B1-2 | Intermediate French 2 | Online

Intermediate(B1)

3 hours per week for 10 weeks Starting April 8, 2025

At Online via Zoom

Taught by

Isabelle Badri

You're ready to move on to bigger and better things! Describe different behaviors, talk about and suggest outings or events, give advice, talk about family activities, go out as a group, analyze different customs and traditions, and more.

Registration is now open!

Time Slots

Tuesdays & Thursdays, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

For members

$600

For non-members

$650

About this Class

Our core language classes will strengthen your French through speaking, writing and comprehension activities while providing insights into Francophone culture. Our teachers and curriculum use cutting-edge methods and resources to expand your skills and increase your confidence in French. With full immersion from day one and a communicative, task-based approach you'll gain a deeper understanding of the French language and Francophone world!

Required: B1-1 or equivalent. Prepare for CECR B1
Required textbook: Edito B1 2023 EDITION
In this course you will cover units 3, 4 and 5; pp. 41 to 84.

Content you will cover: Unité 3: « Cultivons les arts »

Learn How To
Explain and motivate one’s choices; give and ask for advice; express one’s opinion; tell a movie’s plot; talk about a work of art.

Grammar
Conditionnel présent : conjugation and use; using ne…que for restriction; how to use linking words to express cause and consequence.

Society, Culture, and Vocabulary
Pop culture; the festival of la francophonie; female rap singers. Vocabulary: Performative arts; music; visual arts, theater, and cinema.

Pronunciation
When to pronounce final consonants.

Content you will cover: Unit 4: “La francophonie jusque dans l’assiette”

Learn How To
Rephrase a statement to elaborate; present a country, a city, and its inhabitants; express a wish or one’s will.

Grammar
Indefinite pronouns and adjectives; the indicative and the subjunctive to express one’s will and wishes; negative phrases and adverbs.

Society, Culture, and Vocabulary
Starting a new life in New Caledonia; French words in other languages; food festival in Martinique; food in Senegal; delicious cheap food in Québec. Vocabulary: Language; the Francophone world; adjusting to life abroad; food and types of cuisine.

Pronunciation
L’enchaînement vocalique (linking vowels seamlessly).

Content you will cover: Unité 5: “Mondes urbains”

Learn How To
Describe an activity; report miscellaneous news; complain about something.

Grammar
The passive voice; adjective placement; adjective nominalization.

Society, Culture, and Vocabulary
Paris and Parisian monuments; poetry about city life; gentrification in Montréal. Vocabulary: City life and neighborhoods.

Pronunciation
Optional liaisons.

Testimonials

Maria

Boston

I loved the class: good students and professional teacher. The books are for adults with interesting topics to discuss. I had a really good time during class.