Description
ONLINE French Language and Culture, Level 3 - Intermediate
Tutor: Sanja Bennett
Date and time: Tuesday, 3:00 - 4:30pm
From: Tuesday 1st October 2024
20 weekly meetings, 1.5 hours each
Price £300 (£290 concessions*)
*If you are a full-time student, staff or alumni at the University of Sussex or not in full-time employment (benefits, unemployed, retired) or an NHS worker you are entitled to the £290 concession rate. Please make sure you specify this by typing the reduced price into the 'price' box before you add the course to your shopping basket.
Detailed Description
ONLINE COURSE
A course for those who have recently completed an Elementary or Stage 2 class and feel confident enough to speak at a basic level. At least two years of part-time study will have been completed at this stage. The emphasis is on speaking and understanding, but new grammatical structures will be learned and reading and writing skills will be developed. A course book is sometimes used to allow you to work on your own and to form a framework for your learning.
The Intermediate class aims to build on the knowledge of basic language structures and functions allowing you to express yourself more freely in everyday situations. You will be encouraged to work out your own strategy for learning and, within the framework of the syllabus, develop language structures and functions for your own perceived needs and interests. The syllabus contains the following topics and language structures in addition to the revision and consolidation of those in the earlier courses:
| Topic areas: | the media (press) • regions • work • current affairs • social problems • introduction to politics.
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| Grammar: | more literary tenses • passives • subjunctive forms • simple indirect discourse
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| Skills: | simple note-taking • idea of register • skimming/scanning techniques • letter writing
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| Functions: | giving an opinion/expressing feelings. |
You will be given an insight into the history and culture of the country within the framework of your language studies. You will be given the opportunity to pursue your own personal research into a topic of cultural interest which contains some analysis or debate.
