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The
Language courses have an enrollment of around 20
students, fewer at the beginner level and only a
dozen in the oral expression courses.
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The
number of courses that students may select varies
according to their level.
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A
number of Option courses are offered several times
but they are taught at different levels in order to
be better adapted to student comprehension.
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The
mandatory Language course includes 12, 9 or 6 hours,
depending on the level, weekly. The other courses
are normally taught 3 hours per week.
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Classes are held every day except Saturday and
Sunday. |
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Students who want to obtain credits for a
semester but who have to leave
CIDEF at Christmas and not at the end of January,
are advised to participate in the September
pre-university program. |
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Placement Tests |
After
a 2 hour written and oral placement test, students
are assigned to the Language class which suits them
the best. |
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Language courses and options |
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Mandatory courses |
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Options – minimum: 15 students |
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Options which are only offered
semester 1 |
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Prep courses for “l’Alliance Française de
Paris” exams |
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Prep courses for “la Chambre de Commerce et
d’Industrie de Paris” exams |
| Level |
Beginner |
Elementary |
Intermediate 1 |
Intermediate 2 |
Intermediate 3 |
Advanced |
| Language |
12 |
9 |
9 |
6 |
6 |
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| Oral Comprehension |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| Written expression |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| Oral expression |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| Business French |
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3 |
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| Business French 1st degree |
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6 |
| Business French 2nd degree |
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6 |
| Familiar French |
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1 |
1 |
| French for Tourism and Hotel
Administration |
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3 |
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| Grammar |
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3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| Alliance Française
Certificate |
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3 |
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| Alliance Française Diploma |
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3 |
3 |
| Thesis |
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| Phonetics |
Theory |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Lab |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| English Translation |
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3 |
3 |
| Japanese Translation |
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2 |
2 |
| Social-Economic Current
Events |
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6 |
| Social-Cultural Study |
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4 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| History of France |
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3 |
3 |
3 |
| History of Art |
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3 |
3 |
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| History of Music |
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3 |
| Image and Culture |
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3 |
| The European Community |
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2 |
| French Political Life in the
5th Republic (taught in English) |
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4 |
3 |
| The Formation of the
European Political
System-Cultures-Actors-Institutions |
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3 |
| Cultural Anthropology |
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3 |
| 19th Century Literature |
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3 |
3 |
| 20th Century Literature |
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3 |
3 |
| Philosophy |
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3 |
| Theology |
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| Theatre Workshop |
2 |
| Choir |
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The numeral indicates the number of hours
weekly.
At each level, there are several
Language courses and sometimes
multiple sections of the same option since
we divide courses when there is a large
number of students. |
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Goals |
Develop competency
in oral
comprehension,
written
comprehension,
written expression
and
oral expression
using real life
communication
situations
Work on
communication tools.
Develop lexical and
grammatical
competencies. |
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During the month of September, the advanced level
course is especially adapted to the needs of those
who, during the year, will be taking classes with
French students. |
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Methods |
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Lexical enrichment using
news and opinion texts which deal with
French life – spelling exercises. |
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Systematic study of
grammatical structures and
French particularities. |
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Comprehension exercises
from authentic documents. |
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Personal work on a book
(novel or short story) read and
studied outside of class and presented
through written and oral reports. |
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At the advanced level, students are asked to
write a meticulously structured thesis. This
thesis, prepared under the direction of a
Language professor, must include 3000 words
and treat a subject that has a relationship
to France and the French today, in areas as
varied as politics, society, the economy,
literature, the arts, leisure activities,
sports, education . . . The defense of the
thesis takes place in front of a 2 member
jury at the end of the semester.
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Beginner level |
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Acquire the necessary base for understanding and
expressing oneself orally and in writing, in order
to be able to rapidly communicate in French. |
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Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced
levels |
Develop communication ability
Reinforce
lexical and grammatical knowledge
Acquire,
little by little, a very good mastery of the written
and oral language |
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