Intensive French Language: B1-1 (Intermediate)

Institut Catholique de Paris

Course Description

  • Course Name

    Intensive French Language: B1-1 (Intermediate)

  • Host University

    Institut Catholique de Paris

  • Location

    Paris, France

  • Area of Study

    French

  • Language Level

    Intermediate

  • Prerequisites

    Please use the following only as a guideline to determine what each student's language level may be. Each semester/quarter is of COLLEGE-LEVEL French or the equivalent of:0 Semesters/0 Quarters = Beginning1-2 Semesters/ 1-3 Quarters = High Beginning3-4 Semesters/4-6 Quarters = Intermediate5-6 Semesters/7-9 Quarters = High Intermediate7-8 Semesters/10-12 Quarters = AdvancedFluent/Native Speaker = SuperiorPlease note that a student's French language level in France is based on the standards of the French university.

    Hours & Credits

  • Contact Hours

    90
  • Recommended U.S. Semester Credits
    7
  • Recommended U.S. Quarter Units
    9
  • 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
    Occupations

    OBJECTIVES 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 Connections

    OBJECTIVES 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.

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