Course Details

French for Beginners 2

Academic Year 2026/27

VYF002 course is not part of any programme in the faculty

In this course, students build upon the knowledge acquired in course VYF001. The first lesson reviews material from the previous course, focusing primarily on first-group verbs and the irregular verbs to have (avoir) and to be (être). Throughout the course, students will be introduced to additional irregular verbs, with an emphasis on the verbs to do/make (faire), to go (aller), and to take/have (prendre).

Students will be able to speak about food and drink independently and will practice situations in a restaurant and in shops. They will become familiar with second-group verbs and the partitive article. Furthermore, they will be able to talk about cities, shops, and sights, and learn how to ask for directions. They will describe their own town or village.

Students will learn how to use the imperative mood and adverbs such as never, often, or sometimes. They will also be introduced to basic conjunctions like because, so that, and but.

The course places a strong emphasis on speaking, pair work, and group work. Lessons include games, listening activities, songs, and videos.

Credits

2 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

winter

Course Guarantor

Mgr. Markéta Horváthová

Institute

Institute of Social Sciences

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

Entry Knowledge

To the extent of obligatory and optional subjekt of „French for Begginers I“

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/306461

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • Week 1: Review of Units 1 and 2: first-group verbs, avoir, être; introducing oneself

  • Week 2: Shops, food, groceries, drinks; What do I like?

  • Week 3: The verbs acheter, payer, prendre, boire

  • Week 4: The partitive article; I eat / I drink / I'll have...

  • Week 5: Going shopping, asking for the price

  • Week 6: Second-group verbs (finir); ordering in a restaurant

  • Week 7: My daily menu / what I eat in a day

  • Week 8: The verb to do/make (faire) and its uses (activities, hobbies, weather)

  • Week 9: The city, places in the city, my city; il y a (there is/are)

  • Week 10: Means of transport; the imperative mood; asking for directions

  • Week 11: How often? Never, sometimes, always/all the time

  • Week 12: Talking about my town/village

  • Week 13: Review of Units 3 and 4; credit test (final test)