1. FRANÇAIS 1411 – Mme Dodd
FELICITATIONS!

2. FRENCH?? Why?? There is a French community here. Go see the world!
Be a diplomat (Embassy, UN, Olympics…)
Fashion Industry (Paris here we come!)
Improve your English!
Appear Smart/Cultivated/Suave
Improve your love life*
* As a supplement only and in conjunction with other wooing skills

3. QUI EST La PROF? Janet O. Dodd MA French from UTA 2004
Est. Time spent in France = 4 years
Time spent in Tahiti= TBA (but I’ve lived in Hawaii…)
Years teaching French = 6 1/2 (from 1st grade- college!)

4. Syllabus (boring but necessary)
Book and Code Key
Tests, Quizzes*, Work (Lab), Final
ATTENDANCE!!!! (Très Important!)
You have to drop your own classes.
Use your UTA (mymav) address!
Don’t Cheat! (see Online Translators)
Note Keen Calendar of Events!!
Questions?
*Types of Quizzes

5. About Quizes/Tests Let me know if you can’t make it! (In advance)
You can take it next class day free of charge.
Otherwise, it’s -5% per class day until you finally make it up!!!
E.g. 5 class 75% highest grade possible

6. LEARNING TYPES Audio Visual Kinesthetic Invert Extrovert Reading
Speaking
Accommodations

7. On Se Presente! FORMALITIES! Monsieur, Madame,Mademoiselle
Daytime: Bonjour, (Madame)!
Evening: Bonsoir (Monsieur)!
La Bise -vs- Handshakes
VOUS= Y’all OR Formal “You”
Tu= “you” for one person only; Informal.

8. On Se Présente (suite) Bonjour, Mademoiselle! Comment tu t’appelles?
Je m’appelle Sandrine. Et toi?
Je m’appelle Marc.
Enchantée, Marc!
Enchanté. (Formal)
CHALLENGE! Use this dialogue to find the names of THREE CLASSMATES! .

9. Tu es d’où? Tu es d’où? Je suis de Lyon. Et toi? Tu es de Paris?
Non, je suis de Dakar.

10. Comment Ça-va? (How’s it going?)
Salut, Marc! Comment ça-va?
Ça-va bien! Et toi?
Pas Mal, Merci!
Salut, Marc! Ça-va?
Oui! Ça-va bien! Et toi?
Pas Mal, Merci!
Ça-va très bien
Ça-va bien
Ça-va
Ça-va mal (ça ne va pas)
Bof!

11. Ways to say Good Bye! Au revoir! (Allez- au revoir) Salut!
À tout à l’heure!
À bientôt!
À plus!
(Adieu) (You better mean it)

12. Challenge! Spell-a-Celebrity
L’Alphabet!
Challenge! Spell-a-Celebrity