French Evening Classes

This class is designed for students who have no previous knowledge of the language. 

Duration: 20 weeks 
Day and Time:

Group A: To be confirmed.
Group B: To be confirmed.
Group C: To be confirmed.

Term Dates:

Term 1: Week commencing 8 October 2018 to week commencing 10 December 2018. (10 weeks)

Term 2: Week commencing 28 January 2019 to week commencing 1 April 2019. (10 weeks)

Venue: Trent Building, University Park Campus

Cost: 

• University of Nottingham Students: £240 (paid in two instalments of £120)
• Staff and Members of the Public: £260 (paid in two instalments of £130) plus an additional £10 exam fee. Please note the exam is optional.

Learning outcomes: 
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• exchange simple greetings 
• introduce themselves and other people 
• Give personal information about family, job or studies, where they live 
• Give the same information about other people 
• Use numbers 1-100, express dates, time, prices 
• Shop for food and clothes 
• Order meals and drinks 
• Give directions 
• Talk about the weather 
• Book holiday accommodation

This class is designed for students who have completed the French level 1 evening class or who have an equivalent amount of previous knowledge.

Duration: 20 weeks 
Day and Time: 

Group A: To be confirmed.
Group B: To be confirmed.

Term Dates:

Term 1: Week commencing 8 October 2018 to week commencing 10 December 2018. (10 weeks)

Term 2: Week commencing 28 January 2019 to week commencing 1 April 2019. (10 weeks)

Venue: Trent Building, University Park Campus 

Cost: 

• University of Nottingham Students: £240 (paid in two instalments of £120)
• Staff and Members of the Public: £260 (paid in two instalments of £130) plus an additional £10 exam fee. Please note the exam is optional.

Learning outcomes: 
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Describe daily routine 
• Describe health issues 
• Describe leisure interests 
• Describe transport / how to get to places 
• Describe places where to live (flats, houses, cities, countryside) 
• Use the present tense of regular verbs and a few irregular verbs (avoir, être, aller) 
• Talk about events / activities in the future 
• Talk about events / activities in the past 

This class is aimed at students who have completed the French level 2 evening class or who have an equivalent amount of previous knowledge.

Duration: 20 weeks 
Day and Time: 

Group A: To be confirmed.
Group B: To be confirmed.

Term Dates:

Term 1: Week commencing 8 October 2018 to week commencing 10 December 2018. (10 weeks)

Term 2: Week commencing 28 January 2019 to week commencing 1 April 2019. (10 weeks)

Venue: Trent Building, University Park Campus 

Cost: 

• University of Nottingham Students: £240 (paid in two instalments of £120)
• Staff and Members of the Public: £260 (paid in two instalments of £130) plus an additional £10 exam fee. Please note the exam is optional.

Learning outcomes: 
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Discuss leisure interests in the present and in the past 
• Discuss TV programs, films, the use of the Internet, the media 
• Find out about French education system 
• Discuss pros and cons of jobs 
• Arrange meetings 
• Understand job adverts and French CVs 
• Discuss pros and cons of various means of transport 
• Report incidents 
• Use the imperfect and the perfect to describe, discuss activities / events in the past 
• Start using the subjunctive.

This class is aimed at students who have completed the French level 3 evening class or who have an equivalent amount of previous knowledge.

Duration: 20 weeks 
Day and Time: 

Group A: To be confirmed.
Group B: To be confirmed.

Term Dates:

Term 1: Week commencing 8 October 2018 to week commencing 10 December 2018. (10 weeks)

Term 2: Week commencing 28 January 2019 to week commencing 1 April 2019. (10 weeks)

Venue: Trent Building, University Park Campus 

Cost: 

• University of Nottingham Students: £240 (paid in two instalments of £120)
• Staff and Members of the Public: £260 (paid in two instalments of £130) plus an additional £10 exam fee. Please note the exam is optional.

Learning outcomes: 
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Discuss education in France 
• Discuss relationships 
• Discuss social issues (reality TV, tobacco, alcohol, lifestyle choices) 
• Discuss new technologies 
• Discuss popular music and sport 
• Discuss environmental issues (global warming, natural disasters, recycling) 
• Discuss tourism 
• Understand and use an increasing range of tenses: present, past (imperfect, perfect and pluperfect), future and future perfect, conditional and conditional perfect, subjunctive. 

This class is aimed at students who have completed the French level 4 evening class or who have an equivalent amount of previous knowledge.

Duration: 20 weeks 
Day and Time: To be confirmed.

Term Dates:

Term 1: Week commencing 8 October 2018 to week commencing 10 December 2018. (10 weeks)

Term 2: Week commencing 28 January 2019 to week commencing 1 April 2019. (10 weeks)

Venue: Trent Building, University Park Campus 

Cost: 

• University of Nottingham Students: £240 (paid in two instalments of £120)
• Staff and Members of the Public: £260 (paid in two instalments of £130) plus an additional £10 exam fee. Please note the exam is optional.

Learning outcomes: 
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• discuss further social issues: the place of young people, inequalities 
• Educational issues: tradition vs modernity, les rythmes scolaires 
• Cultural issues: films, books, food, music, languages 
• Technological issues: the Internet, increased freedom or increased control 
• Write and speak with increasing sophistication 
• Argue topics 
• Discuss feelings 
• Use all tenses and moods with increasing mastery.