LN735     
French: Level Five (Grammar Advanced)

This information is for the 2016/17 session.

Teacher responsible

Miss Florence Niclot TW3 6.01D and Miss Stephanie Beltrando TW3.6.01

Pre-requisites

250 hours including self study (16+), ASLevel or six/seven years at school level. High mark at A-Level. Admission to the course upon completion of online level test and tutor's approval during needs analysis. You will need to develop your grammatical writing skills, if you are fluent in the language but struggle with the writing, this course is right for you.

Course content

Course Aim: To establish the grammar awareness required to promote and facilitate further study of French. To bring students to level C1-C2 of CEFR. Communicatvie Content: Not applicable. Structural Content: Revision of the basics of French grammar. The function of the noun phrase, in more depth. Determiners. Articles. Verbs, tenses (revision, present, past future, conditional). In depth study of the subjunctive, present, past imperfect. The structure of complicated sentences. Adverbs, prepositions and conjunctions. Any grammatical point needed by individual students and/by the group as a whole.

Teaching

8 hours of classes in the MT. 11 hours of classes in the LT. 1 hour of classes in the ST.

This is a 20 hour-course. Please refer to the LSE timetable for course teaching arrangements.

Indicative reading

BLED,CONJUGAISON, Hachette

FRENCH GRAMMAR, Shaum's

ATELIER GRAMMAIRE, Hachette. MODERN FRENCH GRAMMAR, Routledge. GRAMMAIRE PROGRESSIVE DU FRANCAIS VOL 2,3, Clé International. LES DIFFICULTES DE LA GRAMMAIRE FRANÇAISE, Clé International.

Assessment

Continuous assessment (50%) in the MT, LT and ST.
Oral examination (30%) and in class assessment (20%) in the LT.

Key facts

Department: Language Studies

Total students 2015/16: 3

Average class size 2015/16: 3

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