Independent user B1 - "Threshold"

French courses for independent users

How to determine your level?

If you are new to the Alliance but not a beginner, you will need to sit for a language assessment, consisting of a short written evaluation followed by an informal conversation. This short test does not require preparation and is held free of charge, preferably by appointment on 8272 4281.

The "B2 Threshold" level covers 140 to 320 hours of French and is divided into 9 sub-levels.

Level 8: Consolidate your communication skills and move on to more complex ways of speaking: give suggestions, advise, imagine. Discussions about cafés in Paris and Amélie Poulain.
Level 9: Communicate with a wider range of structures and topics: express a lack, necessity, wishes, possibility, probability, etc. Discuss relevant events of the history of France.
Level 10: Comment on the news/statistics and express your expectations, hopes and fears. Key grammar points include the use of several pronouns and conditional.
Level 11: What would you say if you were invited to dinner at some Frenchies'? This level is about socialising in French as well as speaking in a more sophisticated manner.
Level 12: Using conditional and past tenses, you'll express hypotheses, doubts or certainties as well as relate past events and present arguments.
Level 13: The emphasis is on learning how to forbid, complain, reassure, promise, ask for help, congratulate as well as explaining causes and consequences.
Level 14: Talk about the future, sciences, food and locations. Key grammar points include past subjunctive.
Level 15: "S'adapter " is the tile of this level which main topics include television, people, French institutions and calendar. Key grammar points include past conditional.
Level 16: With " Vivre ensemble ", you'll express conditions and restrictions, negociate, promise, apologize, etc. while discussing current issues.

The classes are held at different moment of the day (morning, afternoon or evening) to suit everyone wanting to learn French. Once-a-week classes are perfect for busy people, while twice-a-week classes are especially designed for those students wanting to progress quickly (with 40 hours a term) allowing students to become more deeply immersed in the language.

What you need to know before you start French.

Note: Enrolment in a course implies acceptance of the Alliance Française's terms and conditions.