LN735     
French: Level Five (Writing)

This information is for the 2025/26 session.

Course Convenor

Requisites

Assumed prior knowledge:

Language skills and knowledge of French at C1 level of the Common European Reference Framework for Languages are required.

Additional requisites:

250 hours self study and/or high mark at A-Level or B2/C1 CEFR level.

Admission to the course upon completion of online level test and tutor’s approval during needs analysis.

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.

To develop students' grammatical and writing skills. 

To develop students' academic writing and methodology, critical and analytical skills, and intercultural competence. 

Communicative Content: writing e-mails, formal letters, understanding articles, etc.

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 complex sentences. Adverbs, prepositions and conjunctions. Any grammatical point needed by individual students and/by the group as a whole. 

11 hours of classes in the Winter Term.
8 hours of classes in the Autumn Term.

Please refer to the LSE timetable for course teaching arrangements.

16 hours of classes in the AT. 22 hours of classes in the WT. 2 hours of group tutorial time, as arranged by the teacher during the AT, WT, ST. 

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.

Oral examination (30%)

Continuous assessment (70%)