UCL CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES
& INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Course Units 2015-2016
French Syllabus C
Prerequisite for entry
Successful completion of French Syllabus B at the UCL CLIE or a similar course and have experience of dealing with
relevant authentic material.
Course duration
20 x 2-hour classes.
Self-Study
80 hours in total.
Course codes
LCFR6003, LCFRG003, LCFRM003, LCFR6023, LCFRM023, LCFRG023 (together with French syllabus B), LCFR6034,
LCFRG034, LCFRM034 (together with French syllabus D).
Aims and Objectives
The aim of the course is to enable students with a good basic knowledge of French to develop the four skills further.
Students should then be able to communicate in most situations within French speaking countries.
On completion of the course students will be able to converse reasonably fluently with native speakers and discuss
personal, social and current issues using appropriate structures.
Cultural awareness will be further developed. Language learning skills, including autonomous learning and how to
approach authentic material, will be enhanced. Some transferable skills will also be covered.
Functions
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Agreeing / disagreeing;
relating past events (news or personal circumstances);
extracting and presenting information from written or visual material and expressing their opinion;
commenting, debating and criticizing;
suggesting and speculating;
producing reactions to various reading material (e.g. getting information, writing on social networks, reacting to
media).
Course Content
Main topics/themes to be covered
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Practical vocabulary for student life in France (and the French speaking countries);
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Accommodation (flat share, describing and looking for an accommodation);
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Leisure (going out, cultural events, sports);
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Crime (relating past events, describing and comparing suspects and criminal events);
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Work experience (types of jobs, looking for a job as a student);
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Social networks, Press and Media (basic analysis of reality TV, the press and media);
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Inviting people out, accepting and refusing invitations;
Descriptions of people and places – the practical use of objects.
Skills
Reading
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Getting familiar with texts on specific topics for gist and scanning;
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Introduction to newspaper reading – for gist;
Writing
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Simple reactions to text;
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Summary writing;
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Diaries and biographies;
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Personal projects and past experiences;
Listening
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Targeted material for scanning information;
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Gist and detail – used for discussion;
Speaking
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Talking about yourself / and your environment;
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Starting to debate;
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Starting to express opinion;
Transferable skills
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Personal introduction / presentation of a project.
Linguistic Structures
Grammar
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All tenses of the indicative mode (present, future); and introduction of the present conditional;
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Contrasted use of the past (past perfect / imperfect);
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Prepositions of space;
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Direct and indirect pronouns;
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Personal pronouns;
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Relative pronouns;
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Agreeing / disagreeing;
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Negative structures (personne… ne / ne…rien / ne… plus / ne… jamais);
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Passive knowledge of present subjunctive.
Learning Resources
Syllabus C Course Books
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Nouveau Rond-Point 2 (B1) – Textbook (Editions Maison des Langues, Paris, 2011) - ISBN 9788484436959
La Grammaire en Clair (+answer book), Long and Rodgers, (Editions Nelson) - ISBN 9780174444206
Bilingual Dictionary – Pocket Edition (Collins/Robert)
Syllabus C/D Course Books
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Nouveau Rond-Point 2 (B1) – Textbook (Editions Maison des Langues, Paris, 2011) - ISBN 9788484436959
Le Nouvel Edito B1 – Textbook (green and yellow cover), (Didier) – ISBN: 9782278072699
Bilingual Dictionary (Collins/Robert)
A selection of authentic material will also be used.
In addition there is a wide range of language learning materials available for self-study in the Self-Access Centre.