Syllabus
Lessons 1-8 of Vite et bien 2.
Working with text - reading comprehension, expanding vocabulary (synonymisation, nominalisation, connectors); informative text, formal and informal letter/email, invitation and announcement, logical and functional structuring of text; application in oral and written communication.
Spoken communication - monologue/dialogue on topics discussed, defending one's own opinion, argumentation on a given topic.
Listening comprehension.
Grammar - passé composé and imperfect, passive voice, personal pronouns as subject (en, y, pronoun pairs), comparatives and expressions of comparison, subject and object clauses, stressing clause members, interrogative sentence forms, direct and indirect questions, indirect speech, coordinating clauses and linking expressions, expressing cause and effect.
Selection of Francophone realia.
Annotation
The course is designed for students who have basic knowledge of standard French at A2 level (cf. Vite et bien 1, lesson 1-20, CLE International). Its objective is the development of main language competences in French with a special focus on academic skills necessary to achieve the level A2/B1.
This is a one-semester course, 1x2 lessons per week of in-class learning (in case of distance learning in the form of a video conference) + 2 lessons of distant study via the Moodle platform.
You can identify your level by taking the TCF tests: https://apprendre.tv5monde.com/fr/tcf
