Print this page Beginner French: A2.7 Course
Continue developing your beginner French fluency and confidence with our Beginner French: A2.7 Course, suitable for learners who have completed our Beginner French: A2.6 Course or have approximately 200 hours of prior study. This course prepares you to communicate more confidently in professional settings by understanding job advertisements, discussing your career, presenting your skills, giving advice, and responding to formal interview questions.
You will expand your French vocabulary through topics including employment, professional experience, interviews, studies and workplace communication while strengthening your understanding of discourse organisation, hypothesis, formal question structures, the plus-que-parfait and language used to describe experience and qualifications. Pronunciation continues to develop through work on common spoken distinctions and natural pronunciation patterns used in professional communication. It is ideal for learners interested in learning French for cultural interest or personal enrichment in a supportive and interactive learning environment.
DELIVERY MODE
Language courses are offered in two delivery modes:
- Face-to-Face: WEA Sydney
- Online: via Zoom or Microsoft Teams
Please check the delivery mode listed before enrolling, as some classes are face-to-face and others are online.
TEXTBOOK
- Cosmopolite 2 A2 Livre d'Eleve Book (Hachette: 2017), ISBN: 9782014015997
Suggested Textbook Suppliers: Abbey's Bookshop · Intext Book Company / Language International Bookshop · The Language People
The textbook is not included in the course fee. Please check textbook availability with the supplier and wait until your course is confirmed before purchasing. WEA Sydney cannot accept responsibility for textbook purchases if a course is cancelled. Courses are confirmed or cancelled at least 7 days before the start date.
COURSE OUTLINE
Communication
- Understanding a job offer
- Looking for employment
- Offering one’s services
- Giving advice
- Talking about one’s career
- Answering formal questions
Grammar
- Articulators to structure discourse
- Regular and irregular adverbs (-amment / -emment) for adding precision
- Hypothesis with si to give advice and indicate consequences
- Plus-que-parfait tense for relating past events
- Question forms in formal situations
- Indefinite adjectives expressing quantity: tout, quelques, plusieurs
Phonetics
- Sounds: /s/, /z/
- Pronunciation: denasalisation
- Pronunciation: tout and tous
Vocabulary
- Aptitudes and professional skills
- Vocabulary related to job interviews
- Job applications and phone interviews
- Exchange of services
- Studies and professional experience (CV / résumé)
- Studies and career pathways
- Describing work experience and professional qualifications
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Communicate in French in professional and formal situations such as interviews, job applications, and workplace discussions.
- Use key grammar structures including hypothesis forms, discourse articulators, and the plus-que-parfait tense with increasing accuracy.
- Apply relevant professional vocabulary and pronunciation features in spoken and written communication.
