HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Whether you're preparing for VCE, IB or just love the language, there is a course designed for you!

Term Courses
French Immersion Day 2010

Holiday Intensive Courses

Summer Courses


Calendar 2010

Course Structure

TERM COURSES

FRENCH IMMERSION DAY

A special preparation course for French VCE examinations.

Join us for a day of total French immersion: conversation and language workshops, a French-style buffet lunch and a musical show!

Aimed at VCE Year 11 and Year 12 students of French, these immersion days will help them ease their way towards the final examinations right on time!  Students preparing for the International Baccalaureate (IB) may join, but there will be no specific program for them unless there are enough students enrolled to form such a group.

The immersion days will be held at the Alliance Française as follows:

- Saturday 18 September 2010, 10.00am to 5.00pm (General Conversation and Detailed Study).  

- Saturday 13 November 2010, 10.00am to 5.00pm (Listening Comprehension, Reading Comprehension and Written Production).

Throughout the day, students will work with our specialised native-speaker teachers on one of the four sections of the VCE final examination and receive personal feedback.

Fees: $130, including lunch and musical show.

Be quick as numbers are limited!

See some photos from the Immersion Day held on Saturday 20 March 2010.

HOLIDAY INTENSIVE COURSES

Term 2 Holiday Intensive Courses
Special classes designed for High School Student in 1st to 4th year of French and for Year 11 & Year 12 students preparing for the VCE or IB French examinations.

SPEAKING WORKSHOP UNITS 1&2 - $175 - NEW!
2 hours a day over 5 days

This workshop is ideal for those who want to feel more comfortable while talking with others in French. Prescribed VCE themes and topics will be brought up in class and you will talk about your personal world, discuss education and values and learn how to express personal opinions.

SPEAKING WORKSHOP IB/UNITS 3&4 - $175 - NEW!
2 hours a day over 5 days
This workshop is the best way to improve your conversational skills and feel more comfortable when the moment has come to face the jury during the final exam! In this class, you will debate and express your opinions about various prescribed themes of the VCE/IB: you will discuss social, scientific and technological issues, historical and political topics, arts and entertainment... Don’t miss out!

VCE/IB EXAM PREPARATION - $250
3 hours a day over 5 days
These workshops will focus on the final exam and give you an idea of what is expected of you at the end of the year. Every day, you will focus and work on one of the 5 components of the final exam (general conversation, detailed study, listening comprehension, reading comprehension and written production). At the end of the week, your teacher will organise a quick interview with you under exam conditions, and will be able to advise you on how you can improve. These workshops will also give you the chance to practice your conversational and listening skills and review grammar points in context!

Week 1: 28 June > 02 July 2010

Week 2: 05 > 09 July 2010

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2010 CALENDAR

COURSE STRUCTURE

4 stages towards mastering the French language and culture

Outcomes:

Introductory Users (Level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)
Outcome : You can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type. Yo can introduce yourself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where you live, people you know and things you have. You can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.

Elementary Users (Level A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)
Outcome : You can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment). You can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters. You can describe in simple terms aspects of your background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.

Independent Users (Level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)
Outcome : You can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. you can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken. You can produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest. You can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

Advanced Users (Level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)
Outcome : You can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in your field of specialisation. You can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. You can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.

SUMMER COURSES



Enrolment Deadline: 06 January 2010

Starts 11 January 2010

12-hour Course (3 hours twice-a-week over 2 weeks) $250

Year 7 to 12 & Special VCE and IB Preparation Courses

INT1 – Complete Beginners – Monday & Wednesday – 10.00am to 1.00pm

INT2 – Starting 2nd year of French – Tuesday & Thursday – 10.00am to 1.00pm

INT3 – Starting 3rd year of French – Monday & Wednesday – 2.00pm to 5.00pm

INT4 – Starting 4th year of French – Tuesday & Thursday – 2.00pm to 5.00pm

VCE Units 1&2 – Monday & Wednesday – 10.00am to 1.00pm

VCE Units 3&4 – Tuesday & Thursday – 10.00am to 1.00pm

IB Preparation – Monday & Wednesday – 2.00pm to 5.00pm

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