Continue developing your intermediate French fluency and confidence with our Intermediate French: B1.7 Course, suitable for learners who have completed our Intermediate French: B1.6 Course or have approximately 360 hours of prior study. This course helps you strengthen your communication skills for everyday situations while deepening your understanding of French grammar and vocabulary, making it ideal for learners wanting to learn the French language for travel, work, or personal enrichment in a supportive, interactive learning environment.

You will learn to talk about outings, suggest and negotiate plans, give advice, inform others about events, discuss family occasions and customs, and describe cultural behaviours with ease. Grammar and vocabulary are taught in context, including expressions for advice and emphasis, structures to express purpose and persuasion, prepositional verbs, restrictive negation, opposition and concession, and the correct use of en, y, and demonstrative and indefinite pronouns. Phonetics is integrated throughout, with practice in hesitation and interrogation patterns as well as rhythmic and melodic variations to support clearer, more natural communication in French.

DELIVERY MODE

Delivery mode for individual classes will vary from term to term, but will be listed as the following:

• Face-to-Face: WEA Sydney
• Online: Microsoft Teams

TEXTBOOK

• Cosmopolite 3 B1 Livre d'Eleve Book (Hachette: 2018), ISBN: 9782015135472

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

Communication

• Talk about outings
• Advise
• Suggest an outing
• Make a group choice for an outing
• Convince / hesitate
• Inform about an event
• Talk about family events
• Understand customs
• Understand cultural differences
• Describe behaviours

Grammar

• Expressions for advice
• Expressions to emphasise
• Expressing purpose to convince
• Prepositional verbs to inform about an event
• ‘en’, ‘y’ pronouns for a place, a thing or an idea
• Negation to express a restriction
• Expressing opposition and concession
• Demonstrative and indefinite pronouns to describe behaviours

Phonetics

• Hesitation and interrogation
• Rhythmic and melodic variations

Vocabulary

• Comment on numerical data
• Express agreements/disagreements
• Group activities in professional context
• Expressing hesitations
• Family members
• Describe a wedding ceremony
• Describe behaviours between friends

LEARNING OUTCOMES

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

1. Discuss outings and events confidently, including advising, suggesting plans, making group decisions, and informing others about cultural or social activities.
2. Understand and explain customs, cultural differences, and social behaviours, using structures for emphasis, purpose, restriction, opposition, and concession, as well as demonstrative and indefinite pronouns.
3. Describe and comment on family events and interpersonal behaviour, use en and y accurately, handle hesitation/convincing strategies, and apply vocabulary for numerical data, group activities, social interactions, and ceremonies.