Unit 5 · 5 lessons
La francophonie mondiale and Media Texts
Take your French around the world: the full rule set for prepositions with places, the francophonie on five continents and across Canada, register and Canada–France differences, real media texts and signs, and the complex sentences and editing habits behind polished writing.
- 55 practice questions
- 45 flashcards
Lessons
- 1Prepositions with PlacesTo say where you are, where you are going and where you come from, French chooses à, en, au or aux (and de, d', du or des) according to the place's article: its gender, its number and its first sound. This lesson gives the full rule set, the exceptions that trap anglophones, and Canada's provinces.12 questions
- 2La francophonie Around the WorldA region-by-region tour of the French-speaking world — Europe, the Americas (including francophone communities across Canada, not only in Québec), the Indian Ocean and the Pacific — with why French is spoken there, what the francophonie has given the world, and how teen life compares with your own community.10 questions
- 3Register, Regional French and Canada vs FranceHow French changes with the situation and the place: formal and informal phone calls, tone, intonation and gestures, the everyday words that differ between Canada and France (including the meal names), and possessive pronouns such as les nôtres and les leurs for comparing conventions.11 questions
- 4Media, Signs and Text FormsReading the French you meet outside class: social media posts and their abbreviations, consumer reports and comparisons, museum labels and public signs — and the questions that unlock any text: what is its purpose, is this a fact or an opinion, and is it informing you or selling to you?11 questions
- 5Writing Complex Sentences and Editing Your WorkTurn strings of short sentences into connected writing with si, quand, lorsque and dès que (and the right tense after each), and with connectors of cause, consequence and contrast; then edit with a one-mistake-at-a-time checklist and apply it to three real forms: an FAQ for newcomers, an opinion piece and a report with subheadings.11 questions