B1 Français langue étrangère : Grammaire (à l'écrit et à l'oral) I - Groupe B (cours en ligne)

Essentials

Registrations open from two weeks before the beginning of the semester of the university.

Date(s)

Friday 08:15-10:00
Locations University of Fribourg, Language Center
Duration

16.09.2024-20.12.2024
Costs

FREE for UNIFR students and staff; CHF 500.- per semester for members of partner institutions
Type Séminaire - 3 ECTS
Language(s) French
Code I04.00030-SA24
Target audience

This course is for participants who have completed level A2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Please only register if your level corresponds to the course. Participants of our partner institutions and Unifr employees can contact us to take a placement test if they are unsure of their level. Unifr students are automatically guided to the placement test when registering for a course on MyUnifr.

Content

Target audience
This course is open to all students and staff of the University of Fribourg and its partner institutions.

Course contents and teaching method
The course Grammar (written and spoken) I level B1 offered online (via the MS Teams platform) enables learners to work on the grammar points corresponding to level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

The course is essentially based on practical exercises after grammatical rules have been explained. It tries to offer both written and oral exercises, to be done alone, in pairs or in groups.

You will also find exercises on the computer with built-in correction.

Group, pair or individual work is suggested. 

Workload and Evaluation
This course requires regular homework (around 1 hour per week).

To validate the course, you must attend at least 80% of the sessions and pass the exams offered during the semester. 

Materials
For this course, you must have in your possession the documents required for the course, which you will find on Moodle.
No textbooks are required.

Goals

The Grammar (written and oral) I level B1 (via the plattform MS Teams) course enables learners to work on the grammar points corresponding to level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

The course is essentially based on practical exercises after grammatical rules have been explained. It tries to offer both written and oral exercises, to be done alone, in pairs or in groups.

You will also find exercises on the computer with built-in correction.

For each grammar point:

  • a grammar sheet containing the essential points of the grammar rule, providing simple explanations accompanied by concrete examples, offering advice, strategies and comments on the French language in context.
  • Implementation tools with systematisation exercises and application activities (written and oral).

The autumn course in Grammar (written and oral) I level B1 will cover the following grammatical points:

  • Expressions of time: date, duration and frequency
  • The past perfect tense: formation and values
  • The future tense: formation and values
  • The present and past conditional
  • Formation of antonyms
  • Logical relationships: Expressing cause
  • Logical relationships: Expressing consequence and purpose
  • The relative pronoun dont (with revision of the pronouns que/ qui/ où)
Prerequisite

The General Conditions for Participation in Language Courses apply. 

Director(s)

Cartron-Makardidjian Chaké