French B2.2 Upper Intermediate Course

Alter Ego B2.2 Outline

Unit 5: To work

• Comment on the place of work in life
• Make assumptions
• Promote a business
• Prepare for a job interview
• Respond to a job offer
• Analyse the match between a given job profile and the profile of a candidate
• Give your opinion on the distribution of working time in France and other countries
• Discuss well-being conditions at work
• Strategies for finding out about a position and preparing for a professional interview
• Tools for telling an anecdote from professional life
• Techniques for writing a cover letter
• Future tenses (near, simple,previous) and the present and pastconditional
• Logical articulators (3)
• The condition
• The hypotheses with if
• The expression of reproach
• The expression of regret
• The business glossary
• The different forms of contracts and remuneration
• Hierarchy words
• Social relationships

Unit 6: Emotions

• Present a work of art
• Write a critique
• Expressing your opinion on the quality of a restaurant
• Identify and compare dishes and flavours
• Give your opinion on food marketing
• Debate on art and commitment
• Give your point of view on the places where works of art are exhibited
• Strategies for expressing your opinion about the quality of a restaurant
• Tools for writing a theatre sketch
• Techniques for making a reading sheet
• The proposition relating to the subjunctive
• Comparisons
• The superlative
• Neutral pronouns le, en and y
• Double pronominalization
• The glossary of flavours
• The vocabulary of emotions
• Words to appreciate or depreciate
• (Some) elements of artistic vocabulary

Unit 7: Francophonies

• Convince and promote a language school
• Identify different language registers in different contexts and choose the register appropriate to the situation
• Report comments
• Express your beliefs about the choice of a language as a writing language
• Arguing about the importance of learning foreign languages
• Strategies to convince
• Tools to defend
• learning French
• Techniques for summarising documents
• The different language levels (familiar / fluent / sustained)
• Syntactic and phonetic differences
• Speech related to the past, the concordance of tenses
• From one language to another: translation
• Language levels: differences in lexicon
• Introductory verbs

Unit 8: Perspectives

• Discuss solutions to change the world
• React in writing to save nature
• Question, question consumption patterns
• Express agreement or disagreement on community living projects
• Arguing on the issues of alternative cultural and political movements
• Strategies for reacting in writing and taking positions
• Tools for writing the continuation of a literary extract
• Improve your written style (1): synonyms, anaphora, metaphors
• Improve your written style (2):
• complex sentences, articulators, question with inversion
• Citizen mobilisation and engagement
• The words of ecology
• Solidarity

• Digital learning materials are included with your course

Here’s a snapshot of your learning journey:

1. Needs Analysis: We’ll check what you need to succeed.
2. Pre-Assessment: We’ll assess your current skills to build a course that fits you.
3. Course Design: A personalized plan tailored for your goals.
4. Course Delivery: Fun and engaging online lessons by expert native speakers.
5. Action Plan: Get personalized lesson plans.
6. Final Exam: Test your progress and see how far you’ve come.
7. Certification: Get a globally recognized CEFR certificate.
8. Follow-Up: Ongoing support to keep your learning on track.

• Teachers
  • Native speakers who are certified teachers
  • Qualified with degrees and teaching credentials
• Service
  • Top-notch customer care
  • Dedicated account manager for every student
• Reports
  • Attendance reports after every lesson
  • Detailed student progress reports
  • CEFR certification—globally recognized
  • Student feedback reports

• Your course fee includes one digital copy of the learning materials. If you’d prefer a hard copy, you can purchase one from our recommended supplier at an extra cost.
• Public group classes are designed for 30 academic hours per CEFR level. If the group grows to 5-7 students, we’ll extend the program by 10 academic hours. If only two students enroll before the course starts, the group will shift to a semi-private format with 20 academic hours.
• Want to switch to a different group or schedule? No problem! Just let us know at least 7 days before the course starts.
• All our teachers are native speakers of the target language. If your teacher falls ill or has an emergency, we’ll arrange a substitute who’s fully briefed on your progress.
• Once you’ve started with your group, switching to another group or schedule isn’t possible.
• Please note that course fees are non-refundable once the group classes have begun.
• We can record group lessons for later viewing, but only if everyone in the class agrees before the course starts.
• At the end of every program, you’ll take a final exam (both written and verbal). To move up to the next CEFR level, you’ll need to score at least 70%.
• After completing your final exam, you’ll receive a progress report, recommendations, and a certification for your hard work!