Continue developing your intermediate French fluency and confidence with our Intermediate French: B2.2 Course course, suitable for learners who have completed our Intermediate French: B1.1 Course or have approximately 420 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 analysing magazine front pages, comparing traditional and social media, reporting events, identifying misinformation, structuring press articles, and presenting arguments to capture an audience's attention. Grammar is developed in context, including concession in debates, the passive voice, agreement of past participles, time markers, emphasis structures, and verbs used for discussing information and disinformation. Vocabulary and pronunciation are integrated throughout, with topics including journalism, media language, misinformation, and pronunciation features linked to spoken French and language register.

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

• Analysing the front page of a magazine
• Comparing traditional media and social media
• Relating an event
• Structuring a press article
• Reporting past events
• Detecting and analysing misinformation
• Capturing an audience’s attention
• Explaining and arguing

Grammar

• Expressing concession in debate
• Passive voice for emphasising the result of an action
• Agreement of past participles
• Time markers for specifying when events occurred
• Verbs with prepositions related to information and disinformation
• Structures for emphasis and highlighting important points

Phonetics

• Sounds: /O/, /Œ/
• Pronunciation: truncation and language register

Vocabulary

• Analysing magazine front pages
• Terms used in journalistic writing
• Vocabulary related to traditional and participatory media
• Terms related to information and disinformation
• Expressions for insisting on important facts and challenging listeners

LEARNING OUTCOMES

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

1. Communicate in French about media, journalism, and current issues using structured spoken and written arguments.
2. Use advanced grammar structures such as concession, passive voice, and emphasis with greater confidence and accuracy.
3. Apply specialised media vocabulary and pronunciation features appropriate to different spoken and written registers.