B2.4 online group classes (max. 6 students)

20 hours over 10 weeks

• ·        Humour, expressions and sayings, commonly used slang and suffixes and prefixes will be taught throughout the entire course.

  Topics & Vocabulary :

  • Learning French: an obstacle course
  • The beauty of the passé simple
  • Interculturality of gestures and mimics
  • Boredom versus games
  • French humour
  • Writing as we speak and speaking as we write
  • Boredom, apathy
  • Different levels of French
  • Humour and clichés
  • Familiar expressions

  Grammar :

  • Le passé simple
  • Emphasis
  • Indefinite pronouns
  • Express a goal
  • Logical connectors
  • Express a condition

  Cultural Content:

  • The Montreux festival
  • Satire in the press
  • Political humour

  Skills Work:

  • Prepare an essay
  • Write a summary report
  • Argumentation
  • Create a satirical journal and a book of jokes
  • Create a dictionary of expressions and colloquialisms
  • Create an educational resource
  • Present a game