Designed for intermediates who have a command of present-day French, simple past activities, or who have completed the OLLI Situational French courses. This course emphasizes role-playing approaches allowing participants to experience a particular context with a situational objective. Classes will include discussions that relate to these situational activities through excerpts from articles, films, events, music, literature, or relevant material.
Topics include:
• how to conduct financial transactions in a bank
• how to rent or buy property in France
• how to partake in an interview
• how to compliment or criticize
• social situations
Grammatical concepts and cultural information are introduced to further situational/topical objectives. Written work between classes (provided by the teacher) is optional but recommended.