Adult & Higher Education

This course is for adults with approximately 3 years of French study who would like to continue improving their ability to communicate and their knowledge of French culture.

To join at this level, you should have a basic knowledge of vocabulary and be able to use the present, immediate future, perfect and imperfect tenses.

You will expand your vocabulary and grammar using all four language skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing) on practical topics to enable you to communicate.

We will be revising the use of the present, past and immediate future tenses, the pronunciation of difficult sounds and reading/listening comprehension strategies.

Possible topics include: 

• how to talk and ask about careers, goals, future plans and narrate past events
• talking about your health and describing pain and symptoms
• making, accepting and refusing requests and describing your emotions
• discussing current issues such as the environment and making suggestions

Students on this course will improve their listening and reading skills, broaden their range of everyday vocabulary and expand their knowledge of past and future tenses and French culture. 

To join at this level, you should have: a basic knowledge of vocabulary and be able to use the present, immediate future, perfect and imperfect tenses.

You should be:

• fairly confident speaking in French on topics of everyday life.
• able to talk about past, present and near future events and situations.
• able to understand the main points in short texts and videos.

Course materials will be discussed at the first session. Please bring pen, paper and a folder.

We offer a Semester 2 course that begins immediately after Semester 1 and is an integral part of the course, the exact length of which will be decided in the spring term. You would then be able to progress to the next level.