FREN2201 Intermediate French Part 1

Associate Professor Christele Maizonniaux

This topic is for students who have attained a level equivalent to SACE Continuers OR have completed First year of French in the Beginners stream.
If you are uncertain as to whether you should enrol in this topic, please contact the topic coordinator

2020

4.5

2 x 2-hour tutorials weekly

1 of FREN2121, FREN2123 has been successfully completed

This topic is for students who have attained a level equivalent to SACE Continuers OR have completed First year of French in the Beginners stream.

If you are uncertain as to whether you should enrol in this topic, please contact the topic coordinator.

In this topic emphasis is placed on oral-aural comprehension, as well as on understanding and use of both spoken and written French.

This topic aims to:

review and expand French grammatical structures and vocabulary acquired at previous levels
enhance students' communicative competence through participation in activities involving group or pair interaction
expose students to independent and collaborative learning and to language learning skill development
introduce students to basic textual analysis and literary readings in authentic French
assist students in developing listening skills for sound recognition and speech comprehension

On completing this topic, students will be able to:

identify the main points of clear standard speech and communicate in speech and writing on a range of familiar topics using simple language
recognise and use grammatical, syntactical, lexical and phonetic structures acquired throughout the semester
actively take part in writing and speaking French using appropriate structures and vocabulary
read and describe short texts and poems written in authentic French
recognise sounds and speech patterns of French spoken by native speakers in a range of sociocultural contexts

Key dates and timetable

Timetable details for 2020 are no longer published.

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