FRENCH B2 LEVEL COURSE SYLLABUS

 

FRENCH B2 LEVEL

Vocabulary Topics

Politics
Religion
Education
Environment
Culture
Law and Order
Defence
Economy
Health
History
Fashion
Work : at office, from home
Natural disasters
Science and technology
Demographics
Family structures
Journalism
Protests
Justice

 Grammar Topics

A variety of linkers or connectors
Logical articulators: hypothesis, opposition, condition, cause, consequence
Subjunctive present and past
Verbs + subjunctive or infinitive
The conjunction + subjunctive or infinitive
Impersonal forms to express different degrees of certainty
Prepositional verbs
Prepositional Adjectives
Complex relative pronouns
Simple past
Dependant clauses in future and past tenses
The present participle
The present and past conditional
Nominalization

 Speaking Topics

Comment on an abstract thought
Approve, disapprove, justify one’s point of view
Oppose, highlight, insist, demonstrate and analyze
Make assumptions, express the probability
State the advantages and disadvantages
Initiate, continue and end a conversation
Rephrase and papraphrase
Understand and convey others’ opinions
Summarize texts with clear demarcations of key arguments

 Sociocultural Topics

Different registers : formal, informal gestures
Argumentative structure of discourse
Speaking: Interrupting someone, clarifying, convincing
The difference between the professional and political world
Communication skills:

Giving and understanding a formal speech
Written communication at work
Variety of letters ( formal and informal) to authorities, superiors, editor etc.

By the End of LEVEL B2 you will be able to do the following :

Can understand most television news and news broadcasts.

Can understand fairly long lectures and speeches, and even follow complex argumentation if the subject is relatively familiar.

Can read articles and reports on a variety of issues.

Can enjoy watching movies.

Can understand contemporary prose texts.

Can communicate with a native speaker spontaneously and fluently to be able to have an efficient interaction.

Can actively participate in a conversation about familiar situations.

Can express and defend own point of view.

Can present ideas in a detailed and well-explained manner.

Can talk about the pros and cons of any subject matter and take a standpoint.

Can write clear, detailed texts on a wide range of topics.

Can write an essay or report conveying ideas for or against a given topic.

Can write letters to accept and propose events and explain personal experiences.