Course detail

French for pre-intermediate

FEKT-XPC-FR3Acad. year: 2025/2026

The course will focus on developing communication skills, including pronunciation, oral interaction, listening, reading, and writing, as well as French grammar and vocabulary. The study materials used in the course will be from Inspire 1 and Inspire 2 textbooks (Units 1-6), and will be integrated with French culture.

The course will cover the following topics:

Grammar: the past tense (le passé composé and le passé récent), the use of the pronoun 'y', gradation of adjectives, question forms, the expression of advice and necessity, the present continuous (être en train de...), frequency adverbs, relative pronouns, the future tense (le futur simple), personal pronouns in object use (COD), l'imparfait.

Vocabulary: study/work, living/housing, human body and health problems, character, family and interpersonal relationships

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Magdalena Šedrlová

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Entry knowledge

A1 or French for Beginners 2.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

The written end-of-course test covers the vocabulary and grammar taught during the semester. To pass the test, a minimum score of 50% is required.

Students must actively participate in at least 75% of the seminars, with a maximum of three absences.

Aims

The course is primarily intended for students who successfully finished XPC-FR2. The aim of the course is to build on the already acquired linguistic competences corresponding to approximately A1 level and to extend the knowledge of grammar and vocabulary to A2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, so that the graduates of the course have adequate linguistic resources to cope with common communication situations when travelling, studying or working.

The students will have a good command of grammatical structures and vocabulary at A1/A2 level and will be able to understand and respond appropriately to the most common phrases of French speakers. They will also be able to read short simple texts and find specific information in them (menus, brochures, advertisements, short articles, etc.).

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Le Bougnec, Jean-Thierry a Marie-José Lopes. Inspire 1: Méthode de français A1. Hachette, 2020. ISBN 978-2-01-513575-5. (FR)
Le Bougnec, Jean-Thierry a Marie-José Lopes. Inspire 2: Méthode de français A2. Hachette, 2020. ISBN 978-2-01-513579-3. (FR)

Type of course unit

Language exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Magdalena Šedrlová

Syllabus

1. La présentation; le passé composé - révision

2. Conseiller (Les parties du corps, les maladies, la santé) – Inspire 1/leçon 24

3. Expliquer son cursus (Les études universitaires, le passé récent) – Inspire 1/leçon 28

4. Décrire un travail; créer son profil professionel – Inspire 1/leçon 29

5. Se loger (Le logement, les meubles, la comparaison) – Inspire 1/leçon 30

6. Projet en groupe: Écrire une annonce de location

7. Révision: Le passé récent, le futur proche + le présent continu (ętre en train de)

8. Faire connaissance (Les pronoms relatifs – qui/que, les relations, le caractčre) – Inspire 2/leçon 2

9. Faire des prévisions (Le futur simple) - Inspire 2/leçon 3

10. Décrire le passé (L´imparfait) - Inspire 2/leçon 6

11. Le passé composé vs. l´imparfait - Inspire 2/leçon 7

12. Les pronoms COD

13. Contrôle des connaissances

VUT

Faculties

University Institutes

Parts

French for pre-intermediate

Type of course unit