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Course Objectives:
Development of general linguistic abilities |
Oral and written didactic activities |
| 8 WEEKS
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- Writing skills:
- Structure a formal letter, an account, or a report
- Make an outline, write an introduction, a synthesis and a conclusion
- Write a CV and a cover letter
- Translate a small excerpt from a book
- Grammar covered:
- Synthesis/review of the conditional, tense agreements, past participles, real and unreal hypotheses, nuances of the subjunctive
- Expressing doubt and incertitude…
- The speakers in a discourse
- Double pronouns, relative pronouns and compound relative pronouns
- Indirect discourse, morphology of slang
- Speaking abilities and savoir–faire:
- Engage in various situations
- Know how to use the right the language register depending on the situation
- Manage an interview process
- Know how to structure presentations
- Listening skills:
- Have a good comprehension level with regards to TV shows
- Recognize humour
- Become habituated to a wide variety of linguistic nuances
- Written comprehension:
- Know how to synthesize an article
- Identify the objective or message of an author
- Know the different genres of written press
- Become familiar using the internet in French
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- Writing folk tales and various assignments in groups
- Write a text
- Formal correspondence
- CVs and cover letters
- Articles for the school newspaper
- Articles for the school newspaper
- Making tests and quizzes
- Speaking abilities and savoir–faire:
- Role-playing games
- Presentations on various themes
- Diverse debates
- Surveys and inquiries
- Listening skills:
- Questionnaires to complete
- Summarizing sequences of programming
- Role-playing games
- Listening to contemporary songs with accompanying texts
- Written comprehension:
- Review of the national press
- Diverse written documents
- Internet research
- French culture and civilization
- France with regards to: the social and education systems, the world of work, the administration, the Internet, and political life
- Contemporary writers
- Song lyrics, recent films, popular TV programs or series
- Becoming familiar with the most important national debates
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- "A la carte" program at night in small groups of 4, max.:
- Review of material studied
- Extra practice on material that is most challenging
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12 WEEKS
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- Acquired skills in written expression +
- Translate an excerpt of a book, an article
- Acquired grammatical knowledge
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- Double pronouns, compound relative pronouns
- Indirect discourse
- Morphology of French slang
- Speaking abilities and savoir–faire::
- Engage in various situations requiring a mastery of complex phrases
- Know how to use the right the language register depending on the situation
- Know how to use idiomatic expressions
- Manage an interview process
- Know how to structure presentations and practice public speaking
- Listening skills:
- Have a good comprehension level with regards to TV shows
- Recognize humour
- Become habituated to a wide variety of linguistic nuances
- Written comprehension:
- Know how to synthesize an article from a newspaper or magazine
- Identify the message of an author
- Know the different genres of the written press
- Understand and report on statistics
- Become familiar using the internet in French
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- Create folk tales and various articles in groups
- Write a text
- Formal correspondence but not in a specialized domain
- CV and cover letters adapted to the circumstances
- Speaking abilities and savoir–faire:
- Role-playing games
- Presentations on various themes
- Diverse debates
- Surveys and inquiries
- Listening skills:
- Questionnaires to complete
- Summarizing sequences of programming
- Role-playing games
- Listening to contemporary songs with accompanying texts
- Written comprehension:
- Review of the national press
- Diverse written documents
- Internet research
- French civilization:
- France with regards to: the social and education systems, the world of work, the administration, the Internet, and political life…
- Contemporary writers
- The most important national debates
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- "A la carte" program at night in small groups of 4, max.:
- Review of material studied
- Extra practice on material that is most challenging
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| 24 WEEKS |
- Acquired skills in written expression +
- Structure an account, a report, or an essay
- Easily make an outline, introduction, synthesis, and conclusion
- Easily write formal letters in all types of circumstances
- Translate from your native language into French all sorts of documents
- Speaking abilities and savoir-faire::
- Handle yourself well in interviews
- Be at ease when speaking
- Take part in all kinds of speaking situations
- Handle with ease all types of linguistic tools
- Be at ease using expressions
- Interpret for a French speaker to a speaker of your native language
- Listening skills:
- Arrive at understanding the near totality of a TV or radio program
- Easily distinguish and grasp humour
- Distinguish the variety of linguistic nuances
- Written comprehension:
- Easily engage with any type of written material
- Perform research using books or on the Internet
- Understand the message of an author
- Know the genres of the written press
- Understand and report on statistics
- Compare and contrast the points of view presented in newspapers
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- Summaries and critiques of literary works
- Writing a text
- Diverse exercises in formal correspondence
- Writing articles for the school's paper
- Games and internet activities
- Literature of yesterday and today
- Speaking abilities and savoir-faire:
- Varied simulations
- Presentations on diverse and complex themes
- Presentation of a program to the class
- Debates (1/1 or 2/2)
- Translation exercises
- Listening skills
- Questionnaires to complete
- Summarizing film sequences
- Practice making speeches
- Role-playing games, simulations
- Working with contemporary songs
- Written comprehension:
- Practice in understanding usage
- Undertaking research, making a press dossier
- Review of the national press
- Internet research
- Presentations made to the class and concluded with a debate
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- "A la carte" program at night in small groups of 4, max.:
- Review of material studied
- Extra practice on material that is most challenging
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36 lessons x 45 minutes per week
