This course takes place from 2 October until 27 November 2024. There is no class in the week of 21 October because of the Autumn Break.
Class day and time: Wednesdays from 6.00 - 7.30 pm
Location: Online via the Virtual Classroom and always involves guidance from a teacher
Number of participants: min. 5 - max. 16
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 and writing simple coherent texts on familiar topics
- Talking about tastes, habits, feelings and physical sensations
- Family, quality of life
- Living in the countryside or in the city, describing a landscape
- Traffic, Paris and the province, France and its symbols
- Talking about cultural identity and immigration, and about politics
Grammar
- The conditional (conditionnel) and its use (j'aimerais)
- Possessive pronouns (son, leur, le mien)
- Indicating probabilities about the future (si tu travailles bien...)and the present (si j'étais riche...)
- The subjonctif: expressing needs, desires, negative opinions, and doubt
- The gerund (gérondif: en faisant) and present participle (participe présent: faisant)
- Active and passive voice (on a chanté l'hymne, l'hymne a été chanté)
- Relative pronouns (qui, que, dont, où, lequel)
- Using comparisons and superlatives
- Adjectives and adverbs
Course materials
- Voyages 3, text-/workbook + online MP3s
ISBN: 9789462930315
The course materials can be purchased at Roelants bookstore. Course materials are not included in the course fee.
Recommended (not mandatory):
- Exercices Audio de Grammaire (audio grammar exercises). ISBN 9782090337280
- Le petit Grevisse (grammar book). ISBN: 9782801100875
