Program Overview

French – Level B1

Overview

Epic College of Technology offers French – Level B1 for learners who already have a basic understanding of French and want to advance their skills. This course enhances vocabulary, sentence formation, and the use of different tenses to help learners communicate more independently and confidently in everyday and professional contexts.

Curriculum

• Lessons: 21
• Duration: 300 hours

Admission Requirements

Completion of French – Level A or equivalent basic knowledge of French.

Duration

300 hours

Topics Covered

• Daily routines and hobbies
• Health, education, travel, and cultural events
• Use of past, present, and future tenses
• Short essays, letters, and descriptive writing
• Intermediate-level grammar (adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions)

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to understand the main points of standard speech, interact in common situations, express opinions, and produce clear written content on familiar topics.

Course Structure

Grammar

• Lesson 1.1: Passé composé and imparfait (narrating past events)
• Lesson 1.2: Future tense and conditional mood
• Lesson 1.3: Relative pronouns (qui, que, dont)
• Lesson 1.4: Object pronouns and reflexive verbs
• Lesson 1.5: Introduction to the subjunctive (present tense)
• Lesson 1.6: Comparatives and superlatives

Vocabulary

• Lesson 2.1: Workplace and job-related terms
• Lesson 2.2: School and academic life
• Lesson 2.3: Travel, transportation, and tourism
• Lesson 2.4: Health, wellness, and emergencies
• Lesson 2.5: Technology, internet, and social media vocabulary

Speaking & Listening

• Lesson 3.1: Participating in guided conversations and role-play
• Lesson 3.2: Giving opinions and discussing daily life experiences
• Lesson 3.3: Listening to announcements, dialogues, and interviews
• Lesson 3.4: Expressing future intentions and past events fluently

Reading

• Lesson 4.1: Understanding news excerpts, blog posts, and interviews
• Lesson 4.2: Reading short stories and informational texts
• Lesson 4.3: Identifying main ideas and supporting details

Writing

• Lesson 5.1: Writing personal letters and structured emails
• Lesson 5.2: Composing short opinion paragraphs and reports
• Lesson 5.3: Using connectors to link ideas in multi-sentence texts