Level 6 • French language

Course Description

Building on FRN 107, this course extends French language competence from A1 to CEFR A2 with increasing focus on professional administrative communication. Students expand vocabulary across a wider range of workplace topics, develop ability to participate in simple professional conversations, handle telephone and reception tasks in French, and produce a variety of short professional written texts including emails, memos and simple business correspondence. Grammar is extended to include past tenses, modal verbs and prepositions.

Course Objectives

Extend French communicative competence to CEFR A2. Develop the ability to handle predictable professional interactions in French including phone calls, appointments and simple requests. Build written production skills for short emails, memos and professional messages. Expand grammatical range to include past tenses, modal verbs and common prepositions.

Key Concepts

1. Professional vocabulary expansion: appointments, meetings and office operations in French
2. Telephone communication: making and receiving professional calls in French
3. Reception tasks: welcoming visitors and providing directions
4. Passé composé and imparfait: professional narrative contexts
5. Modal constructions: pouvoir, devoir, vouloir, falloir in requests and instructions
6. Prepositions of time, place and direction in French
7. Professional writing: emails, memos and short formal messages in French
8. Reading comprehension: short articles, notices and professional correspondence
9. Numeracy in French: invoices, prices and scheduling documents
10. Professional culture in Wallonia and Brussels: bilingual workplace contexts

Course Outline

Learning Outcomes

1. Handle predictable professional telephone interactions in French at A2 level.
2. Perform reception tasks including welcoming visitors and providing information in French.
3. Use past tenses (passé composé, imparfait) and modal verbs accurately in professional French.
4. Write clear short professional emails, memos and messages in French.
5. Read and understand professional correspondence, notices and short texts in French.
6. Apply numeracy skills in French to administrative scheduling and documents.