UCL CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES &
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Evening Courses
French Level 4
Prerequisite for entry
Successful completion of French syllabus level 3+ at UCL Language Centre or a low A Level
grade (or equivalent).
Term duration
10 x 2-hour classes.
Aims and Objectives
The aim of the course is to enable students who already have a good knowledge of French
to acquire an advanced level. Students will be able to communicate in all situations within
French speaking countries, converse with native speakers and follow debates on a wide
range of issues as well as express themselves with more complex and linguistically accurate
structures. Cultural awareness will be further developed and raised within European/global
context. Various transferable skills will be covered.
Functions
- express consequences
- express probabilities and certitudes
- make previsions
- Expressing a wide range of opinions and reactions
- reporting someone’s speech at the present
- describe memories
- describes trips abroad
- Doubting, hoping
- Agreeing/disagreeing, accepting/refusing
Course Content: Main topics/themes to be covered
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New technologies
Travelling
Press and media
Education
Multicultural societies
Social behaviours
Values in life
Political life and commitments
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Linguistic Structures/ Phonetics
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Introduction to the various registers/accents.
Grammar
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Personal pronouns (all)
Future tenses and time indicators
Time and duration indicators in the past
Using the subjunctive to express feeling, wishes and doubts.
Expressing consequence in different ways (using adverbs, adjectives…)
Expression of concession and opposition
Learning Resources
Books
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Course book: Le Nouveau taxi 2 (Units 7 to 9)- diffusion Hachette FLE.
Tutor’s material.
In addition there is a wide range of language learning materials for self-study in the
Self-Access Centre.
Bilingual Dictionaries: Collins/Robert
Monolingual dictionary: Petit Robert
Useful websites:
www.ouest-france.fr
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www.nouvelobs.com
www.liberation.fr
www.lefigaro.fr
www.wordreference.com
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