Course Description
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Course Name
French Language: B2-2 (High Advanced)
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Host University
Institut Catholique de Paris
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Location
Paris, France
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Area of Study
French
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Language Level
High Advanced
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Contact Hours
126 -
Recommended U.S. Semester Credits9
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Recommended U.S. Quarter Units14
Hours & Credits
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Overview
OBJECTIVES PART 1:
-Communication:
Associating facts and ideas ,
Comparing them, linking them in the past and future tense-Linquistic:
Relation to time:
Simultaneity/ precedence/ posteriority (indicative/ subjunctive/infinitive modes)
Past participle agreement
(current reflexive shape)
The organization of the sentence:
Identification of the main sentence-Vocabulary:
Around time
Pictorial expressions (in a twinkle of an eye, all the time?)
Vocabulary of change, evolution (progression, regression, stability)
The frequency (every mornings ?)
Starting from reflexive verbs (idiomatic expressions: to stick to?)OBJECTIVES PART 2:
-Communication:
Describing these facts and ideas, defining them, précising them and presenting them with examples-Linguistics:
The decisive (deepening of the articles, the definite and demonstratives)
The relative subordinates (constructions? difficulties, demonstrative + relative, role of the punctuation)
The expression of quantity (quantitative, percentages, proportions, all)-Vocabulary:
Around description
Familiarization with systems: Derivation, synonyms, antonyms and lexical fields nominalizationOBJECTIVES PART 3:
-Communication:
Appreciating these facts and ideas, criticizing them in a positive or negative way, marking the doubt and hesitation-Linguistics:
Indirect speeches: indirect, reported and free: transformations (decisive?)
Initiator verbs (repartition+ construction + meaning)
The subjunctive, indicative and infinitive in completives and relatives
Particular use of qualifying adverbs and adjectives-Vocabulary:
Around reference
Levels of language (analysis of situations and intentions)
Initiator verbs (constructions and shades: affirmation, hesitation, refutation?)
Expression of feelings, appreciation (pictorial expressions)
Course Disclaimer
Courses and course hours of instruction are subject to change.
Eligibility for courses may be subject to a placement exam and/or pre-requisites.
Credits earned vary according to the policies of the students' home institutions. According to ISA policy and possible visa requirements, students must maintain full-time enrollment status, as determined by their home institutions, for the duration of the program.