Continue developing your intermediate French fluency and confidence with our Intermediate French: B1.5 Course, suitable for learners who have completed our Intermediate French: B1.4 Course or have approximately 320 hours of prior study. This course helps you expand your ability to communicate more confidently in French while strengthening your understanding of key grammar and vocabulary needed for everyday conversation. It is ideal for learners interested in learning French for cultural interest or personal enrichment in a supportive and interactive learning environment.

You will practise communication in situations such as exchanging information by phone, expressing wishes and intentions, describing places and memories, giving advice, reporting on rankings, and discussing experiences of arriving in a foreign city. Grammar is developed in context, including prepositional verbs, the present conditional for requests and hypothetical situations, adjective placement, and the pronouns où and dont. Vocabulary and pronunciation are integrated throughout, with topics including accommodation, cities, social phenomena, and features of informal spoken French.

DELIVERY MODE

Delivery mode for individual classes will vary from term to term, but will be listed as the following:

• Face-to-Face: WEA Sydney
• Online: via Zoom / Microsoft Teams

TEXTBOOK

• Cosmopolite 3 B1 Livre d'Eleve Book (Hachette: 2018), ISBN: 9782015135472

Supplier: Abbey's Language Book Centre
Please note that textbook cost is not included in the course fee. In the event of a course being cancelled, WEA Sydney cannot be held responsible for the purchase of any textbooks. Language courses will be confirmed or cancelled at least 7 days prior to their starting date.

COURSE OUTLINE

Communication

• Identifying criteria
• Reporting on a ranking
• Warning others
• Expressing wishes and intentions
• Formulating a request
• Exchanging information over the phone
• Characterising a place
• Giving advice
• Describing a hypothetical situation
• Talking about ties to a city
• Describing memories
• Describing your arrival in a foreign city

Grammar

• Prepositional verbs related to expatriation
• Structures for warnings
• Expressing intentions and ambitions
• Present conditional for polite requests and wishes
• Placement of adjectives
• Present conditional for advice, hypothetical situations, and suggestions
• Pronouns où and dont for describing places and arrival experiences

Phonetics

• Pronunciation: consonant linking and chaining
• Pronunciation: features of informal spoken French

Vocabulary

• Criteria for choosing a city
• Reporting on rankings
• Warning about social phenomena
• Accommodation and housing information
• Practical information exchanged by phone
• Describing places to live
• Expressing feelings about a city
• Describing arrival experiences in a foreign city

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Communicate in French about cities, accommodation, personal experiences, and hypothetical situations with increasing confidence.
2. Use key grammar structures such as the present conditional, prepositional verbs, and relative pronouns with improved accuracy.
3. Apply relevant vocabulary and pronunciation patterns in practical spoken and written interactions.