French 3

• Credit value: 30 credits at Level 5
• Convenor: Agnès Calatayud
• Prerequisite: CEFR* B1 or equivalent
• Assessment: two continuous assessment exercises (20%), an in-class listening assessment (15%), in-class written assessment (30%), oral in-class assessment (15%), 1000-word self-reflexive essay in French (15%) and class participation (5%)

This 24-week module is taught at CEFR* B2 (Upper Intermediate)/A-level+ level. It will give you upper-intermediate listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in French, as well as improving your pronunciation and your cultural competence.

You will learn how to speak and write about:

• your identity and roots
• your body and health
• relationships
• education
• sports
• travel
• new technologies
• work and unemployment
• the economy
• towns and their evolution (architecture, suburbs, environment)
• life's little pleasures (gastronomy, literature, art)
• beliefs, citizenship, politics, traditions
• immigration
• Europe and globalisation.

Each 2.5-hour class will be conducted in French from day one, using the textbooks Alter Ego 3+ and Alter Ego 4+

* Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Please note: this is only an approximate equivalence.

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

• understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions
• interact regularly with native speakers with a degree of fluency and spontaneity
• produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects
• explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.