.w.a.n.d.e.r.l.u.s.t.

last year, it was all about vocal chords and diaphragm power.
this time, my summer's gonna be filled with tongue-twisting words and guttural syllables.

Parlez-Vous Francais?

last monday, i received the community newsletter about the new classes and man, i was thrilled to see FRENCH 101! on the list. registration started the next day and i was one of the few peeps who signed up at 7:00 am. :) that's how excited i am - and how coveted the slots are. imagine, after 3 minutes, there were already more than 30 names on the list and as of now, there are almost 170 hopefuls waiting to be chosen for the final 25 participants. [come this monday, the registration will be closed and im wishing i'd get in as i did not attend any community classes this fiscal year anyway.]

i just can't wait. now my weekends will not just be tied to staring at a mainframe emulator all day. :) at least, i'll be having an excuse to get out on Saturdays. also, learning languages is one of my unexplored passions. good thing, my company's sponsoring this class. wohoo! an all-expense paid workshop.

by the way, here's the curriculum of the class.

FRENCH 101
This course is especially designed for beginners who would like to learn to converse and understand basic French. The course will focus on the study of the French Language through its basic and simplest form. It applies to daily situational conversation and is presented with the importance of the foreign tongue to the changing global community.

Session Dates: February 11, 18, 25; March 4, 11, 18, 25 ; April 1, 8, 22, 29; and May 6, 2006
Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm

Course Content
Communicative Objectives
Greetings
Introducing oneself
Introducing others
Asking and giving the identity of another
Affirm, negate
Starting a conversation
Buying
Asking and giving directions
On the phone
Telling time
Making an appointment
Talking about one’s daily activities

Written
Writing a short message
Reading & Writing a postcard
Reading & Writing an email

Grammar
Definite Articles
Subject Pronouns
The present tense of regular and irregular verbs
Negation
Indefinite articles
Interrogative pronouns
Gender and number of nouns
Prepositions and Adverbs of place
Partitive Articles
Possessive adjectives
Pronominal Verbs

Vocabulary
Numbers
Nationalities
Professions
Days
Months
Transportation
Food
Expressions of time

Cultural Aspect
Gestures of Greeting
The French transport system
France, its regions and cities
French notions of punctuality, leisure

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the downside though of registering for this class is that i won't be able to join any summer getaways (that is if i receive any invites). missed sessions would cost me at least 500 bucks each. so, if i sign up, i better block out those dates from my calendar.

well, i can just start beach swims after the last French class. that even would be a good birthday treat for myself.. who knows, they might even teach how to french kiss in that class. wahahaha.



err, nevermind.. anyhoo, au REVoir for now!
i need to catch up on updating some work documents.