French 3: revision course (daytime)
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
- Course Code: LBF41
- Dates: 15/07/24 - 19/07/24
- Time: 10:30 - 13:30
- Taught: Mon+Wed+Fri, Daytime
- Duration: 3 sessions
- Location: Online
- Tutor: Pierre Porcheron
Course Code: LBF41
Duration: 3 sessions
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What is the course about?
The course will enable you to practise further your upper intermediate French through reading and listening activities which will lead to discussions.
This is a live online course. You will need:
- Internet connection. The classes work best with Chrome.
- A computer with microphone and camera is best (e.g. a PC/laptop/iMac/MacBook), or a tablet/iPad/smart phone/iPhone if you don't have a computer.
- Earphones/headphones/speakers.
We will contact you with joining instructions before your course starts.
What will we cover?
The topics will be varied and based on news items (current affairs, cultural events such as film, exhibitions…). Grammar will only be covered if the tutor notices a need on specific points.
What will I achieve?
By the end of this course you should be able to...
- express your opinion on news items
- comprehend news extracts more accuretly.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
Ideal if you have attended a French 3 upper at City Lit or have study French for at least 4/5 years recently. ( B2 level or AS/A-level).
For further details of the specific foreign language skills required for this level, please see the languages self-assessment chart at the start of the languages section of our course guide, or at http://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/Languages/74. You will also need to be able to respond to simple instructions and read course documents in English and be at ease with the use of number for daily activities (e.g. using money, telling the time, etc).
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
Our courses are characterised by spoken interaction and communication. Typical activities include pair work, group work, role plays and games. A range of resources will be used to support your learning including presentations, hand-outs, and audio-visual material.
Homework is highly recommended to consolidate learning.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
Based on the tutor's own material.
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
French 3 upper or 4 course. You might also be interested by exams courses such as DELF B2 or A-level. Ask advice to your tutor if you are unsure about what to do next. It is best to enrol as soon as you can as places cannot be guaranteed.
Pierre studied towards a "Licence de Langue, Littérature et Civilisations anglo-saxonne" at Grenoble University in the early 1980s. He moved to Paris in 1986 where he worked in the field of Corporate and Financial Communication, first as an editor-in-chief for a specialised publishing company, and later as an executive in charge of Corporate and Financial Communication for a large national financial institution. In the early 1990s, he gave it all up and moved to the UK (an ambition since I was a teenager) and started teaching French in a private language school, then as a secondary school classroom teacher. He then went on to study and in 2010, he gained the Dip Trans IoLET (the Chartered Institute of Linguists Diploma in Translation). In 2013, he decided to resume his teaching career, albeit choosing to do so in the Life Long Learning sector. Pierre believes that learning and teaching a foreign language is (but not limited to) about having fun, expanding personal communication skills, seeing and understanding things from a different cultural perspective.
Please note: We reserve the right to change our tutors from those advertised. This happens rarely, but if it does, we are unable to refund fees due to this. Our tutors may have different teaching styles; however we guarantee a consistent quality of teaching in all our courses.
