French Level 7 (Equivalent to B2 in CEFR standard)

Course Objectives

(Example)

In this level, you will learn the following topics: - Expressing the temporal relationship between 2 actions - Presenting the advantages of a product - Emphasizing information - Providing arguments - Organizing information chronologically - Reporting someone else’s words - Presenting the consequences of a phenomenon - Expressing an objective - Expressing contradictions - Arguing a point of view - Expressing agreement or disagreement

Target Audience

(Example) Target Audience: Students passed (New) L7 placement test ; Students who have completed (New) L6

Course Duration (hours)

(Example) Recommended Hours: 45 hours (tuition) 3 hours (assessment)

Book/Unit

(Example) Le nouveau taxi ! Méthode de français Volume 3 (ISBN:978-2011555588) and Le Nouveau Taxi: 3 Cahier D'Exercices (ISBN: 978-2011555595)

Skills to be covered (by the end of semester, students should gain the following skills)

Grammar

(Example) - Usage of composed relative pronouns - Emphasizing information - Nominalisation - The anterior future - Expressions of time ‐ Indirect speech ‐ Consequences ‐ Adverbs of manner and time ‐ Double pronouns ‐ Opposition and concession -Past subjunctive

Speaking / Listening

(Example)

- Buying on the Internet - Commercial letters - New technologies - The digital era - Understanding information about a survey - Introducing and presenting an association -Understanding information and talking about environmental protection - Convincing someone to change their habits - Understanding information and participating to a debate ‐ Cinema ‐ French behavior ‐ French people and foreign languages ‐ Strikes in the transport sector ‐ Polemical issues ‐ Movie reviews ‐ Giving a point of view about social problem and presenting solutions ‐ Presenting a guide or a cultural magazine

‐ Understanding and describing information about French behaviours ‐ React to a discussion about a controversial matter ‐ Tell about dreams

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Reading

(Example)

‐ Understanding information about a survey ‐ Understanding information about behavior ‐ Understanding information about a social problem

Writing

(Example) - Talk about a scientific event - Report about a survey ‐ Report about the results of a survey ‐ Make an ad ‐ Write a movie review

Assessment criteria

(Example) ‐ Written test: 60% ‐ Oral test: 40% ‐ Pass mark: 60%