This course takes place from 3 October until 28 November 2024. There is no class in the week of 21 October because of the Autumn Break.
Class day and time: Thursdays from 6 - 7.30 pm
Number of participants: min. 5 - max. 14
You can choose whether to join online or on location at the Nijmegen campus. After registration you indicate your preference.
Approach and content
French is spoken as much as possible during classes, with Dutch and English as the supporting languages. This means that in most cases, you can take this course if you do not speak Dutch. Please contact our Service Centre for more information.
You should count on about three to four hours of individual study per week.
What do the classes cover?
Skills
- Understanding short, simple texts on everyday topics, having a short and simple conversation on concrete topics
- Expressing opinions, describing needs, talking about emotions
- Talking about animals, the environment, and ecology
- Making telephone calls, communicating personal details
- Describing personal relationships
- Talking about volunteering, experiences, and life changes
- Talking about films, shows, and public holidays
- Talking about culinary specialities, describing an object
Grammar
- The gerund (gérondif: en faisant)
- Negation (ne... rien, ne... jamais), the use of ‘not... a’ (je n'ai pas de voiture)
- Indirect speech in the present tense (présent: il demande si tu veux...)
- The recent past (je viens de manger)
- Verbal expressions (je continue à, j'arrête de...)
- The plus-que-parfait: I had done (j'avais fait), I had gone (j'étais allé)
- Active and passive sentences (il mange une pomme, la pomme est mangée)
- The subjonctif: il faut que tu sois...
- Temporal prepositions avant/après, the words chaque/chacun
- Demonstrative pronouns (celui, celle...)
Course material
- Voyages 2 (nieuwe editie):
Tekstbook. ISBN: 9789462930230
Workbook. ISBN: 9789462930247
An English version of this book is also available.
Optionally:
- Even Spieken Frans. ISBN 9789463923590
The course material can be purchased at Roelants bookstore. Course material is not included in the course fee.
