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Description

Low Intermediate French for Social Services (Online Self-Directed) is designed for current or future social service workers who wish to improve their communication skills in French. The course focuses on oral skills necessary to function effectively and professionally in real-life social worker settings. It is comprised of five learning modules, each with approximately six hours of learning time. The first four modules will contain presentations, videos, exercises, and interactive activities in four main areas: grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and listening comprehension. The fifth module is a learning assessment module. It involves three tasks in which learners are asked to demonstrate their knowledge from the previous four modules. These tasks assess their skills in oral comprehension, written comprehension, and written expression.

Topics Covered

Topics and Vocabulary:

  • The work environment and daily life;
  • Urgent situations;
  • Medication;
  • Natural remedies;
  • Mental health issues, their diagnosis and treatment;
  • Innovation in social work;
  • Delivering bad news; 
  • Making suggestions and recommendations.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:

Communicative learning outcomes:

  • Recount simple events in the past tense;
  • Describe simple events in the past tense;
  • Make comparisons;
  • Inform of a client's mental health in detail at the present tense;
  • Explain a future situation;
  • Express a simple opinion;
  • Reassure and comfort a client;
  • Explain an intervention plan and advise a client;
  • Make professional recommendations.

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to use the following grammatical concepts:

  • Past tenses: "le passé composé et l’imparfait";
  • The comparative;
  • Interrogation;
  • Negation;
  • Future tenses;
  • Relative pronouns;
  • The past tense of pronominal (reflexive) verbs.

Notes

As the course will be delivered online, students must be equipped with:

A computer or tablet; Internet connection.

In order to continue to the next level, learners must complete both the online self-directed and the online synchronous (face-to-face) conversation courses for this level

Prerequisite(s) and Corequisite(s)

  • Placement Test (YCTFR-EPT FMP); OR
  • Elementary French for Social Services (Online Self-Directed) (YCOFR 220); AND
  • Elementary French for Social Services (Online Synchronous) (YCLFR 050)

Who Should Attend?

Current or future social service workers with little or no previous exposure to French
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