Overview
Advanced French Level 7 is for students who have completed Level 6, or who have equivalent advanced language skills (a very good A level or B1+ in the Common European Framework of Reference). Students will have a chance to learn about cultural issues and current affairs in the target language communities. The overall aim of the module is to reinforce students' receptive and productive language skills on a B2 level while helping them to widen their knowledge of social, cultural and political issues in France and the French-speaking communities. More specifically, students will improve their communication skills based on authentic spoken and written texts dealing with topical issues. By the end of this module students will have the confidence to hold a conversation about social issues and current affairs in the French-speaking world.
Syllabus
Week 1
- Introductions
- Healthy Eating – how can we eat well and remain in good health? Favourite foods
- Grammar: Verbs for reported speech
Week 2
- Healthy Eating – current trends (veganism, eating locally produced foods etc. )
- Grammar: Compound relative pronouns
Week 3
- Healthy Eating – the current eating habits of the French
- Grammar: nominalisation
Week 4
- The generation gap – What does it mean to be or to feel old?
- Grammar: Expressing nuanced comparison, intensity and progression
Week 5
- The generation gap – If youth only knew, if old age only could!
- Grammar: expressing comparison, using verbs, adjectives, and adverbs
Week 6
- The generation gap – Cross-generational friendships
- Grammar: the Future Anterior
Week 7
- Discrimination: definitions and the lexis of discrimination in France
- Grammar: negation and restriction
Week 8
- Discrimination: victims of discrimination
- Grammar: opposition and concession
Week 9
- Discrimination: individual cases in France
- Grammar: the Passive using ‘se laisser’ and ‘se faire’ and ‘se voir’
Week 10
- Love and Friendship: the impact of social media
- Grammar: expressing purpose, Subjunctive or Infinitive?
Week 11
- Love and Friendship: famous love letters
- Grammar: agreement of the Past Participle
Week 12: Written and speaking tests will take place this week. Completing the assessment is required for students taking the course as part of their degree, or if they would like to have the course recorded in their HEAR.
For all other students, taking the tests is also strongly recommended, as a measure of your progress and learning.
Textbook details:
Students need to acquire a copy of the textbook Entre Nous 4 - Édition hybride – Tout En Un: Méthode de Français Livre de l’Elève + Cahier D’Activités + MP3, Ed. Maison des Langues 2022, www.emdl.fr/fle
ISBN: 9788419236623
Please ensure that you get hold of the right edition, as some students in the past have bought the wrong version and have had to send it back, thus postponing an efficient start to their course. If in doubt, quote the ISBN number.
Study Hours
The total number of study hours for this module is 150 hours, in line with undergraduate university modules. This includes class meetings, assessment preparation and self-directed study in line with guidance from the course lecturer.
If you are studying on the extracurricular option, we recognise that the total number of hours that you may be able to study every week may depend on your availability and previous experience studying languages, however, expected contribution to classes, homework completion, and learning outcomes will not vary.
Please note that the ‘last date available to book’ date is only a guide. We reserve the right to close bookings earlier if courses are over- or under-subscribed. In order to avoid disappointment, please be sure enrol as soon as possible. Registrations will not be processed until the following day if received after 3pm.
Course Lecturer: Mouna Arfaoui
TBC
Fees for language courses are £190/£95.
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