Grammar items are part of the B2 Common European Framework (see contents on blended.uniurb.it.)

Phonetic content: International alphabet, accents, pronunciation of endings, liaison, la and mute, elision,  the h, syllabic elision. Practice activities focus on learning and distinguishing sounds and matching sounds to spelling in a context of function and grammar.

Exercises focusing on distinguishing sounds, homophones, intonation, rhythm, elision in a sentence.

General lexical items studies through readings and newspaper articles.

Specific topics related to business:

The political system and organisations of France

Different types of economy: linear and circular

Globalisation and its consequences

Writing skills required:

-giving business information

-presenting a company and promoting its products

-writing and replying to a mail or letter

-presenting a candidate for a job

-describing market trends

The teaching material prepared by the language assistant in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the language assistant specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Course books

Grammaire savoir-faire by Lidia Parodi  Marina Vallacco CIDEB

Grammathèque grammatica constrativa per italiani byLidia Parodi marina Vallacco CIDEB

Sons et intonation  atelier fle Didier

Business language exercises:  travailler en français en entreprise Didier

websites:

CCIP exercises le français des affaires

TV5  monde

le point fle

bonjour de france

francparler

The focus on pronunciation is primarily to prepare students for the dictation test at B2 level (around 150 words) with simple and complex sentences.

In the first term the course focuses on providing students with a sound grammatical preparation at B2 level with an examination of complex sentences and the use of various temporal expressions through exercises and newspaper articles.

Pronunciation is looked at more closely in context and examining particular features.

In the second term focus will be on practice activities aimed at writing skills for instance dictation and specific writing for the business sector.

Non-ttending students are invited to arrange a meeting with the teacher during reception hours.

B2 Grammar items included in the Common European Framework for languages can be found on Blended.uniurb.it in the introduction.