouns y and en;
Concession structures;
Discourse connectors to organize speech;
Adjective placement;
Use of comparative and descriptive structures;
Lexical and grammatical cohesion in extended speech
.


B1.4 - Unités 7 & 8

Communication

Characterize and analyze information;
Express doubt and verify information;
Set an objective and lead a debate;
Transmit and report information;
React to statements and alert about risks;
Talk about media, rumours and technology;
Express regrets and make reproaches;
Formulate hypotheses about the past;
Take a position and participate in a debate;
Act and make proposals for the future.

Grammar

Subjunctive (introduction and review);
Present and past reported speech;
Conditional present and conditional past;
Hypothesis with si + plus-que-parfait;
Present participle to characterize;
Indefinite adjectives and pronouns;
Subjunctive to express doubt;
Double object pronouns;
Register shifts and familiar register;
Phonetic and syntactic cohesion in discourse.


B1.5 - Unité 9 + Révision. 

Communication

Talk about a past experience and explain personal motivations;
Describe tourism trends and make predictions;
Express feelings and personal reflections about travel;
Understand and discuss a literary or poetic text;
Exchange opinions and viewpoints on travel and exploration;
Reflect on the meaning and purpose of travel;
Develop and justify ideas in extended speech;
Write a motivation letter related to a personal project.

Grammar

Past tenses review (passé composé, imparfait, plus-que-parfait);
Temporal relations (anteriority, simultaneity, posteriority);
Relative pronouns (qui, que, dont, où);
Subjunctive (uses and review);
Future forms (futur simple, futur antérieur);
Conditional present and past;
Expression of cause, consequence, opposition and concession;
Reported speech (present and past);
Complex sentence structures and connectors;
Global review of key B1 grammatical concepts.

B2.1 - Unités 1 & 2

Communication

Define and discuss abstract concepts such as happiness;
Analyse and question commonly held beliefs;
Nuance opinions and express uncertainty;
Compare generations and social behaviours;
Give advice and make predictions;
Explain cultural differences;
Interact in complex everyday conversations;
Express engagement and social commitment;
Comment on social inequalities and current issues.

Grammar

Verbal adjectives and complex question structures;
Negation and stylistic emphasis;
Conditional present for nuance and hypothesis;
Relative pronouns qui, que, dont, où;
Comparatives and superlatives (advanced use);
Expression of cause and consequence;
Opposition and concession;
Review of past tenses and agreement of the past participle.

B2.2 - Unités 3 & 4

Communication

Summarize and reformulate complex information;
Describe environmental issues and risks;
Alert, warn and express concern;
Propose solutions to societal problems;
Report speech and ideas;
Organize and structure a persuasive argument;
Discuss language, identity and cultural evolution;
Adapt speech to different registers and contexts.

Grammar

Nominalisation;
Subjunctive in complex structures;
Conditional present and past (review);
Reported speech (present and past);
Discourse connectors for argumentation;
Register shifts (formal / informal);
Pronoun usage in extended discourse;
Stylistic devices for emphasis.


B2.3 - Unités 5 & 6

Communication

Define rights and duties in society;
Defend an opinion and argue a position;
Discuss political systems and civic engagement;
Explain technological developments and their impact;
Participate actively in debates;
Explain abstract concepts clearly;
Imagine future developments;
Collaborate and negotiate in group discussions.

Grammar

Obligation and necessity structures;
Passive voice and pronominal verbs;
Comparisons and superlatives (advanced);
Impersonal structures;
Complex relative clauses;
Expression of purpose and cause;
Use of connectors to structure discourse;
Revision of conditional and future forms.

B2.4 - Unités 7 & 8

Communication

Analyse learning processes and education systems;
Comment on statistics and inequalities;
Describe atypical professional paths;
Express conditions and hypotheses;
Analyse work environments and professional practices;
Reveal implicit opinions and taboos;
Argue and justify complex viewpoints;
Prepare and succeed in professional communication.

Grammar

Double object pronouns;
Relative pronouns with the subjunctive;
Agreement of the past participle (advanced cases);
Conditional clauses;
Gerund and present participle;
Implicit opinion structures;
Quantifiers and intensity markers;
Stylistic variation in argumentation. .

B2.5 - Unité 9 + Révision

Communication

Give clear explanations on abstract topics;
Popularize scientific or social concepts;
Challenge norms and injunctions;
Defend personal convictions;
Express irony and implicit meaning;
Critically analyse representations;
Engage in nuanced debate;
Produce structured and persuasive written texts.

Grammar

Expression of consequence;
Past anterior;
Inversion of subject for stylistic effect;
Restriction structures;
Connotation and stylistic devices;
Implicit discourse strategies;
Register variation;
Global review of key B2 grammatical concepts. .

B2.5 - Unités 1 & 2

Communication

Unité 1 À mon avis
Unité 2 Quelque chose à déclarer ?

Grammar & Vocabulary

Exprimer son opinion; 
Indicatif ou subjonctif;
Les mots de liaison
Les déclaratifs
Le discours rapporté au passé
Des paroles et des sons

B2.6 - Unités 3 & 4

Communication

Unité 3 Ça presse !
Unité 4 : Partir

Grammar & Vocabulary

La presse
La cause et la conséquence
Le passif
Événements et faits divers
Commenter des données chiffrées
Le lieu
La géographie


B2.7 - Unités 5 & 6

Communication

Unité 5 : Histoire de...
Unité 6 : À votre santé !

Grammar & Vocabulary

L'histoire
Le passé
Le temps
Les propositions temporelles
Santé et maladie
Participe présent, gérondif, adjectif verbal
La description

B2.8 - Unités 7 & 8

Communication

Unité 7 Chassez le naturel...
Unité 8 C'est de l'art !

Grammar & Vocabulary

Les pronoms personnels
La météo
L'environnement
Les pronoms relatifs
L'art
L'appréciation
L'expression de la quantité


B2.9 - Unités 9 & 10

Communication

Unité 9 De vous à moi
Unité 10 Au boulot !

Grammar & Vocabulary

La vie quotidienne
L'expression de la manière
Les sentiments
La condition et l'hypothèse
Le travail, l'économie
La comparaison


B2.10 - Unités 11 & 12

Communication

Unité 11 C'est pas net
Unité 12 Mais où va-t-on ?

Grammar & Vocabulary

La concession et l'opposition
L'Internet et l'informatique
Indicatif, subjonctif ou infinitif
Le futur
Le but
Le changement