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French Upper Intermediate 2

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Start date: 13th Jan 2025

Time: 14:00 - 16:00

Cost: £115

Day: Monday

Duration: 10 weeks

Tutor: Muriel Cordoba

Course code: 25SP125

This course is suitable for students with four or five years of French learning.

During the course you will learn to:

· Read texts on various topics and extract general information, ideas and opinions from different types of source material.

· Understand reports in various contexts from different audio sources.

· Express yourself on a wide range of topics and argue the pros and cons of a specific point.

· Use a range of 'repair strategies' to overcome communication breakdown

· Express yourself clearly and logically in writings for a range of purposes (ex. administrative letters, informal correspondence.)

· Interact in a spontaneous way and take an active part in discussions.

The topics covered will be decided according to learners’ interests and could be related to:

- Current Affairs

- Culture (art, architecture, music, film, theatre, sport, religion, food and drink)

- History

- Environmental Issues

- Cities (history, lodging, urban environment)

- French speaking world

- French regions

- Literature

The aim is to develop the French learner’s confidence, accuracy and fluency in the four language skills. Lessons are based around specific topics through the use of texts (press articles and reports) and audio sources (interviews, reports, discussions) which serve as a vehicle for pair and group conversation, class discussion and linguistic activities. Each course will build up language awareness, cultural knowledge of Francophone countries, facilitate vocabulary growth, practice certain grammatical points and monitor pronunciation, all with a view to encouraging independence in using the language

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Muriel Cordoba

Muriel V. Cordoba, BA (Hons), Dip. FLE, Master FLE/FLS/FOS, PGCHE, DELF/DALF examiner
Originally from France, where I grew up in the Alps, I then moved to the Netherlands where I remained for five years before settling down in England in 1995.
I have 17 years’ experience in teaching French to students of all ages and abilities from beginner to BA degree level in various settings including university language departments, language centres and at the Alliance française. I also have experience in preparing students for GCSE and A-level qualifications.
With a Spanish dad, a French mother and now a Dutch husband and our two trilingual children, communicating in different languages has always been at the heart of my life. Living abroad has further developed my interest in intercultural communication and cross-cultural awareness which I am keen to promote in my teaching.

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