Adult & Higher Education

This course is for adults with approximately 4 years of French study who would like to continue improving their spoken French, extend their range of vocabulary and tenses, and expand their knowledge of French culture.

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

We will be revising areas of grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation as needed, including present, past and future tenses, and reading/listening comprehension strategies.

Possible topics include: 

• talking about problems in the workplace, hypothetical situations and wishes.
• describing and asking about travel experiences
• using colloquial language and slang 
• discussing dreams, plans and regrets, giving advice,
• talking about your digital identity, presenting and defending opinions, expressing agreement or disagreement
• making complaints and protesting.

Students on this course will improve their listening, reading and speaking skills, broaden their range of topic-specific vocabulary and expand their knowledge of French culture. They will also start using more complex language structures including the conditional and subjunctive modes to express opinions and hypothetical situations.

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

You should be:

• fairly confident speaking in French on topics of everyday life using generally accurate language,
• able to talk about past, present and future situations and event,
• able to express and explain an opinion.
• 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.