French Course 202 (Level 6)
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Level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
This course aims to consolidate and build on the knowledge and skills gained in previous courses in relation to the development of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. This course focuses on topics such as such as food, fashion and shopping. More complex grammatical structures and vocabulary will be introduced in order to improve your language skills.
Outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- describe an outfit
- express a positive/negative opinion (about clothes, people etc)
- ask for/indicate the size of clothes and shoes
- give advice about clothes
- choose a gift
- characterise an object and indicate its use
- go shopping and buy food
- choose a restaurant
- place an order at the restaurant
- express your opinion about food and service.
Content
- Describing an outfit
- Making a positive/negative comment (on clothes or people)
- Shopping for clothes
- Giving advice
- Choosing a present for someone
- Characterising an object and explain its function
- Prepositions de and à (in a recipe name)
- Partitive, definite and indefinite articles
- Negative quantity pas de
- COD and COI pronouns
- Relative pronouns qui and que
- Vocabulary for topics:
- food
- haute couture
- clothes
- the Internet
- gifts
- Phonetic: expressing doubt & persuasion, working on specific sounds and spellings of sounds
- Shopping for everyday needs
- Characterising food products
- Understanding an announcement for a show
- Offering/choosing the location for an evening in town
- Ordering, expressing their satisfaction/dissatisfaction in a restaurant
- Understanding a short presentation in order to choose a restaurant
- Cultural and technological adjectives
- Talking about quantities with precision
- Pronoun en
- Place of the qualitative adjectives
- Negitive ne…plus
- Restriction ne… que
- Vocabulary for topics:
- department stores
- payments methods
- gastronomy
- memories
- city and countryside
- Phonetic: the three nasal sounds, pronunciation of plus, pronunciation of specific sounds
Intended audience
Suitable for beginner A1 level students, those who have completed all levels of French up to 201, or who have completed 120 hours of recent tuition.
Delivery style
An interactive, online workshop
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 7: Leçon 2 and Dossier 8: Leçon 2 of the above text. The text is used for activities and forms the basis for consolidation and practice between meetings.
Textbooks should only be purchased after confirmation is received from us. This usually occurs up to five days prior to commencement.
Suggested textbook suppliers
Language Book Centre
languagebooks.com.au
booktopia
booktopia.com.au
Please note that in some cases, our suggested supplier may not stock your prescribed text. Please check stock availability prior to signing up for any membership.
Please note
Selected courses that teach spoken language may include use of language immersion (course instruction in the selected language) as part of the training strategy.
Features
- $200 repeat class - Conditions apply
- Small class size (~20 max)
- Central location
Language courses are offered in four terms each year during January, April, July and October.