Voces French 1: Scope and Sequence Voces French 1 is a highly flexible and interactive digital courseware that encourages learning through practice and realistic interaction. Aligned to ACTFL World-Readiness Standards, Voces French 1 is ACTFL novice-level proficiency. It takes a show what you know approach to language learning. Interactive tools, such as video, audio, and student recording, add depth to activities and bring the lessons to life. Easy-to-follow digital lessons cover real-world vocabulary and language structure, phonetics, and Francophone culture. Explore the scope and sequence below and sign up for a free trial of Voces French 1 by clicking here. Chapitre 1 : Les présentations et faire connaissance Greetings, introductions (including name and age), and goodbyes Bonjour or salut Informal vs. formal greetings: tu vs. vous Some verbal forms used in greetings and introductions French alphabet Numbers up to 1,000 Basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division Adjectives of nationality and expressions of origin Basics of talking to and about people: How are you?/who is it? Polite expressions, such as s il te plaît and merci Useful expressions, such as et moi/et toi/et vous?, oui/non, et/mais/ou/aussi Contact information: telephone numbers, street addresses, and Greetings around the Francophone world La bise French calendar with Saints days The Francophone world Geography of French attitudes Registers and titles (M., Mme, Mlle) Garçon vs. homme vs. monsieur Fille vs. dame vs. madame French vs. American keyboards French email services J ai and je n ai pas Je suis and je ne suis pas C'est and ce n'est pas Simple adjective agreement: masculine, feminine, and plural Personal pronouns, including on Possessive, including informal and formal "your" Indefinite articles: un, une, des Substituting de (d') for un, une, and des in negative sentences s of "c" before "e," "i," "y," and before "a," "o," "u" C vs. Ç s of "s" of "é" Silent "e" at end of words of -ui of -oi of -qu of un vs. une of some in the masculine vs. feminine forms Exceptional pronunciation of numbers
email addresses Irregular pronunciation of monsieur French accents: accent aigu, accent grave, accent circonflexe, tréma, cédille Silent "h" Silent final consonants Acronym for pronounced final consonants: CaReFuL Chapitre 2 : L école, les fournitures scolaires, le calendrier et l emploi du temps Schools (elementary, middle, etc.) People at school School supplies and classroom furniture Colors School classes/subjects/ courses Classroom activities Classroom commands Common prepositions of location Avoir idioms French school structure and organization La rentrée (first day of school) and shopping for la rentrée School and education throughout the Francophone world Student-teacher relations in The school year in Québec Indefinite articles: agreement in gender and number with the noun Definite articles: agreement in gender and number with the noun Conjugation of avoir (affirmative and negative forms with ne pas) Il y a vs. Il/Elle a Gender of nouns Plural of nouns pronunciation of un vs. une of Qu est-ce que, Qu est-ce que c est, and est-ce que of -eau of au Soft c, hard c, ch pronunciation of -qu "é" vs. "è"
Adjectives describing classes, class activities, furniture and supplies, students, and teachers Schedules and calendars (time, days, months, dates) Special être expressions (late, early, on time) (School) holidays and vacations Traditional vs. official time Rhythms of French life The Republican calendar and other calendars personal subject pronouns Basic adjective placement after the noun Basic adjective agreement in gender and number Irregular feminine adjective agreements Plural vs. singular commands Conjugation of avoir idioms and avoir expressions with de (d ) final silent consonants of the verb ending -ez of -ez vs. -e Elision of le, la, les of -eu of -ver and -aire pronunciation of -ui Le before the day of the week to indicate that an event is recurring How to express traditional and official time How to express the date Chapitre 3 : Mes amis et les choses à faire après l'école Friends, students, and Friendship in Possessive teachers with agreements pronunciation of -oi Describing a third party (name, age, nationality, personality, physical traits) Southeast Asia Young French people's activities Texting verb être and personal subject pronouns agreement of with nouns of -ai of -an and -en of -eil
Expressing opinions Preferences Desires and needs classroom supplies and furniture Gifts colors Adjectives describing objects Adolescents and music Transportation and minimum age for driving in New technologies in in gender and number, including some irregular forms Invariable normal placement of after the noun Using definite articles after verbs of preference regular -er verb aimer and other -er verbs of -re and -ble pronunciation of estce que pronunciation of qu'est-ce que elision (j', qu', c', l', n') of the infinitive ending -er Conjugation of -er verbs ending in -cer, -ger, -yer Definite vs. indefinite articles with the verbs aimer and vouloir C'est vs. Il/Elle est Chapitre 4 : Ma famille, les descriptions et les parties du corps Family members and Families in possessive pets Professions expressing opinions describing people (personality) Describing people (physical aspects) Families in North Africa and the Middle East Families in Sub- Saharan Africa Last names in and Canada Marriage and weddings in Possession with de Contractions with de Use of articles with professions that have the same forms in the masculine and feminine forms pronunciation of é vs. è of œ pronunciation of -eau of -ou of -eur and -euse
Parts of the body Raising children in French family subsidies Government Science, anatomy, physiology, and genetics Other forms of family Francophone Maghreb Pets in regular feminine agreement of (adding -e) with irregular feminine forms invariable normal placement of after the noun Adjectives that precede the noun: BANGS The noun s entourage: structure of the descriptive noun phrase of -ieille of -if vs. -ive of -eux vs. -euse of -eux of -eille Irregular feminine forms of (double consonant, -ive and -euse) Five-form : beau/nouveau/vieux/fou conjugation of the verb être Adverbs C est vs. Il est/elle est Use of the definite article with parts of the body Chapitre 5 : Mes activités et mes préférences Weather Geography and climate of Il fait vs. J'ai with temperature pronunciation of -eil Seasons
Clothes Activities (faire expressions) Expressing preferences with activities More activities Invitations Question words and phrases Adverbs of frequency and quantity Places/going places Plants and animals in Science: climate and weather Parcours Pétanque Maison des jeunes et de la culture (MJC) Sports Movies Caribbean Islands and French Guiana conjugation of regular -er verbs conjugation of regular -er verbs with -ger, -cer, and -yer ending infinitives verb faire de la, de l', du, des (of the, from the) Using de + definite article or contractions du and des after some faire expressions of -ai : faisons as an exception of frais vs. froid of -aill of -ai in the various forms of the verb faire of -ll ( l or y sound) of the letter g Transitional/coordinating words negation with ne/n pas of en Interrogative sentence structures Placement of adverbs of au and aux verb aller Using à + definite article and contractions au, aux (at the, to the) Formation of the near future (affirmative and negative) verb venir Formation of near
past Chapitre 6 : Les repas au café, au restaurant et dans une famille française Café foods French cafés The partitive article Expressions of hunger and thirst Expressions to order food Restaurant dining and conversations Describing foods and meals Eating with a French family Meals Table setting Selection of -ir verbs Selection of -er verbs Crêpes What's in a name? Cafés d'afrique du Nord French restaurants French regional cuisine Eating etiquette in the Francophone world Francophone countries in the Middle East The French and their food French dining etiquette French meals French family meal traditions Health and nutrition The imperative mood verbs pouvoir and vouloir basic adjective agreements special adjective agreements verb boire Conjugation of regular -ir verbs verb prendre (and some derivatives) Conjugation of regular -re verbs pronunciation of é pronunciation of -eille French intonations of s vs. ss pronunciation of -eux vs. -euse of regular -ir verb endings: -is, -it, -issons, -issez, -issent pronunciations of -eu pronunciations of -ui pronunciation of -ou pronunciation of "œ" Chapitre 7 : Les vêtements, les magasins et le shopping Clothing French fashion for The verb mettre pronunciation
weather activities Accessories, shoes, and jewelry Where to go to buy clothes Shopping Sizes Useful verbs related to shopping Describing clothes colors Asking and expressing opinions about clothes teens Major health and beauty products of Types of stores Sub-Saharan Africa European vs. American sizes (clothes and shoes) Haute couture et prêt-à-porter Francophone fashions Top French designers Demonstrative Interrogative Stem-changing -er verbs Passé composé of regular verbs with helping verb avoir: statements and questions Irregular past participles adjective agreement special adjective agreement Noun phrases including BANGS and fiveform of -qu pronunciation of -au Virelangue with -ch and -au pronunciation of -eur vs. -euse of -aille pronunciation of -eille Comparative and superlative structures with Places in the city Phrases to indicate the location of places in a city French cities French pharmacies French streets Chapitre 8 : En ville Where people live Francophone cities The verb aller in pronunciation the present tense of -qu The verb venir in the present tense Stress pronouns of -ieu pronunciation of -oi Giving and asking Main cities of The verb voir in the
for directions Transportation Things to do in a city: places and activities Francophone countries in Europe Urban planning Parisian museums present tense and the passé composé Imperative forms of verbs The verb prendre in the present tense and the passé composé of -ier vs. -ière of -ième of -en vs. -on vs. -in The sounds of -er, -ez, -é, vs. -e, -es, -ent The verb faire in the present tense and the passé composé The near future passé composé of regular verbs and some irregular verbs Passé composé of the verb aller Basic negative structures with ne pas Other negative structures