Centre for Continuing Education

French Course 103 (Level 3)

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Level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)

This course will expand on the topics covered in French 101 and 102 (or equivalent). Your skills will be further developed through various class activities. Focus is on topics such as hobbies, jobs and family. Grammatical and phonological elements are introduced as you work on your French speaking, oral comprehension, reading and writing skills.

Outcomes

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

  • talk about yourself, your hobbies and your leisure time activities
  • talk about your profession
  • define a person’s character traits
  • talk about your family
  • listen to a formal announcement (wedding, birth…) and react appropriately
  • engage in a simple discussion asking how others are
  • attend a doctor’s appointment and describe what’s wrong with you.

Content

This course covers the following topics:

  • discuss tastes, activities and interests
  • discuss your profession
  • discuss your family and their activities
  • describe a person: character traits
  • suggest/invite/accept and refuse an invitation
  • arrange a meeting
  • give basic instructions
  • regular verbs + noun: aimer/adorer/détester
  • irregular verbs at present tense + preposition: faire, aller, dire
  • avoir mal à + parts of the body
  • qualifying adjectives (masculine/feminine/plural)
  • Possessive adjectives
  • Tonic Pronouns
  • vocabulary for topics: “TV reality”, “hobbies”, “jobs”, “dating websites”, “family”, "body parts"
  • phonetic: feminine/masculine, working on specific sounds.

Intended audience

Suitable for A1 level students, those who have completed all levels of French up to 102 or who have completed 45 hours of recent face-to-face tuition.

Delivery style

Delivered as a series of interactive workshops where active participation is encouraged. Each session is conducted in a friendly and relaxed classroom setting.

Prescribed text

Alter Ego Plus 1 A1 Livre d’Eleve & CD-ROM by Annie Berthet, ISBN 9782011558107.

Alter Ego Plus 1 A1 Cahier d’Activites & Audio CD by Annie Berthet, ISBN 9782011558114.

Based on Dossier 3: Lecon 2 and Dossier 4: Lecon 2 of the above text. The text is used for activities and forms the basis for consolidation and practice between meetings.

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Please note

Selected Language courses that teach spoken language may include use of language immersion (course instruction in the selected language) as part of the training strategy.

Features

Language courses are offered in four terms each year during January, April, July and October.

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What others say.

  • Our tutor was very knowledgeable and a good teacher who challenged us to a high level of achievement. I thoroughly enjoyed this course.
  • A delightful experience. The tutor's audio and homework activities further consolidated learning.
  • The teacher was excellent! Presented the lessons in an engaging and encouraging manner which I found beneficial and enjoyable. I will be enrolling for the next term.

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