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Course Description
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Course Name
Intensive Summer French Language: B2-2 (High Advanced)
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Host University
Institut Catholique de Paris
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Location
Paris, France
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Area of Study
French
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Language Level
High Advanced
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Prerequisites
Please use the following only as a guideline to determine what each student's language level may be. Each semester/quarter is of COLLEGE-LEVEL French or the equivalent of:0 Semesters/0 Quarters = Beginning1-2 Semesters/ 1-3 Quarters = High Beginning3-4 Semesters/4-6 Quarters = Intermediate5-6 Semesters/7-9 Quarters = High Intermediate7-8 Semesters/10-12 Quarters = AdvancedFluent/Native Speaker = SuperiorPlease note that a student's French language level in France is based on the standards of the French university.
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Contact Hours
82 -
Recommended U.S. Semester Credits4
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Recommended U.S. Quarter Units6
Hours & Credits
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Overview
ADVANCED 1
OBJECTIVES PART 1:
-Communication:
Associating facts and ideas, putting them together, using transition words in the past or future tense-Linquistic:
Relation to time:
Simutaneity/Precedence/Posteriority
(indicative mode/ subjunctive/ infinitive)
Past participle agreement (common reflexive shades)
The organization of the sentence:
Value of independent and subordinate clauses
Punctuation
Identification of a main sentence-Vocabulary:
Around time:
Frequency (every now and then)
Starting from reflexive verbs (idiomatic expressions)
Pictorial expressions (in a twinkle of an eye, all the time ?)
Vocabulary of change, evolution, (progress, decline, stability)OBJECTIVES PART 2:
-Communication:
Describing facts and ideas, defining them, specifying them and introducing them with examples-Linguistics:
Subordinate clauses (construction, demonstrative + relative, role of punctuation)
Articles
(deepening of articles, indefinites and demonstratives)
Expression of quantity (quantitative, percentages, proportion, all)-Vocabulary:
Around description
Getting to know the systems:
Derivation, synonyms, antonyms, family of words
NominalizationOBJECTIVES PART 3:
-Communication:
Assessing facts and ideas, criticizing them in a positive or negative way, marking the doubt and hesitation-Linguistics:
The subjunctive, indicative, infinitive in completive and relative sentences
Indirect speeches: reported and free speech: transformation, initiator verbs (dividing up + construction + meaning)
Particular use of qualifying adverbs and adjectives.-Vocabulary:
Around the reference
Expressions of feelings, estimation (pictorial expressions)
Style of language (analysis of the situation and intentions)
Initiator verbs (construction and shades: affirmation, hesitation, disproof?)
Course Disclaimer
Courses and course hours of instruction are subject to change.
Eligibility for courses may be subject to a placement exam and/or pre-requisites.
Credits earned vary according to the policies of the students' home institutions. According to ISA policy and possible visa requirements, students must maintain full-time enrollment status, as determined by their home institutions, for the duration of the program.