Reading Francais (Reading Français)

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TITLE PAGE INTRODUCTION TABLE OF CONTENTS 1: Word Order 1.1 Object Pronouns 1.2 Adjective Order 1.3 Negatives 1.4 Subject-Verb Inversion: Questions 1.5 The Definite Article 1.6 "Bonjour Tristesse", par Françoise Sagan, Part I, Chapter I 2: Gender and Number 2.1 Gender 2.2 Plurals 2.3 À and de 2.4 List of French Forms 2.5 "Bonjour Tristesse", Part I, Chapter I (cont.) 3: À, De, Y, En 3.1 À and de (a) de = "from", à = "to" (b) de = "of" (c) de = "some" (d) de in idioms (e) à = "in", "at" (f) à, de in idiomatic combinations with verbs 3.2 Y and en 3.3 Verb Sequences 3.4 "Bonjour Tristesse", Part I, Chapter II 4: The Infinitif, Participe Passé, and Two Past Tenses 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Infinitif 4.3 Participe Passé 4.4 The Imparfait and the Passé Simple Table 4-1: Fourteen Common Verb Suffixes 4.5 "Bonjour Tristesse", Part I, Chapter II (cont.) 5: Some Relatives, Interrogatives and Conjunctions 5.1 Qui 5.2 Que 5.3 Où 5.4 Quand 5.5 "Bonjour Tristesse", Part I, Chapter III 6: Some Basic Vocabulary 6.1 Introduction 6.1.1 Conjunctions, Adverbs 6.1.2 Adjectives, Prepositions 6.2 "Bonjour Tristesse", Part I, Chapter IV 7: Pronouns 7.1 Person and Number (a) Tu, vous (b) Il, elle Table 7-1: Pronouns - Singular Table 7-1 (cont.): Pronouns - Plural (c) On, l'on 7.2 Case (a) Subjects (b) Objects (c) "Disjunctive" pronouns (d) -même forms (e) Reflexives (f) Possessive adjectives (g) Possessive pronouns 7.3 Contractions 7.4 "Bonjour Tristesse", Part I, Chapter V 8: Borrowed Vocabulary - I 8.1 General Remarks Vanishing "s", final "e" Misleading Cognates 8.2 "Bonjour Tristesse", Part I, Chapter VI 9: Demonstratives 9.1 English vs. French Table 9-1: Demonstratives 9.2 "Bonjour Tristesse", Part I, Chapter VI (cont.) 10: The Verb System: Infinitifs, Participes and the Seven Simple Tenses 10.1 Introduction Table 10-1: Tense-Person Endings of Regular (First Conjugation) Verbs 10.2 Use and Meaning of the Seven Simple Tenses 1. Présent de l'Indicatif 2. Présent du Subjonctif 3. Imparfait 4. Futur 5. Conditionnel 6. Passé Simple 7. Imparfait du Subjonctif Figure 10-1: The Seven Simple Tenses 10.3 Infinitifs, Participes, and Impératif i. Infinitif ii. Participe Présent iii. Participe Passé iv. Imperatif 10.4 Summary 10.5 "Bonjour Tristesse", Part II, Chapters I-III Chapter I Chapter II Chapter III 11: Borrowed Vocabulary - II 11.1 Further Correspondences between French and English (a) é = s (b) ^ = s (c) es = s (d) final e (e) u = l (f) qu = k, c, or ck (g) final c = final k or ck (h) ch = c (i) ai = ea (j) g or gu = w (k) é = ed; -ment (l) borrowings, change of meaning (m) loss of consonants (n) re- 11.2 "Bonjour Tristesse", Part II, Chapters IV-VII Chapter IV Chapter V Chapter VI Chapter VII 12: The Seven Compound Tenses 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Être and Avoir as Main Verbs Table 12-1: Être Table 12-2: Avoir 12.3 The Meaning of the Compound Tenses 1. Passé Composé 2. Passé Subjonctif 3. Plus-que-parfait 4. Futur Antérieur 5. Conditionnnel Passé 6. Passé Antérieur 7. Plus-que-parfait Subjonctif Table 12-3: Compound tenses of arriver, "arrive" and manger, "eat" Figure 12-1: The Seven Compound Tenses 12.4 The Choice Between Avoir and Être 12.5 Order of Items 12.6 "Bonjour Tristesse", Part II, Chapters VIII-XII Chapter VIII Chapter IX Chapter X Chapter XI Chapter XII 13: Negatives, Interrogatives, and Relatives 13.1 Negatives 13.2 Comments on Negations -- pas (a) rien, personne (b) aucun, nul (c) point, jamais, plus, rien (d) ne...que (e) more than one negative (f) ne used alone; omission of ne (g) negatives without verb (h) miscellaneous 13.3 Interrogatives (a) who? whom? which? Table 13-1: Interrogative Pronouns (b) est-ce que (c) n'est-ce pas (d) quoi (e) quel, quels, quelle, quelles (f) lequel (g) direct equivalents Answers to questions 13.4 Relatives Table 13-2: Relative Pronouns 13.5 Indefinite Words 13.6 "L'érotisme et les Français", par Jean Duché (Elle) 14: Adverbs and Adjectives 14.1 Related Adverbs and Adjectives 14.2 Regular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs 14.3 Irregular Comparison 14.4 Feminine and Plural Forms of Adjectives 14.5 Adjective Position 14.6 Adjectives Used as Nouns 14.7 Toute, Tout, Toutes, Tous 14.8 "La Colère des Chefs contre les Produits Insipides" (Réalité) 15: Irregular Verbs and Idioms 15.1 Irregular Verbs Table 15-1: Endings of Second and Third Conjugation and Irregular Verbs 15.2 Idiomatic Verb Expressions (a) s'agir (b) aller (c) devoir (d) dire (e) écrire (f) faire (g) falloir (h) mettre (i) partir (j) pouvoir (k) prendre (l) savoir (m) venir (n) voir (o) vouloir 15.3 "Les livres qui ont marqué notre époque", par Bruno Vercier (Réalité) 16: Place Names and Word Derivation 16.1 Proper Names 16.2 Word Derivation 16.3 Vocabulary 16.4 "La Société Féodale", par Marc Bloch (extract) Chapter I. "Musulmans et Hongrois" 1. "L'Europe envahie et assiégée" 2. "Les Musulmans" 3. "L'Assault Hongrois" 4. "Fin des Invasions Hongroises" Chapter II. "Les Normands" 1. "Les Caractères généraux des invasions scandinaves" 17: Verbs: Participes Passés and Reflexives 17.1 Participes Passés (Classes and Lists) (a) Regular First Conj. in -é (b) Irregular Verbs in -é (c) Regular Second Conj. in -i (d) Irregular Verbs in -i (e) Irregular Verbs in -u (f) Irregular Verbs in -is (g) Irregular Verbs in -t 17.2 Refexive/Non-reflexive Pairs 17.3 "Les Carnets du Major Thompson", par Pierre Daninos (extract) Chapter I. "May I Introduce Myself?..." Notes 18: Numbers, Time Words, and Particles 18.1 Numbers 18.2 Months, Days, and Hours 18.3 Particles (a) Time (b) Place (c) Quantity (d) Logic (e) Miscellaneous 18.4 "Les Carnets du Major Thompson" (extracts) Chapter II. "Gentil Country de la Méfiance... et de la Crédulité" Notes Chapter III. "Le Royaume de la Subdivision" Notes 19: Présent de l'indicatif and Idioms 19.1 Présent de l'indicatif 19.2 Idioms (a) Venir de (b) Devoir (c) Faire (d) Il y a = "there is", "there are" (e) Il y a = "ago" (f) Il y a...que 19.3 "Les Carnets du Major Thompson" (extracts) Chapter IV. "Le Pays du Shake-Hand" Notes Chapter V. "Polis ou Galants?" Notes Chapter VII. "Les lois de l'hospitalité et de la gastronomie" Notes 20: Building Vocabulary 20.1 Guessing 20.2 Dictionaries 20.3 "Les Carnets du Major Thompson" (extract) Chapter VIII. "Martine et Ursula" Notes APPENDIX I: French Pronunciation 1. First Approximation 2. Second Approximation APPENDIX II: Tenses 1. Imparfait 2. Forms of the Présent du Subjonctif 3. Uses of the Subjonctif Tenses 4. Futur and Conditionnel 5. Passé Simple and Imparfait du Subjonctif APPENDIX III: Nouns 1. Introduction 2. Lists (a) Time (b) People (c) Body Parts (d) Nature (e) Animals (f) Town and Buildings (g) Miscellaneous APPENDIX IV: Little Words 1. Introduction 2. List APPENDIX V: Cognates (Indo-European) (a) Fr. p = Eng. f (b) Fr. d = Eng. t (c) Fr. c = Eng. h (d) Fr. t = Eng. th (e) s, m, n, l, r (f) lack of initial consonants (g) miscellaneous APPENDIX VI: "Some Outlandish Proposals for the Teaching of Foreign Lamguages", by Robbins Burling (1968) ( Language Learning, Vol. 18, Nos. 1 & 2 (June 1968), pp. 61-75 ) The Goals of Foreign Language Teaching The Interaction Between Languages The Outlandish Proposals 1) texts in student's native language, but using foreign language word order 2) introduce a few foreign language terms 3) introduce the smaller classes of morphemes 4) introduce some basic vocabulary APPENDIX VII: "An Introductory Course in Reading French", by Robbins Burling (1978) ( Language Learning, Vol. 28, No. 1 (June 1978), pp. 105-128 ) Popular But Dubious Assumptions About Language Pedagogy 1. The Primacy of Oral Over Written Language 2. The Integral Unity Of A Language 3. Inviolable Boundaries Separate Different Languages From One Another 4. Language Production Goes Hand In Hand With Comprehension The Example of First Language Learning Sequencing The Lessons 1. Word Order 2. Gender and Number 3. À, de, y, en 4. The Infinitive, Past Participle and Two Past Tenses 5. Some Relatives, Interrogatives And Conjunctions 6. Some Basic Vocabulary 7. Pronouns 8. Borrowed Vocabulary 9. Demonstratives 10. The Verb System: Infinitives, Participles, And The Seven Simple Tenses 11. Borrowed Vocabulary (cont.) 12. The Seven Compound Tenses 13. Negatives, Interrogatives, And Relatives 14. Irregular Verbs And Idioms 15. Adverbs and Adjectives 16. Past Participles and Reflexives 17. Number And Prepositions 18. The Present Indicative And Idioms 19. Nouns 20. Imperfect And Present Subjunctive 21. Remaining Simple Tenses 22. Building Vocabulary Disadvantages And Advantages Conclusions References