K-W Tiger Tutoring Lessons

The following topics will be covered in the French courses: (Topics may change due to student’s interest.)

French Basics I (Beginner’s French)

• Pronunciation, Vowels, Consonants, Accents, Daily Expressions, Greetings, Basic Expressions, Leave taking, Environment: Landscape, Nature, Earth, Ocean, Weather, Weather words, Weather verbs, Natural disaster verbs, Climate, Seasons, Colors, Flowers
• Grammar points in Conversation: Nouns, articles: le, la, indefinite articles: un, une, short sentences, questions/answers and short dialogues

French Basics II (Beginner’s French with some knowledge)

• Daily Calendar, Days of the week, Date expressions, Festivals, Expressions and phrases, Months of the Year, Ordinal Numbers, Birthday  and age telling, verb “avoir” with age, verb “être”
• Numbers 1-100, Time-Telling,  Fractions, Banking phrases/questions, Grammar points in Conversation, conjugation of “avoir”, ”être”, some –“er”verbs which are needed in the Conversation

French Intermediate I (Knowledge of Basics)

• Adjectives, Adverbs (for describing people, state of being), Expressions with “avoir”, and “faire”
• Travel: Transportation, Travel places and items, Travel Verbs, Post office/Fax, Common questions, Luggage, Conversational dialogues, -er, -ir, -re verbs
• Nature: Animals/wild, Birds, Farm Animals, Cats, House Animals, Pets, Bears, Sea Animals, Animal verbs, Insects
• Present tense, passé composé, l’imparfait (past tenses), sentences, phrases and dialogues

French  Intermediate II (Knowledge of Basics, advanced Vocabulary I)

• Education: Study, Class items, Faculty, Computer, School Activity, School adjectives/adverbs, School verbs
• Study and Professions: School subjects, courses, Professions, Simple sentences in present tense, dialogues with given vocabulary, Clothes, shopping expressions
• Grammar: adjectives, prepositions, conditional tense  ”je voudrais”…, most  -er Verbs conjugations, endings of Verbs, writing/reading short  paragraphs

French Advanced I (Knowledge of Basics, advanced Vocabulary II)

• Sports: Sports verbs, Sports places, Adventure Sports
• Hotel, Hotel Vocabulary/Expressions, Hobby and Leisure
• Telephone, Computer Vocabulary/Verbs/Expressions
• Writing sentences with vocabulary  in present/past tense (passé composé), Reading/Writing longer paragraphs in present/past tense

French Advanced II (Knowledge of Basics, advanced Vocabulary II)

• Health: Vocabulary/Verbs, expressions, Parts of the body, The senses, taste, smell, touch, hearing, sight
• Character/ description, languages, Family and members, expressions
• Food items, restaurant
• Partitive article: “du, de la, des”, Sentences with verbs and vocabulary
• Reading/writing 3-4 paragraphs, Dialogue writing, Brochure reading

German Beginner's Lessons for Travellers

•  Alphabet, Vowels and Consonants
• Common Greetings, Polite Expressions
• Days of the Week, Months of the Year
• Numbers, Colours
• At the Airport, Transportation, Signs and Notices, At the Hotel
• Countries
• At the Restaurant, Food Vocabulary, Needs and Question Words
• Sightseeing and Shopping, Directions, Time and Date
• Staying Connected, Emergency and Safety
• Train and Flight, Buying Tickets/Airport/Plane

German Basics I (Beginner’s German)

German Basics II (Beginner’s German with some knowledge)

German Intermediate I (Knowledge of Basics)

German Intermediate II (Knowledge of Basics, advanced Vocabulary I)

German Advanced I (knowledge of Basics, advanced Vocabulary II)

German Advanced II (Knowledge of Basics, advanced Vocabulary II)