Adult & Higher Education

This course is for learners with approximately 2 years of French study who would like to go through some of the basics again, while also studying some more advanced material. You will continue improving your ability to communicate and you will develop your knowledge of French culture.

Homework is given on a weekly basis. To benefit most from the course, you will be encouraged to read the materials used during lessons and refer to the course book.

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. You will be revising the use of the present, pronunciation of difficult sounds.

We will cover a range of topics, which may include: 

• Talking about yourself – your family, hobbies, daily activities, past and future holidays
• Learning how to communicate while shopping
• Travel – how to get to places, travelling by train, making enquiries or bookings etc.
• Dealing with problems such as going to the doctor's or chemist's

You will also be studying grammar. Some of the grammar points that we will study are:

• Consolidation of the present tense including irregular and reflexive verbs
• Immediate future tense with aller and the future
• Past tenses, in particular the perfect and imperfect
• Pronouns: direct, indirect and emphatic pronouns.

If you have any questions regarding your suitability for this course, please contact us on ahedlanguages@psc.ac.uk 

To join at this level you should have a basic knowledge of vocabulary and a good knowledge of the present tense. 

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

We offer a Semester 2 course in the summer term. It 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. After completing this course students can progress to the next level of the language.