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Intensive French Course Teaching Content

Intensive Course
(30 lessons x 45min/week)
Teaching Content

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OBJECTIVES	Acquiring essential and practical speaking skills Developing language spontaneity and linguistic reflex
LEVEL :	Beginner to Avanced
PROGRAM :	Work on oral comprehension and expression
METHODOLOGY :	Use of various teaching aids : Specialised material Documents created by our teaching team directors Visual documents Audio et audio-visual documents and material Authentic written documents Situations/ Role playing Didactic activities Language practise outside of class (research, surveys / reports in the town...)
ORGANISATION :	Morning: 12 persons in a group (maximum) Afternoon (Tuesday to Friday) : 6 persons in a group (maximum) Time : 23 hours a week at 30 lessons

Note : The intensive courses programs hereafter are samples programs for three weeks at the : ELEMENTARY, INTERMEDIATE and AVANCED levels. They can be modified according to teaching needs (group size, lengh of stay, themes, levels...)

Teaching for elementary level

	ORAL COMPREHENSION AND EXPRESSION	WRITTEN EXPRESSION
week1	Development of basic communicative functions Identifying oneself Asking/ Responding to basic questions Politeness (tu/vous) Greeting / Taking leave Thanking Understanding simple written or oral information The alphabet, letters, names Using figures Travel vocabulary (at the hotel, the train station) Cultural elements : French social habits	Role plays : at the post office/ looking for an adress Didactic games : the drawing dictation 7 errors game photography (incomplete pictures) Letters and figures games
week2	Development of basic communicative functions Expressing a simple wish Asking for permission Ordering at the restaurant (with a menu) Asking about prices, fees Reading a schedule Making plans Talking about plans (Futur proche> Development of spontaneous expression : Agreeing / disagreeing French onomatopeia ... Vocabulary : days of the week, months, time, food Cultural elements : The French calendar and French food	Role plays(with camcorder): at the restaurant / the hotel reception / in a travel agency A meeting with friends Discussing vacation plans Didactic games (the mysterious character, word game)
week3	Development of basic communicative functions - Understanding and preparing a simple recipe - Responding to a spoken or written invitation / offer - Inviting - Undertanding simple advertisement - Claiming / complaining - Expressing basic needs (hunger, thirst, tire-ness) - Characterizing, describing a person / an object Vocabulary : clothes, the body, an apartment, the house, furniture	Writing a simple story based upon a visual support Newspaper adverts, classified ads : making a simple ad, answering a classified ad Advice column Structural exercises

Teaching for intemediate level

	GRAMMAR PROGRAM	ORAL COMPREHENSION AND EXPRESSION	WRITTEN EXPRESSION
week1	Evaluation Test ER verbs Regular adjectives Definite/indefinite articles IL Y A The IR and DRE verbs Some reflexive verbs Prepositions AVOIR / ÊTRE (expressing a state of being)	Introducing oneself / Introducing others Expressing likes / dislikes Speaking about oneself / occupation Making plans Describing people, things, places Proposing / offering Asking / accepting / declining Questioning / answering Didactic activities in groups or pairs	Filling out a form Writing a postcard Telling a story from a comic strip on pictures Introductory letter to one’s host family in France Structural exercises
week2	Imperfect past tense Use of imperfect / simple past passé composé Stressed pronouns Relatives pronouns (QUI - QUE - OÙ) Expressing time and duration	Narrating events Asking for /giving out information Advising / commanding Inviting Defining Expressing a wish / refusing Speaking about one’s obligations	Telling the life story of a character Writing / responding to a classified ad Completing the beginning of a story, or filling the blanks Invitation or declining letter Structural exercises
week3	Simple future ) Conditional 1 Adjectives / adverbs Comparative and superlative	Expressing future events Hypothesis Expressing consequence of actions Asking very politely Suggesting Comparing	Writing simple press articles Letter of complaint Common correspondence (let-ters to friends) Occasional correspondence (congratulations, wishes , advi-ce, thanks,) Structural exercises

Teaching for advanced level

	GRAMMAR PROGRAM	ORAL COMPREHENSION AND EXPRESSION	WRITTEN EXPRESSION
week1	Evaluation Test Past tenses (Le passé composé)Imperfect past tense Plus perfect Conditional as future of the past Sequense of tenses Direct and indirect pronouns Introduction to subjunctive	Narrating past events Identifying people / things Expressing time / duration Telling an event / a story based on an audio or a visual document Expressing likes / dislikes Situating / Locating Expressing a mood / a sensation/thanking (Ex : TV news program)	Creating a story with excerpts from a literary piece, a film or documentary Summing up a press article Creating magazine adverts for a newly marketed product (image + text + slogan)
week2	The imperative Subjonctive : after conjunction, after specific verbs Relative pronouns QUI - QUE - DONT - OU - LEQUEL - DUQUEL	Advising Argumenting / debating Giving an opinion Nuancing one’s thoughts Defining Giving orders Comparing Speaking about one's duties, occupations and activities Ordering Narrating past events Expressing capacity	Writing out the main points of a debate / a meeting Preparing a simple case for a trial Creating the front page of a newspaper after listening to TV news
week3	Present and past conditional Hypothetical sentences Consequence expression The present participe The gerund	Making hypothetical comments Expressing consequence Expressing doubt / certainty Suggesting, proposing Reporting facts Expressing simultaneity of an action Requesting very politely Didactic activities by pairs or in groups (ex : preparing a survey in Antibes)	Creating a touristic report about Antibes Writing a letter of advice to a friend Common correspondence (let-ters to friends) Preparing surveys on a theme + interviews in town + report in class