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Contacts, Seventh Edition
Jean-Paul Valette
Rebecca M. Valette, Boston College
Unit Objectives
Unit 1: En Bonjour, les Français!


By the end of this unit, you will be able to:
Communicate to:
  • Greet, return greetings, and introduce someone
  • Ask people how they are
  • Begin to identify someone
  • Express preferences

Understand some of the rules of French pronunciation, level of formality of the language, and spelling principles.
Use the vocabulary relevant to:
  • Nationalities
  • Mots apparentés and faux amis
  • Preferences
  • Classroom expressions

Use the grammar structures:
  • Gender of nouns and adjectives
  • Verbs of preference

Have some cultural understanding of:
  • France and French people, French Overseas Territories, Multiethinicity in France



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