French Language Conversation Classes: Advanced

Part of: French Language Conversation Classes

Course description

This course is intended for students who already have a high intermediate to advanced level in French. It allows them to practice their oral skills at that level and to gain more vocabulary and more confidence in using the language in a very broad variety of situations.

Format

Prior to your course start date, you will receive an email notification outlining how to test and access your online course session and materials. You will meet online at the scheduled day(s) and time to engage in real-time learning. During class time, you will have the opportunity to interact in real-time with your instructor and other class participants. Additionally, you will access resources to facilitate learning and communication through a dedicated class platform (Moodle). Full system requirements for accessing online courses are available on the System requirements page.

Learning objectives

Students in this level will practice language skills needed in most situations, including those covered in lower levels, but also:

  • nuancing an opinion
  • speaking about abstract topics
  • expressing various emotions
  • identifying and using various registers
  • identifying features of different regional varieties of French
  • discussing an article from a French language magazine
  • using a variety of verbal forms to express anteriority, narration, description, hypotheses, etc.

Prerequisites

You can register for this level if you already know how to do most of the following:

  • use past, present and future tenses
  • make hypotheses
  • express various emotions (disappointment, empathy, surprise, etc.)
  • give advice
  • disagree with someone
  • use different registers in different contexts
  • identify accents from various parts of the Francophone world

Additional Information

This level can be taken as many times as desired. It is the most advanced level offered in this series, and topics covered will change from one session to the next.

Dates

French Language courses are offered three times per year:

  • September (registration opens in June)
  • January (registration opens in November)
  • April (registration opens in November)

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Continuing Studies statement on use of educational technology

This course will require the use of Zoom and may use other education technology such as internet-based applications, cloud services, or social media. In order to complete this course you will be required to either consent to the disclosure of your personal information outside of Canada to enable use of these technologies, or work with the Division of Continuing Studies to explore other privacy protective options (such as using an alias or nickname).