French Conversation, Intermediate level

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Practical classes, where role-playing activities will be developed, as well as exercises designed to foster communication, and especially discussion and debate among students. For this purpose, the instructor will provide all the theoretical and lexical material necessary for the development of communicative skills.

Particular attention will also be paid to pronunciation and oral syntactic constructions.

The grammatical component will be addressed according to communication needs, through review/application exercises.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, students are expected to acquire knowledge and skills in French corresponding to level B2.1 of the CEFR, and as such they will be able to:

- Understand and share information about current events and cultural issues:

a) understand and talk about press articles and informational, descriptive and narrative texts;

b) request information and share it;

c) ask for information, comment on it, give an opinion on facts and events.

- In order to facilitate integration in French-speaking societies, students will:

a) develop knowledge about public life, associations and political groups;

b) understand, defend and present ideas and points of view.

 

– In order to develop social interaction, students will strengthen their ability to:

a) talk about themselves, about memories, experiences and opinions

b) deal with delicate situations, ask questions, discuss problems of collective interest, motivate others, defend a cause;

c) act in situations related to health and well-being.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

The course is organized according to 3 main themes:

 

INFORMATION:

Vocabulary:

- faits divers

- information and media

- mysterious phenomena

- beliefs, truths, lies

- dreams and regrets

- music

 

SOCIAL INTEGRATION:

Vocabulary:

- future and change

- climate

- economy, trade and business

- education, politics and institutions

- justice and law

- means of information and communication

 

SELF-EXPRESSION:

Vocabulary:

- adaptation

- social relations

- people's identity

- body

- health

Head Lecturer(s)

Bruna Isabel Joaquim Plácido

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Continuous evaluation based on a set of activities proposed to the students throughout the teaching-learning process.: 100.0%

Bibliography

Lefigaro.fr

Lemonde.fr

Slate.fr

Tv5monde.com

Vocabulaire Progressif du Français – Niveau Intermédiaire. CLE International

Vocabulaire Progressif du Français – Niveau Avancé. CLE International