- Lecture number
- 042061p
- Semester
- Autumn semester 2026
- Type
- Language Course
- Maximum number of participants
- 18
Events
Lecturers
- Sylvie Akouvi Essenam Adjeoda
Description
The intensive French A1 course is suitable for participants with no prior knowledge of French. It is intended for students whose degree programmes include a compulsory foreign language module (e.g. Social Sciences), as well as students from all faculties and employees of the EUF.
Course Content: The primary aim of this course is to provide students with a basic knowledge of the French language. The topics and teaching and learning activities are based on the textbook “Perspectives Allez-y! A1” (see below). The course also follows communicative and intercultural teaching approaches. Through everyday conversation topics and situations (greetings and introductions, drinks and ordering, likes and dislikes, work, hobbies, etc.), participants will acquire and practise the four language skills (speaking, writing, reading and listening) at level A1 of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). Grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation are taught and practised through various types of exercises and teaching methods. The main grammar topics include personal pronouns, articles, question words, adjective agreement and position, possessive determiners, negation, conjugation of verbs ending in -er and -ir, the perfect tense with “avoir” and “être”, modal verbs, reflexive verbs and the future tense.
Workload:
100 teaching units: In-person or online instruction (to be decided on the first day)
and 80 teaching units: Independent study (homework, final test)
Organisational Information:
- Dates: 2 February – 26 February 2027 (4 weeks), Monday – Friday, 09:30 – 15:30.
- The language course is designed to enable participants to complete levels A1.1 and A1.2 within four weeks. Students who pass the final test may enrol in the French A2 course in the following semester.
- Language of instruction: German
Assessment: 6 ECTS
Active participation in the course, as well as independent study outside class hours (completing homework, studying vocabulary and grammar, etc.), are essential requirements for successfully completing the course. The final assessment consists of written homework (10%), an oral component (20%) and a final test (listening comprehension, reading comprehension, written production, grammar and vocabulary) (70%).
Participants may receive a graded certificate of achievement if they have completed the required coursework and successfully passed the final test. Only a certificate of achievement entitles students to enrol in the subsequent course.
Literature
Please purchase the following textbooks, preferably in printed format, before the start of the course:
Perspectives – Allez-y ! A1: Coursebook and workbook with answer booklet and pocket vocabulary book, including complete audio material (3 CDs) and DVD.
ISBN: 978-3-06-520176-6