French - Intermediate
This course is ideal for:
…those who have done a fair bit of French before and who feel fairly confident about speaking about main actions/events not only in the present and future but also in the more grammatically complicated past (without going into too much background detail). In this unit there will be more reinforcement of all three tenses before we start adding in a second past tense called the imperfect that adds a bit of background detail and embellishment to our anecdotes. You’ll learn lots of vocab, useful expressions and other small grammatical points and pronunciation tips in this unit too through some fun conversations as well as ‘Frewin’s famous French factoids’ about all things Francophile and cultural!
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Since my first of many twinning exchange trips to the Loire Valley in France and to the Ruhr Valley in Germany in my teens, I have always loved foreign languages, cultures and people (and of course the food and drink too). As part of my university studies, I spent eight months in Lorraine on the border with Belgium and Luxembourg, four months in Nordrhein-Westfalen on the border with the Netherlands and four months in the city of Lyon. Having only started learning Spanish as an adult, I have not spent extensive amounts of time in Spain but I have holidayed there as well as in Peru. Before becoming a licencee with Language for Fun, I taught for twelve years in secondary schools, including one in Zambia near the border with French-speaking Congo. I have had many adventures in many Francophone, Germanophone and Hispanophone countries where my language 'skills' have both saved the day AND got me into a bit of hot water! Let me use MY cringeworthy past experiences of making hilarious mistakes save YOU from doing the same.
When I am not teaching or learning languages (I speak some Dutch and Italian now too), I enjoy swimming, reading and walking but I am particularly passionate about the performing arts; I think you will be able to tell this when you meet me! I look forward to meeting YOU!
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