This course is a continuation from French Intermediate 7 and is for any student wishing to learn the language for business, travel or everyday use with approximately 420 hours of French required. Students will develop skills to use in conversation, reading, listening and writing. This course aims to build general comprehension and communication skills in intermediate French and a review of cultural practices, with a focus on clear explanation of higher level language principles.

DELIVERY MODE

• Face-to-Face

TEXTBOOK

• Cosmopolite 3 B1 Livre d'Eleve Book (Hachette: 2018), ISBN: 9782015135472

Supplier: Abbey's Language Book Centre
Please note that textbook cost is not included in the course fee. In the event of a course being cancelled, WEA Sydney cannot be held responsible for the purchase of any textbooks. Language courses will be confirmed or cancelled at least 7 days prior to their starting date.

COURSE OUTLINE

• Understanding instructions – daily tasks and objects; Irregular verbs in “er”
• Write a text with instructions – Cooking utensils and ingredients; Verbs + prepositions
• Second life of objects – describing an organisation; Si + imperfect to make suggestions
• Indefinite pronouns used for a person, a thing, a place (« quelque chose/ne..rien-aucun, quelqu’un/ne..personne, quelque part - partout/ne..nulle part »)
• Read about commercial success; Perfect tense: Agreement of the past participle with the auxiliary “avoir”
• Care products; Possessive pronouns (“le mien/la mienne, le tien/la tienne…)
• Vintage culture – Describing a chronology of actions;  Use of “avant de” + infinitve and “après” + past infinitive

An emphasis will also be placed on independent learning through provision of learning and ‘metalinguistic’ strategies (ex: gap-fillers in conversation, listening strategies, etc.). Regular homework will be assigned so that the students can review, practise and maintain contact with the language during the week.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.
2. Deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken.
3. Produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest.
4. Describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes & ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

LANGUAGE CLASS TRANSFER POLICY

If you are a new WEA Student and enrol into a language class and subsequently find that you are at the wrong level (whether too high or too low), you are permitted to transfer into another more suitable class at no additional cost, provided that the request is made within the first two classes and is in writing from your tutor directly to the Education Manager. After that point, an administration fee of $30 will apply.