This course is a continuation from French Beginners 7 and is for any student wishing to learn the language for business, travel or everyday use with approximately 140 hours of French required. Students will develop skills to use in conversation, reading, listening and writing. This course aims to build general basic comprehension and communication skills in intermediate French and an introduction to cultural practices, with a focus on clear explanation of basic language principles.

DELIVERY MODE

• Face-to-Face

TEXTBOOK

• Cosmopolite 1 A1 Livre d'Eleve Book (Hachette: 2017), ISBN: 9782014015973

Supplier: Abbey's Language Book Centre
Please note that textbook cost is not included in the course fee. In the event of a course being cancelled, WEA Sydney cannot be held responsible for the purchase of any textbooks. Language courses will be confirmed or cancelled at least 7 days prior to their starting date.

COURSE OUTLINE

Dossier 8: Leçon 2

• Understanding a menu
• Describing a restaurant
• Ordering, Expressing satisfaction/dissatisfaction with a restaurant
• Expressing a restriction
• Place of adjectives (3)
• Negation with ne...plus
• Restrictions with ne...que
• Ne...non plus
• Assez/pas assez/trop (de)
• Informal language
• Adjectives for positive/negative characteristics
• Terms linked to meals in a restaurant

Dossier 8: Leçon 3

• Evoking memories: imperfect tense, expressions
• Comparing an old situation with the present situation
• Imperfect tense to talk about a past situation and the present tense for present situation
• Structures for comparison (with adjectives and nouns)
• Terms linked to city/country living, advantages and disadvantages

Dossier 9: Leçon 1

• Describing a home and transformations
• Talking about renovations
• Indicating the function of a room
• Situating an event in time
• Depius / Il y a
• Servir à/de
• Imperfect tense passé composé and present tense
• House and furniture
• Verbs for layout and decoration

LEARNING OUTCOMES

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

1. Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).
2. Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters.
3. Can describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.

LANGUAGE CLASS TRANSFER POLICY

If you are a new WEA Student and enrol into a language class and subsequently find that you are at the wrong level (whether too high or too low), you are permitted to transfer into another more suitable class at no additional cost, provided that the request is made within the first two classes and is in writing from your tutor directly to the Education Manager. After that point, an administration fee of $30 will apply.