Intermediate Level: B1 (DELF B1)

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Intermediate Level: B1 (DELF B1)

Topics & Vocabulary

Talking about past experiences and encounters
Expressing aims and causes comme, puisque and parce que
Providing a detailed description
Describing personal motives
Justifying a choice
Talking about travels
Making suggestions
Giving your opinion
Hypothesising
Talking about countries and regions
Describing a fictional character
Describing feelings and emotions
Talking of hopes and aspirations
Expressing regrets
Expressing, promoting and justifying opinions
Debating: politics, recycling, the environment, new technologies, social issues, com
Expressing feelings and emotions
Expressing obligation, possibilities and restrictions
Writing a variety of texts (text messages, emails, letters etc.).
Talking about movies (storyline and characters)

Grammar

Review of the past and future tenses
Plus-que-parfait (Past perfect)
Agreement of the past participle with avoir (passé composé tense)
Direct pronouns (le, la, les)
Conditional tense
Hypothesis: si + imparfait
Prepositions with countries and regions
Past conditional
Adverbs in ‘-ment’
Linking words
Subjunctive
Verbs to express opinion – je crois que, je pense que etc.
Impersonal structures il faut que etc.
Gerund: ‘-ant’
Direct vs indirect pronouns
Structures with verbs expressing feelings – je regretted que/ je regretted de etc.
Pronouns order
Relative pronouns ce qui, ce que, ce don’t
Word order: the adjective
Style and register: formal/ informal

Cultural Content

Cultural Content
French regions
French people and their holidays
Popular French tourist sites
The French artistic scene
Political life in France
Environmental issues
New technologies
Social causes

French cinema (films, directors and actors)

Skills Work

Speaking/active practice
Listening Practice
New vocabulary
Pronunciation
Speaking/debating
Producing various styles of written French