UCL CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES &
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
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French Level 5+
Prerequisite for entry
Successful completion of French syllabus level 5 at UCL Language Centre or a high 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 are fluent (or nearly fluent) in French to
practice their linguistic skills through a variety of activities (debates, games, oral
comprehension etc…). Students will be able to follow any debate, discussion or conversation
as well as communicate in all situation using complex and linguistically accurate structures
(different types of discourses, registers etc…). Cultural awareness will be further developed.
Various transferable skills will be covered.
Functions
In this course students will have the chance to revise and perfect all previously studied
functions.
Course Content: Main topics/themes to be covered
As in level 5, the content of this course will be based around a reflection on the nature of
contemporary society and current affairs. Since the students in this course will be fluent or
nearly fluent in the language, the syllabus will remain quite flexible and various topics may be
studied, depending on their interests (contemporary literary extracts, science, new
technologies, cinema and art exhibitions, corporate life…)
Linguistic Structures/ Phonetics
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Recognising/understanding various register/accents
Recognising/understanding any kind of discourse.
Grammar
Perfecting all the grammar points previously studied according to students’ need (tenses,
reported speech....)
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Learning Resources
Books
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Course book: please wait for your tutor to confirm which book he/she will
recommend.
Authentic material from various sources (French newspapers or magazines, recent
publications, French television programs, short videos from internet, films etc…)
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.nouvelobs.com
www.liberation.fr
www.lefigaro.fr
www.lemonde.fr
www.wordreference.com
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