3. B2-2 short track | Advanced French 2 | In-Person

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Wednesdays & Fridays, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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$560

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$610

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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 develop your skills and confidence in French. With full immersion from day one and a communicative, task-based approach you'll gain the knowledge you need to embrace the Francophone world!

Previous requirements: completed B2-1 level

Required textbook: L'Atelier B2
Units 4, 5 and 6; pp 57 - 98

Content you will cover in Unit 4Astucieux(euse)

Learn How To
  • Getting back to nature; Listening to living things ; Clearing your mind; Repairing the human body
Grammar
  • Future tenses; Cause and consequence
Vocabulary
  • Ecology; Health
Phonetics
  • Informal style; Elision in consonant clusters
Culture/literature
  • Excerpt from: Diary of a Vampire in Pyjamas by Mathias Malzieu ; Write an excerpt from a caregiver’s journal

Content you will cover in Unit 5:
Passionnant(e)

Learn How To
  • Arousing interest; Provoking an emotion; Appealing to the greatest number; Giving your all
Grammar
  • Opinion verb; Different forms of questions
Vocabulary
  • Art; Politics
Phonetics
  • Intonation in enumeration ; Pronunciation of “fait”; Intonation for emphasis
Culture/literature
  • Excerpt from: Upstage Museum, Downstage Museum by Jean-Michel Ribes; Write a short theatre excerpt

Content you will cover in Unit 6:
Physique

Learn How To
  • Pushing your limits; Strengthening team spirit; Establishing a scientific fact; Reconnecting with math
Grammar
  • Negation and restriction ; Comparison and superlative
Vocabulary
  • Sports; Science
Phonetics
  • Elision of negation; Belgian accent
Culture/literature
  • Excerpt from: Permission to Compete in Running by Franck Courtès; Write a short story excerpt

Testimonials

Christine

Boston
I thoroughly enjoyed my class. My instructor was fun and enthusiastic. She planned a variety of activities so the concepts were presented in different ways which really helped me learn. She was patient with my pronunciation, but taught me in a way that only a true native speaker could. Can't wait for my next class!

Karen

Concord
The class really gave us a good foundation from which we learned to communicate in French.