Advanced French courses abroad

Teaching program - Advanced level
36 Lesson course - Stay of 1 to 7 weeks

Advanced level - stay of more than 8 weeks

Teaching program - Advanced level - Stay of 1 to 7 weeks

	DEVELOPMENT OF SPEAKING SKILLS	DIDACTIC ACTIVITIES
WEEK 1	Evaluation test Past tenses (Le passé composé) Imperfect past tense Plus perfect Conditional as future of the past Sequences of tenses Direct and indirect pronouns EN / Y Introduction to subjunctive Development of basic communicative functions: : Exposing and reporting past facts / events Structuring a speech Using link words Narrating events French culture and civilization : the media, French traditions Vocabulary : the time , the human body, leisure and hobbies, sports	Listening to common dialogues (cassettes) and catching the essential message Making out information on a form and filling itout Role plays / skits : A purchase In a matrimonial agency Creating a T.V. news program based on articles from the press Light debate on an aspect of French society "A la carte" program at night in small groups of 4, max.: Revision of material studied Extra practice on material that is most challenging
WEEK 2	The imperative Subjunctive: - after conjunctions - after specific verbs Relative pronouns QUI - QUE - DONT - OU - LEQUEL - DUQUEL Basic communicative functions: Narrating past events Expressing a need / refusing Questioning / answering Expressing possession Defining / characterizing Vocabulary: the office, the house, common objects French culture and civilization: celebrations, holy days, gastronomy et oenology	Role plays: an accident, in a real estate agency Creating the front page of a newspaper after listening to TV news Didactic games for the practice of past tenses: Discovering a mysterious object/event The alibi The enigma "A la carte" program at night in small groups of 4, max.: Revision of grammar points, themes relating to culture and civilization, reinforcement in written work, pronunciation and intonation…
WEEK 3	Development of basic communicative functions: Expressing opinions and feelings Expressing a wish, a necessity Using idiomatic expressions and langage structures Development of basic communicative functions: Understanding dialogues in films and documentaries, T.V. news, the lyrics of a song Developing fluency Discussion within a formal environment Culture and civilization : Social facts : discovering an area (une région) The French song	Didactic games: Polls / surveys Game "what if?" The Chinese "portrait" Use of a French film « les fugitifs » The actual news: using the radio and the television Creating a T.V. news program based on articles from the press Group work creating surveys and practicing interviewing outside of class in Antibes Listening and deciphering a popular French song (singing in French) "A la carte" program at night in small groups of 4, max.: Revision of material studied Extra practice on material that is most challenging