French Intensive Level 1 Part 2

Modern Language Centre
Summer Language Courses
Course Description
French Intensive Level 1 Part 2
How long does the course last?
15 hours of tuition in 1 week. 5x3 hour sessions in the evenings from 6–9pm.
Who is the course for?
This course is designed for students who have already completed Level 1 Term 1 of the Evening Language
Courses or approximately 15 hours of tuition. Intensive Level 1 Part 2 will cover the same content of a Level 1
Term 2 course but it will be taught intensively over 1 week instead of a 10 week term.
What are the objectives of the course?
By the end of the course you will:
 be able to communicate in very basic everyday-life situations, including greetings, daily activities, finding
your way, telling the time and date, making simple purchases, ordering a meal, etc.
 be able to understand very simple oral and written texts and ascertain specific information on simple topics
 have developed an insight into French-speaking life, culture and society
How is the course taught?
 A communicative approach is used. All four skills (speaking, reading, listening and writing) are practised,
with the main emphasis on speaking.
 Students engage in interactive language activities, participating in group and pair work according to a
syllabus based on systematic grammatical progression.
 Students will also be offered guidance in self-study and set optional homework tasks.
What course can I do next?
Students who complete this course should join either Intensive Level 1 Part 3 or a False Beginners’ course.
Course outline
Topics
Cities and Towns
Places
Jobs
Food
Functions
Asking for information
Making travel arrangements
Asking for and giving the time, the day
Making polite requests
Speaking about your everyday activities
Expressing quantities and habits
Giving some advice
Grammar
Pronouns
Interrogatives ‘où, quand, quelle, est-ce que, qu’est-ce que’
Imperative
Present tense of ‘prendre, lire, écrire, faire, jouer’
‘y’ adverb
‘C’est’ + place
Gender of nouns
Pronominal verbs
Partitive articles
Present tense of ‘boire, acheter, manger, pouvoir, connaitre, vouloir, savoir’
Past tense with ‘avoir’ and ‘être’
Learning resources
Textbook and exercise book:
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Le Nouveau Taxi ! 1- Livre de l'élève + DVD-ROM, Guy Capelle, Robert Menand
Code ISBN : 9782011555489
Le Nouveau Taxi ! 1, cahier d’exercices, Code ISBN : 9782011555496
Students are expected to purchase their own textbook. An exercise book may also be recommended. The
teacher will supply additional material, both tailor-made and taken from other sources (textbooks, newspapers,
and new media).
Recommended additional material:
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Les exercices de grammaire A1 – Hachette
Les exercices de grammaire A2 – Hachette
Exercices de vocabulaire en contexte. Niveau débutant – Hachette
Compétences. Compréhension orale. Niveau 1+CD - Clé international
For a list of bookshops where you may be able to purchase text books please see our web page:
www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/mlc/about/facilities/shops.aspx
Online language learning resources:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/mlc/lrc/language-resources/french.aspx
Independent Study
Research indicates that successful language learners revise new material and review their progress on a regular
basis. The Language Resources Centre (LRC), situated in room K-1.072 in level minus one of the Strand
Campus, houses a wide collection of learning material including text and grammar books, magazines and
newspapers, CDs, DVDs, satellite television and self-access e-learning language programmes.
For details on LRC opening times, please see our website:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/mlc/lrc/LRCindex.aspx
Date of last revision: May 2016
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