French Language and Culture, Level 2 - Elementary.
Tutor: Sanja Bennett
Date and time: Monday, 1:00-2:30pm
From: Monday 30th September 2024
20 weekly meetings, 1.5 hours each
Price £300 (£290 concessions*)
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Detailed Description
A course for those moving on from a beginners' course, or those whose knowledge is rusty or who may not feel confident enough for an intermediate course. The emphasis is on speaking and understanding, but grammatical structures will be learned and some reading and writing skills will be developed. The course aims to give those moving on from a beginners' class more confidence to deal with everyday situations. You will be encouraged to work out your own strategy for learning and, within the framework of the syllabus, learn to use language structures and functions to suit your own needs.
Everyday situations to be developed might include: Personal information - family/social arrangements • Directions, Time, Numbers, Money • Travel/transport • food and drink / buying and selling • Accommodation - hotel/lodgings/business • Holidays and leisure • Business
Grammar and functions revised are: gender • case • articles • partitives • present tense, one past tense and one future form of common regular and irregular verbs • negatives • questions • descriptions • adjectives and adverbs • personal pronouns • polite/familiar forms • prepositions • possessives •
New grammar and functions include: comparative/superlative forms • more adjectives and adverbs • present tense, another past tense and future form of less common regular and irregular verbs • modals • expressions using the subjunctive.
You will be given an insight into where France is today and why, within the framework of your language studies. You will be encouraged to work out your own strategy for study in line with the syllabus and your own perceived needs.
