French Language, Culture and Traditions  Short Courses

It is a course for those wishing to consolidate both active and passive language and wishing to learn more about French culture and traditions. 

Course Information

Start DateStart TimeDurationCostCourse CodeApply
Wednesday 3 October 2012 18:30 - 20:30 10 weekly classes £195.00 CE1875 Enrollment Closed
Wednesday 23 January 2013 18:30 - 20:30 10 weekly classes £195.00 CE1875 Apply Now
Wednesday 1 May 2013 18:30 - 20:30 10 weekly classes £195.00 CE1785 Apply Now
Wednesday 3 October 2012 18:30 - 20:30 30 classes over 3 terms £500.00 CE1875 Enrollment Closed

Tutor Info

Virginie Rodriguez studied linguistics, English and American literature/civilisation, and FLE (Teaching French as a Foreign Language) at the University of Pau and is currently continuing her studies at the Sorbonne University in Paris. She has worked as a French tutor for City University since 2008 and has taught in various institutions such as Times Magazine, HSBC, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the London School of Business and Finance (MBA French programme), Brunel University, and Birkbeck College since 2009.
She is passionate about the French language and French culture and her aim is to engender a similar interest in all the students she teaches.

Eligibility

You should be able to carry on an elementary conversation; talk about yourself (your nationality, where you work, where you live etc.); be able to talk about your daily activities and your hobbies; order in a café; describe a place and give directions; say what you like or dislike; have a good knowledge of present regular and irregular verbs, prepositions, possessive pronouns and common adverbs of frequency ; have some notions of the past tense, the 'near past' (I've just…) and future tenses (I am going to/I will); or have a good but 'rusty' French GCSE.

What will I learn?

You will consolidate grammar and linguistic structures through texts, videos and presentations about French culture and its traditions. The topics will include: art, music, geography, media, politics, economy and history.

Teaching and Assessment

Classroom activities will include: role-playing, listening comprehension, note-taking, gap-filling exercises, writing short essays, reading comprehension from authentic sources, matching exercises, work on pronunciation and intonation and grammar in context.

Recommended Reading

Textbook: Civilisation Progressive du Français (niveau intermédiaire) / Clé international.

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