This course is a continuation of French I.1 and continues to build on the previous work. Participants will consolidate and develop their knowledge in the four areas of competence (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), with a particular emphasis on communicative skills in contextual situations. In this process, participants will also get progressively acquainted with French and Francophone societies and cultures. As in French I.1, separate conversation and laboratory groups will be arranged to complement classroom tuition. In addition, participants will be asked to make use of a range of materials available in the School’s self-access facilities (which include audio, video, CD Rom and computer programmes), as well as take advantage of resources accessible through various Internet websites.

 

Prerequisite: French I.1. (FREN1001) or equivalent

Assessment: 100% coursework

This course is offered in the second semester

Objectives

The objective of this course is to provide the participants with a firm foundation in the spoken and written language as well as to offer insights into the culture and society of France and other French-speaking areas.
By the end of this course, students should be able to :
- talk about themselves and their environment;
- handle simple conversations in an everyday context;
- give and ask information;
- describe a person or an event using past tense;
- express nuanced feelings and opinions;
- tell a story;
- write simple narrations and short essays;
- understand the gist of conversations among native speakers, simple oral texts.

 

Textbook:
Agenda - 1
Paris, Hachette, 2010

French at HKU website