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Course Description
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Course Name
Intensive French Language: A2-2 (Low Intermediate)
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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
Low Intermediate
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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
90 -
Recommended U.S. Semester Credits7
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Recommended U.S. Quarter Units9
Hours & Credits
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Overview
OBJECTIVES PART 1:
-Communication:
Give an information to sb/ To get an information
Characterize people, things
Describe situations (daily life with family, friends and at work)
Relate events
Describe habits
Give explanations
Recall a biography-Linquistic:
Personal pronouns
Past participle rules
Reflexive verbs: negative form and with some adverbs
Opposition imperfect/ Passé compose/ Present tense
Past perfect
Future
Relative pronouns: who, which, where, whose, with who
Possessive and demonstrative pronouns
Comparatives and superlatives
C?est + invariable adjectives
Indirect speech
Before to/ After + infinitive-Vocabulary:
Expressions placing in the past and the present: before, formerly, long time ago
Today, currently, nowadays
Catastrophe vocabulary: a fire, a flood, a storm
The suffix ?tion: construction, destruction
Years old: childhood, adult age, oldness
Adverbs expressing frequency et continuity: always, often, no longer/more
Working world
Shaping of adjectives
C?est un, c?est une + noun
Il est/ Elle est + adjective or profession and nationality
C?est + invariable adjective
Qualities and flawsOBJECTIVES PART 2:
-Communication:
To situate in time and space-Linguistics:
Time Links: first of all, then, finally, to begin with, to finish, in the first place, in the second place ?
Expressions like: there is, there is that, since, during and in-Vocabulary:
Expressions enable to situate in the past, present and future: before, now, yesterday, today, tomorrow, last week, this week, next week
Vocabulary differences between a day, daytime, an evening, a nightOBJECTIVES PART 3:
-Communication:
To plan smthg near or far
To Express hypothesis and feasible projects
To express obligation, desire-Linguistics:
Future (near) and future (simple): the differences
Feasible hypothesis: if + present/ future
If + imperfect/ conditional
present
The subjunctive after a verb (wish or obligation)
The three forms to ask a question-Vocabulary:
Verbs of movement: to go, to go out of?
The prefix ?re: the repeat of an action
Daily activities
The Weather Forecast
Expressions of annoyance and protest
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.