French for intermediate level

Course Objectives

This is a summary of the objectives for level B1.  A comprehensive list can be found in the Common European Framework of Reference.  The objectives describe what a participant should be able to do in the language at the end of a level B1 course. 

Sociolinguistic Appropriateness

• To be able to perform and respond to a wide range of language functions, using their most common exponents in a neutral register.

Listening Comprehension (LC)

• To be able to understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure etc., including short narratives.

Reading Comprehension (RC)

• To be able to read straightforward factual texts on subjects related to his/her field and interest with a satisfactory level of comprehension. 
• To be able to find and understand relevant information in everyday material, such as letters, brochures and short official document.
• To be able to recognise significant points in straightforward newspaper articles on familiar subjects.

Spoken Interaction (SI)

• To be able to exploit a wide range of simple language to deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling. 

Spoken Production (SP)

• To be able to reasonably fluently sustain a straightforward description of one of a variety of subjects within his/her field of interest, presenting it as a linear sequence of points.
• To be able to give straightforward descriptions on a variety of familiar subjects within his field of interest.
• To be able to relate details of unpredictable occurrences, e.g., an accident.
• To be able to briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions, plans and actions. 
• To be able to give a prepared straightforward presentation on a familiar topic within his/her field which is clear enough to be followed without difficulty most of the time, and in which the main points are explained with reasonable precision. 
• To be able to take follow up questions, but may have to ask for repetition if the speech was rapid.
• To be able to initiate, maintain and close simple face-to-face conversation on topics that are familiar or of personal interest

Written Interaction (WI)

• To be able to write personal letters and notes asking for or conveying simple information of immediate relevance, getting across the point he/she feels to be important

Written Production (WP)

• To be able to write straightforward connected texts on a range of familiar subjects within his field of interest, by linking a series of shorter discrete elements into a linear sequence.

About the teacher

Laura is a qualified French teacher who holds a Bachelor of Arts in English, a University Diploma in teaching English and French as foreign languages to adults, and a Master in French as a Foreign Language (FLE). She started teaching in Ireland in 2013 at the University of Galway, where she taught language classes but also lectures and tutorials in literature. She also has a broad experience in teaching children and teenagers in France and Malta, but also here in Ireland where she taught French in summer camps for teenagers, with a projects-based approach that combined entertainment and language, and in afterschool classes for primary school children. Previously, she has taught French in the CEFR of Brussels (groups of adults, general and business purposes) and volunteered in France to lead workshops in pronunciation and academic writing for Chinese students. In May 2014, she joined Languages Unlimited as a French teacher and has been teaching all levels since then to groups and one-to-one in companies, administrations and European agencies.  Laura has earned a broad experience with learners from various countries and teaching in different contexts, adapting her methods and creating material to match the needs and profiles of her students.

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