FRENCH INTERMEDIATE COURSE B1

 

Join the French Intermediate Course B1 at French Academy, Delhi, India

Elevate your French proficiency with the French Intermediate Course B1 at French Academy, Delhi’s premier institute for language learning. Our focus is on delivering high-quality education that empowers you to communicate effectively in French and achieve your personal, academic, and professional goals.

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Why Join the French Intermediate Course B1?

1. Gain Conversational Fluency:
   • Learn to hold detailed conversations, express opinions, and handle various real-life situations confidently in French.
2. Master Advanced Grammar and Vocabulary:
   • Dive into complex grammar structures (e.g., conditional tenses, subjunctive mood) and enrich your vocabulary for diverse topics.
3. Focus on Quality Learning:
   • At French Academy, we prioritize student success through interactive lessons, small class sizes, and experienced instructors.
4. Professional and Academic Advantage:
   • Stand out in your career or academic pursuits by achieving DELF B1 certification, recognized worldwide.
5. Cultural and Global Awareness:
   • Develop a deeper understanding of French culture, traditions, and perspectives, preparing you for global opportunities.

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Course Highlights

• Comprehensive Curriculum:
  Covers speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills at an intermediate level, enabling smooth and confident communication.
• Interactive Classes:
  Engage in debates, discussions, role-plays, and real-life scenarios to improve fluency and comprehension.
• Exam Preparation:
  Tailored preparation for DELF B1, with mock exams, test strategies, and personalized feedback.
• Certified and Experienced Instructors:
  Learn from experts who are passionate about delivering quality education and guiding students toward success.
• Flexible Schedules:
  Weekend and weekday classes designed to fit the needs of students and working professionals.

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Who Can Join?

• Learners who have completed the A2 level or equivalent.
• Professionals looking to enhance their French communication skills for business, travel, or immigration.
• Students preparing for higher studies or opportunities in French-speaking countries.
• Canada PR aspirants preparing for TEF Canada or TCF Canada.

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Why French Academy?

• Proven Track Record: Hundreds of students have achieved success with DELF and TEF exams through our programs.
• Student-Centered Approach: We focus on personalized attention to ensure maximum learning outcomes.
• Learning Resources: Access to exclusive study materials, audio clips, and practice sessions.
• Affordable Fees: High-quality education at competitive prices.

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Syllabus for the DELF B1 exam

 

The French B1 level course, according to CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages), is the intermediate stage in learning the French language. This course is designed for learners who have completed the A2 level in French and wish to further enhance their linguistic abilities, visit France or any Francophone country, acquire more complex conversational skills in French, or prepare for academic purposes. We will examine the specifics of the French B1 level, including its content, advantages, DELF B1 exam format, and useful methods for achieving proficiency at this level.

 

 

What skills does the DELF B1 exam require? What vocabulary, what grammar points, what communication situations should you master? Here, you will find out EVERYTHING that you may be asked on the day of the DELF B1 exam.

 

What is DELF B1?

 

The DELF B1 is an official exam given by the French Ministry of Education. DELF stands for Diplôme d’Études en Langue Française. It officially certifies your level of language proficiency. At the level B1, you should be able to plan an outing, ask for information and seek clarification in different contexts, talk about your interests and hobbies and express your opinions clearly.

 

You will find the full DELF B1 exam syllabus in the following section.

 

Social interactions

 

• Asking and giving information about daily routines, schedules
• Ask for and give news about someone
• Talking about likes and dislikes
• Talking about plans
• Ask for or offer help
• Interact on the phone
• Make suggestions and react to proposals (agree, accept, refuse, make excuses)
• Giving a reason, explaining choices
• Expressing doubts, opposing views
• Talk about what you liked or disliked
• Express interest and lack of interest
• Organise an event/ outing, discussing what is needed
• Asking for and giving advice
• Expressing a wish and offering services
• Warning, cautioning
• Talking about work experience, work environment
• Expressing and discussing feelings
• Expressing wishes and hopes
• Expressing intentions and goals

 

Description and stories

 

• Narrate past events
• Recall a memory, an anecdote, a sequence of events
• Tell a story
• Recount a past experience
• Discuss the plot of a book or film
• Describe a hypothetical situation
• Find out about places / Describe the characteristics of places
• Present a country, a town and its inhabitants.
• Enquire about people / Describe and characterise people
• Describe relationships between people
• Write a biography, a portrait of a person
• Convey a third person’s words, sayings
• Enquire about things / Describe and characterise things
• Compare things, people, media content etc.
• Present a topic, a project
• State a fact / describe a phenomenon / an (artistic) activity

 

Exchanging information

 

• Seek information
• Provide information
• Explain how to use a device
• Ask for / give an explanation, details
• Conduct or participate in an interview
• Rephrase what you said to offer clarity
• Express a supposition
• Summarise a short story, an article, a presentation, an interview, a documentary and give an opinion.

 

Opinions and arguments

 

• Express agreement, disagreement
• Express a point of view, an opinion (justifying and defending it)
• Express cause and consequence
• identify a problem and propose solutions
• Formulate hypotheses
• Present the advantages and disadvantages of different options
• Develop an idea, a simple reasoning
• Develop a logical and coherent argument
• Argue, defend your opinion
• Evaluate and discuss (films, books etc.)

 

Goods and services

 

• Confirm, ask for confirmation
• Express expectations clearly
• Express satisfaction, dissatisfaction, complain

 

Other concepts

 

• Express an obligation
• Convey hesitation
• Communicate regret
• Talk about possibility and probability
• Express certainty, doubt

 

CONVERSATION/ PRESENTATION

 

Interaction

 

• Start and/or end a conversation
• Signal that you want to speak
• Verify whether the speaker has understood
• Initiate and end a discussion
• Advance a discussion by inviting others to join in, express what they think etc.
• Control the conversation: starting a new topic, introducing an idea
• Repeat what someone has said (to ensure understanding)

 

Structuring an oral presentation

 

• Introduce a topic
• Organise your speech (introduction, development, examples, conclusion)
• Explain
• Anaphoric references
• Summarise
• Conclude

 

FORMAL SITUATIONS

 

• Basic expressions and essentials of a telephone conversation
• Discuss money
• Standard formal, business letter
• How to present in a meeting
• Rules of written communication
• Formal speech, how to address people in a business context

 

 GRAMMAR

 Tenses

 

• Imparfait (describe in past tense)
• Si + imparfait – proposition
• Correct usage of passé composé and imparfait
• The past tenses in a narrative (présent-passé composé-imparfait)
• Plus-que-parfait

 

Interrogatives

 Negation

 

• Negation (ne … que / aucun ; ni…ni)

 

The infinitif and impératif

 

• Infinitif passé
• Impératif

 

The conditional

 

• The conditionnel présent
• The conditional in expressions of feelings, wish, obligation, will, hypothesis, imagined things)
•  Conditionnel (present and past tense for advice, regret, reproach etc.)

 

Le Subjonctif

 

• Verbs in subjonctif présent (feelings and obligation)
• Subjonctif / indicatif
• Subjonctif (after verbs, impersonal phrases and conjunctive phrases for feelings, doubts, wishes, obligation, will, judgement, opposition, concession)

 

Passive voice

 

Participles

 

• Gerund
• Participe passé and its usage (COD, or relative with the auxiliary ” avoir “)

 

Indirect speech

 

• Indirect speech in the present tense
• Tense concordance in indirect speech in the past tense

 

Other verb groups

 

• Prepositional verbs

 

Hypothesis

• Certain hypotheses
• Uncertain hypotheses

 

Nominalisation

 

Articles

 

• Indefinite determiners (un peu, certains, quelques)

 

Adjectives

 

• Indefinite adjectives
• Adjectives accompanied by prepositions (être heureux de, sûr de, confiant en, remarquable par)
• Comparison
• Superlative
• Adverbs
• Adverbs of manner

 

Space and time

 

• Prepositions of place (par, en…)
• Adverbs of place (ailleurs, autour, partout…)
• Adverbs of time (autrefois, aussitôt, récemment…)
• Indicators of time (la veille, le lendemain, dès que, d’ici, dans, vers)

 

Pronouns

 

• Pronoms compléments (COD and COI)
• Double pronominalization (position of COD and COI)
• Possessive pronouns
• Demonstrative pronouns
• Indefinite pronouns
• On: the three values (nous, ils, quelqu’un)
• The pronouns “en” (quantity) and “y” (place): verb +  à/verb + de
• Relative pronouns (dont)
• Pronoms relatifs composés
• Mise en relief

 

Logical relations

 

• Opposition (alors que, au contraire)
• Purpose (pour que + subj, afin de + infinitif, afin que + subj)
• Cause (car, comme, puisque, grâce à, c’est pourquoi, en effet)
• Consequence (c’est pourquoi, voilà pourquoi, par conséquent)
• Concession (bien que, cependant, malgré, pourtant, quand même)

 

Connectors

 

• Articulators (également, aussi)
• Concluding chronological articulators (finalement, à la fin)

 

VOCABULARY TOPICS

 

• Customs, cultural traditions
• Professional sphere
• Family, social relationships
• People: physical description, character, personality
• Feelings and emotions
• Health
• Daily activities
• Leisure, sports
• Holidays, travel
• Housing: furnishing and devices
• Consumption: food, beverage, media
• Fashion
• Cultural topics: cinema, literature, painting, music, théâtre
• Media and news
• Information and communication technologies
• Environment, climate, ecology
• The education system, studies, technical training
• Politics, societal values

 

Enroll Today!

Advance your French language journey with the French Intermediate Course B1 at French Academy. Let us guide you to fluency and open doors to global opportunities with our commitment to quality education.

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1. SAISON 3 + WORKBOOK ( CAHIER )
2. COSMOPOLITE 3 + WORKBOOK ( CAHIER )
3. ALTER EGO 3 + WORKBOOK ( CAHIER )

 

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