Intermediate(B1)
3 hours per week for 10 weeks Starting April 8, 2025
At Online via Zoom
Farida Talantikit
Time Slots
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: B1-3 or equivalent. Prepare for CECR B1
Required textbook: Edito B1 2023 EDITION
In this course you will cover units 8 and 9; pp. 115 to 144.
Content you will cover in Unit 8:
"Mieux consommer ! "
Learn How To
Express agreement and disagreement; express a point of view; express surprise; build a simple train of thought.
Grammar
Expressing opinion with the indicative and the subjunctive; the pronouns Y and EN; opposition and concession (adverbs, preposition, and conjunctions + indicative or subjunctive)
Society, Culture, and Vocabulary
Arts and crafts; fashion design in Togo. Vocabulary: Consumerism; the economy; the environment.
Phonetics
Rising and falling intonation.
Content you will cover in Unit 9:
"Mieux -être au travail"
Learn How To
Prepare for a job interview; talk about your professional experience; describe a project.
Grammar
Si clauses (conditions and hypotheses); adverbs of manner ending with -ment; anteriority, simultaneity, and posterity.
Society, Culture, and Vocabulary
Working and volunteering for the community in Québec; fighting against unemployment in Burundi. Vocabulary: The job market; work life and your health.
Phonetics
Intonation curves.