B1 Français langue étrangère: Se préparer au DELF B1

Essentials

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

Date(s)

Tuesday 13:15-15:00
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 I04.00091-SA24
Target audience

This course is for participants who have completed level A2 or B1 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 prepares students for the DELF B1 diploma (Diplôme d'études en langue française) in its current form. 

This diploma, as its name suggests, corresponds to the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference) levels. It is made up of oral and written tests, organised in the form of tasks, which seem to be commonplace in everyday life.  

The course will prepare students for the 4 tests (Reading, Listening, Writing and Speaking).

After a description of the tests, advice and above all practical exercises should enable future candidates to tackle the DELF B1 tests in good conditions and achieve the desired result, i.e. obtaining this diploma. 

Workload and evaluation
This course requires regular homework (1 to 2 hours per week).

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

Unterrichtsmaterialen
For this course, you must purchase the textbook Le DELF B1 100% Réussite (Nouvelles épreuves) 2nd edition,

Author(s) : Bruno Girardeau / Emilie Jacament / Marie Warzecha Salin

ed. Didier

ISBN: 978-2-278-10253-2

The textbook is available from the Librophoros bookshop next to the Language Centre.

Goals

What is level B1?

The Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for Languages defines level B1 as that of an independent user. This user :

° can understand the information contained in most recorded or broadcast information on topics of personal interest using standard, clearly-articulated language.
° can skim text of sufficient length to locate the information required, and can put together information from different parts of the text or from different texts to complete a specific task. 
° can produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest.
° can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

Prerequisite

The General Conditions for Participation in Language Courses apply. 

Director(s)

Cartron-Makardidjian Chaké