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French 2 (Upper-)Intermediate

Vak
2023-2024

Admission requirements

This course is only available for students in the BA International Studies programme who have passed French 1 Intermediate.

Description

In this course you learn how to handle successfully a variety of social situations you may encounter in daily life in France or other French-speaking countries, or when meeting French-speaking people. You learn to maintain face-to-face conversations. We will focus on speaking and understanding the language with a variety of oral and written communication tasks in small groups, in pairs or with the whole class. This course will also discuss cultural backgrounds of speakers of French.

Course objectives

This course enables the student to achieve a good level A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) and prepare the DELF A2. This course is the second course in a series of three language acquisition courses within the International Studies program. The final objective of this course series is to obtain an intermediate level of proficiency in French, aimed at communication with people in the region in everyday social situations and enabling students to follow current affairs in the region via various media.

Skill CEFR Level
Reading B2
Writing B1
Listening B1+
Speaking B1

Timetable

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Mode of instruction

Tutorials

Three two-hour tutorials every week, with the exception of the midterm exam week. Attending all tutorial sessions is compulsory. If you are unable to attend a session, please inform your Tutorial-lecturer in advance, providing a valid reason for your absence. Being absent will result in a lowering of the participation grade with 0.5 for every absence after the first five (5) times.

Assessment method

Assessment and Weighing

Partial grade Weighing
In-class participation and homework, tests/evaluations 20%
Oral presentations in class 5%
Midterm exam; reading, writing, listening 25%
Final exam I; reading, writing, listening 35%
Final exam II; oral productions 15%

End Grade

  • To successfully complete the course, please take note that the End Grade of the course is established by determining the weighted average of the in-class oral and listening performance, and written exams.

  • The End Grade needs to be a 6.0 or higher to pass the course.

Resit

If the End Grade is insufficient (lower than a 6.0), there is a possibility of retaking the full 80% of the exam material (reading, writing, speaking, and listening). No resit for the tutorial (In-class participation and homework, tests/evaluations) is possible.

The BA International Studies program does not allow students to resit passed (constituent) examination(s) within the language courses. Language acquisition is, primarily, accomplished through in-class acquisition activities and practical assignments which contribute to the (final) examination. The diverse structure of the language courses and characteristics of language acquisition therefore withhold the possibility to resit a passed examination.

Exam review and feedback

How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.

Reading list

  • Attention: in the first block, the books will be the same as in French 1 Intermediate: Défi 3Livre de l’élève + Cahier d’exercices + Grammaire progressive du français - Niveau intermédiaire - 4ème édition (A2-B1). ISBN 9789462939004 (+ Corrigés) .

  • Défi 4 – Livre de l’élève + CD. Édition Maison des langues. ISBN 9788416943609.

  • Défi 4 – Cahier d’exercices + MP3 téléchargeables. Édition Maison des langues. ISBN 9788417249687.

  • Short novel - level niveau B1-B2 - to be confirmed

Registration

  • Enrolment for the workgroup through My Studymap is mandatory.

  • No enrolment needed for the language exams.

Contact

Remarks

This course uses an integrated communicative language learning method. Therefore active participation in the classroom activities is essential for successful learning outcomes.