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French 1 Pre-Intermediate

Vak
2013-2014

Admission requirements

This course is only available for students in the BA International Studies.
Prerequisites: French A2/B1

Description

In this course you learn how to handle successfully a variety of social situations you may encounter in daily life in France or other French-speaking countries, or when meeting French-speaking people. You learn to maintain face-to-face conversations. We will focus on speaking and understanding the language with a variety of oral and written communication tasks in small groups, in pairs or with the whole class. This course will also discuss cultural backgrounds of speakers of French.

Course objectives

This course enables the student to achieve an overall level B1/B1+ of the Common European Framework .
The final objective of this course series is to obtain an intermediate level of proficiency in [language], aimed at communication with people in the region in everyday social situations and enabling students to follow current affairs in the region via various media.

Timetable

The timetable is available on the BA International Studies website

Mode of instruction

Three two hour tutorials every week.

Attending lectures and tutorials is compulsory. If you are not able to attend a lecture or tutorial, please inform the tutor of the course. Being absent without notification can result in a lower grade or exclusion from the final exam or essay.

Course Load

  • 10 ECTS

Assessment method

Written and/or oral language tests.

Blackboard

Blackboard will be used. Students are requested to register on Blackboard for this course.

Reading list

  • Grammaire progressive du Français, niveau intermédiaire, nouvelle édition, ISBN: 9789054514206

  • Grammaire progressive du Français, niveau intermédiaire, nouvelle édition, corrigés ISBN-10: 2090381175

  • Claire Miquel, Vocabulaire progressif du français niveau intermédiaire. , Clé internationale, collection. (2e édition) 2011. ISBN : 9782090381283

  • Claire Miquel, Vocabulaire progressif du français niveau intermédiaire. , Clé internationale, collection (2e édition) Corrigés ISBN 9782090381290

Registration

Students are requested to register through uSis, the registration system of Leiden University for this course. General information about uSis is available in English and Dutch.

Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs

Not applicable.

Remarks

Teachers: TBA
The language of instruction will be French.