Course Description
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Course Name
Intensive French Language: B1-1 (Intermediate)
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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
Intermediate
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Contact Hours
60 -
Recommended U.S. Semester Credits7
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Recommended U.S. Quarter Units6
Hours & Credits
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Overview
OBJECTIVES PART 1:
-Communication:
To express: Tastes, feelings, opinion, doubts
To compare: People, situations, objects, ideas
To put forward: Hypothesis-Linquistic:
Verbs and expressions expressing tastes and opinion
Adjectives and adverbs: forms, place, meaning.
Relative pronouns/ possessives
Demonstrative pronouns
Comparatives and superlatives
Completive after opinion verbs-Vocabulary:
Moral Values
Characters
The construction of verbs: to love, to desire, to feel like following by an infinitive or not
The different levels of language
Vocabulary of positive and negative characterization
Vocabulary of critics
OccupationsOBJECTIVES PART 2:
-Communication:
To tell: To tell sb to do smthg
To report: Sb?s words using past tense
To put forward: Hypothesis-Linguistics:
Values of conditional
Personal pronoun complements
Imperative and infinitive
The subjunctive: shaping and using in completive
Past Indirect speech-Vocabulary:
Daily activities
Studies
Family links
Social ConnectionsOBJECTIVES PART 3:
-Communication:
To situate: Events in time-Linguistics:
Before to + infinitive
After + infinitive past
Past perfect
Gerundive
The future
Expressions like: there is, since, during and in-Vocabulary:
Biography
Employment
Celebrations
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.