Finish your intermediate French learning journey with our Intermediate French: B2 Conclusion course, suitable for learners who have completed our Intermediate French: B2.3 Course or have approximately 460 hours of prior study. This course helps you strengthen your communication skills for everyday situations while deepening your understanding of French grammar and vocabulary, making it ideal for learners wanting to learn the French language for travel, work, or personal enrichment in a supportive, interactive learning environment.

You will learn to present and critique works of art and cultural events, discuss live performances and films, express enthusiasm and nuanced opinions, explore artists’ careers, interpret rankings and criticism, and engage with literature by French-speaking authors. Grammar and vocabulary are taught in context, including covering expressions of manner and resemblance, superlatives for emphasis, infinitive tense contrasts for sequencing ideas, interrogative structures for reflection, and double pronominalisation to maintain cohesion. Phonetics is integrated throughout, with practice on expressive prosody and enthusiasm as well as compulsory and optional liaison patterns typical of fluent speech to support clearer, more natural communication in French.

DELIVERY MODE

Delivery mode for individual classes will vary from term to term, but will be listed as the following:

• Face-to-Face: WEA Sydney
• Online: Microsoft Teams

TEXTBOOK

• Cosmopolite 3 B1 Livre d'Eleve Book (Hachette: 2018), ISBN: 9782015135472

Supplier: Abbey's Language Book Centre
Please note that textbook cost is not included in the course fee. In the event of a course being cancelled, WEA Sydney cannot be held responsible for the purchase of any textbooks. Language courses will be confirmed or cancelled at least 7 days prior to their starting date.

COURSE OUTLINE

Communication

• Do a positive critique of a cultural event
• Present a work of art
• Express one's enthusiasm
• Speak about live shows
• Research an artist's career
• Understand rankings
• Comment on films and react to critics
• Finding books by French-speaking writers
• Question oneself about the importance of reading

Grammar

• Express the way of doing, and the resemblance
• Superlative for expressing enthusiasm   
• Tenses of the infinitive for understanding a chronology
• Double pronominalisation to avoid repetition
• Interrogation for organising a reflexion

Phonetics

• Expression of enthusiasm
• Compulsory/facultative liaison

Vocabulary

• Express a positive judgment
• Talking about live shows
• Rewarding and congratulating
• Positive and negative judgments for making a comment
• Speaking about books and bookshops

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Engage critically and enthusiastically with cultural content in French, including presenting works of art, discussing live shows and films, reacting to critics, and evaluating cultural events and literature by French-speaking creators.
2. Use advanced discourse structures and grammatical forms to organise ideas and avoid repetition, including superlatives for emphasis, infinitive tense contrasts for chronology, expressions of manner and resemblance, interrogative forms for reflection, and double object pronouns.
3. Express nuanced opinions and enthusiasm with appropriate pronunciation and register, using evaluative and cultural vocabulary related to performances, books, and artistic careers, while applying liaison patterns and prosodic features typical of expressive spoken French.