Print this page Intermediate French: B2.3 Course

Continue developing your intermediate French fluency and confidence with our Intermediate French: B2.3 Course, suitable for learners who have completed our Intermediate French: B2.2 Course or have approximately 440 hours of prior study. This course helps you communicate more confidently in French by discussing technological innovation, explaining scientific discoveries, expressing opinions about future developments, and presenting and evaluating new ideas. It is ideal for learners interested in learning French for cultural interest or personal enrichment in a supportive and interactive learning environment.

You will strengthen these communication skills while developing greater accuracy with compound relative pronouns, structures for expressing purpose, argument organisation, and language for expressing certainty and doubt. Vocabulary related to innovation, science, opinion, and media is introduced naturally through discussion and presentation activities, while pronunciation develops important sound contrasts and clearer spoken expression.

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

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 program presenting a technological innovation
• Discovering young French-speaking talents and their achievements
• Explaining a scientific discovery; presenting a technological innovation
• Making an innovative concept understood
• Expressing opinion; imagining the future
• Considering positive and negative consequences of an innovation

Grammar

• Relative clauses: compound relative pronouns
• Structures: expressing purpose and function of an innovation
• Discourse: establishing chronological progression in an argument
• Modal meaning: expressing doubt and certainty

Phonetics

• Sounds: /r/, /l/ (contrast)
• Sound: /ə/ (e muet)

Vocabulary

• Introducing a topic in a broadcast or news report
• Activities to exercise and relax
• Sharing a scientific discovery
• Talking about the innovation economy
• Explaining something to someone
• Identifying characteristics of opinion texts
• Expressing concerns; humanising an object

LEARNING OUTCOMES

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

1. Communicate effectively in French about innovation, science, and future developments.
2. Use key grammar structures such as complex relative pronouns and argumentation structures with increased accuracy.
3. Apply relevant vocabulary and pronunciation patterns to explain ideas, express opinions, and engage with media content.