Description

French Level B1 – Course Goals

By the end of this course, participants will be able to use French confidently in everyday, travel, and professional situations.

Everyday Social Skills

• Perform and respond to a wide range of common language functions using polite, neutral expressions.

Listening

• Understand the main points of clear, standard French on familiar topics encountered at work, school, or leisure, including short narratives.

Reading

• Read straightforward factual texts related to personal interests or professional fields.

• Extract relevant information from everyday materials such as letters, brochures, and short official documents.

• Recognise key points in simple newspaper articles on familiar subjects.

Speaking & Interaction

• Communicate in most everyday situations, including travel or routine exchanges.

• Initiate, maintain, and close simple face-to-face conversations on familiar topics or personal interests.

Speaking & Presenting

• Give clear, structured descriptions of familiar subjects or events.

• Relate details of unexpected occurrences, such as accidents, and briefly explain opinions, plans, or actions.

• Deliver prepared presentations on familiar topics, answer follow-up questions, and ask for repetition if needed.

Writing & Interaction

• Write personal letters and notes to request or convey simple, relevant information.

Writing & Production

• Produce connected texts on familiar subjects by linking short sentences into coherent sequences.