Download FRENCH INTENSIVE COURSE – SSAP EI Purpan – Toulouse

FRENCH INTENSIVE COURSE – SSAP
EI Purpan – Toulouse – France
Name of the course: “French as a Foreign Language – crash course for beginners / near beginners”
– (half-days)
General aim of the course:
The aim of this crash course is to give students a basic grasp of French & enable them to deal with simple,
everyday situations.
Introduction
- How to introduce yourself
- Numbers & measures
1) The general structure of the sentence
- The different types of sentences: interrogative, assertive, negative
- Gender & number
- Possessive adjectives
- A practical aspect: the use of comparatives & superlatives
2) The verb
- The pronoun verb
- Past participles
- Present / past / future tenses
3) Pronouns
- The use of pronouns: direct / indirect
The place of some pronouns: “en” & “y”
4) Concrete situations
- Location in time: duration & frequency
- Expressing cause & consequence
- Expressing aim, opposition, condition
The course focuses on useful situations & the themes are tackled orally thanks to:
- Role playing, always focusing on the abovementioned notions & based on everyday situations;
- The use of video;
- Television extracts like the News so as to build oral comprehension, interaction & fluidity in
expression;
The last week will be dedicated to the writing & shooting small parts of everyday situations (video).
Teaching method: lectures
Time estimated for this course: 30h00 to 40h00
Evaluation: Students will be evaluated at the beginning of the course to define the group they will belong to.
Then, for the beginner / near beginners: 2 tests are planed during the course, to evaluate students’
participation & students’ progress.
Students will be evaluated according to the CECRL (“Cadre Européen Commun de Référence pour les
Langues”).
Name of the course: “French as a Foreign Language – advanced crash course for Intermediate
level” – (half-days)
General aim of the course:
The aim of this crash course is to build on students’ knowledge of everyday French, so as to facilitate each
student’s integration on starting their internship at the end of the month. From introducing things to people,
to providing information, conducting a debate & recounting a situation or story, students will learn how to
formulate their ideas & express them in a way that is both logical and adapted to their audience.
Course content:
The course prioritizes oral expression. It is developed through themed tapes & genuine French recordings
(news reports, television programs & songs). In addition to this, students produce short texts in order to
practice their written expression.
1) Practical aims
- Describing a person, an object
- Relating a past event
- Telling a story
- Talking about the future
- Giving advice, an opinion, a decision
- Expressing personal taste
- Giving orders
- Making a suggestion or proposal
- Different ways to accept & reject a suggestion / proposal
2) Grammar
- Formulation & use of the past / imperfect tenses
- Use of expressions & indicators of time
- Future tense
- Expression of an imminent action
- Expressing taste (verbs)
- Expressing opinions (verbs)
- Imperative
- Subjunctive
- Polite conditional
- Sequencing & personal pronouns
- Noun phrases
3) Vocabulary
- Adjectives & adverbs (opinion)
- Family & the stages of life
- Relationships & feelings
- Passage of time
- Weather
- Natural environment
- Flora / Fauna
- The human body
- Physical constitution & appearance
- Character & personality
- Clothes & fashion
- House & home
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Daily activities
Leisure, games & sport
Jobs & careers
Tourism & holidays
Teaching method: lectures
Time estimated for this course: 35h00 to 40h00
Evaluation:
Students will be evaluated at the beginning of the course to define the group they will belong to. Then, for
intermediate / advanced: 2 tests are planed during the course, to evaluate students’ participation &
students’ progress.
Students will be evaluated according to the CECRL (“Cadre Européen Commun de Référence pour les
Langues”).