Exam / 考試:
Test de Connaissance du Francais (TCF)

Remarks / 備註:
TCF: A1 (score: 151 – 180)

Notes / 附註:
*APPLICANT PURSUING THIS COURSE WITH COURSE COMMENCEMENT DATE FALLING AFTER 31 MARCH 2027 IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO CLAIM REIMBURSEMENT FROM CEF. / 申請人報讀於二零二七年三月三十一日後開課的課程並不能申領基金發還款項。

Entry Requirements / 入學要求:
Applicants shall have: (a) (i) obtained the Certificate in French (Introductory), awarded within the HKU system through HKU SPACE; or (ii) studied approximately 110-130 hours of French at a different institution; and (b) sufficient English proficiency to follow simple explanations in English. [Other applicants may be interviewed if necessary to confirm their suitability for the programme, e.g. if they have studied a similar number of hours elsewhere or have alternative experience learning the language, such as a study visit to the country.]

Course Outline / 課程大綱:
(1) Spending time with friends: social talk, describing a person and character, talking about events in one’s life, cultural activities, reflexive verbs, tense practice, direct and indirect object. (15 hours) (2) Homes: reading adverts for flats / houses, describing one’s home, making comparisons of homes, reading about quality of life in France, language functions: answering the phone, offering help, expressing doubt & surprise, superlative forms. (15 hours) (3) Health: Talking about food and health, French culture and food, describing a recipe and contents of a dish, vocabulary of sport, group survey: fitness, gerund forms, comparative and superlative forms. (15 hours) (4) Past events: talking about fashions from the past, exchanging memories of childhood, describing changes in a town, describing a photo, looking for information in a press article, imperfect tense, present conditional, pronoun forms, France today and in the past. (15 hours) (5) Workplace information exchange: talking about the internet, terms from the internet, offering help, telephone language, making lists of office tasks, vocabulary of devices of communication, mobile phones and text messages, imperative forms, indefinite adjectives. (15 hours) (6) Telling tales: recounting events from films, a trip, a book etc, reading an extract from a French story, writing a journal entry, talking about a newspaper story, keeping a conversation going, talking about a holiday experience, comparison of past tense forms. (15 hours) (7) The future: expressing doubts about something, informal telephone conversation about future plans, reading a poem, discussing wishes for future, talking about health problems in a pharmacy, horoscopes, future simple tense. (15 hours) (8) Travel in France: things to do in France, travelling by car in France, asking for help, reading about life as a foreigner in France, multicultural Italy, discussing life in a foreign country, presenting one’s own town, modal verbs forms, expressing a hypothesis with the future simple. (15 hours)

Instructors' Qualifications / 導師資歷:
(1) Holder of Bachelor’s Degree (2) Native/ Near-native proficiency in the French language (3) At least 2 years of French teaching experience

Assessment / 課程評核要求:
(A) Assessment Items and Their Weightings: (1) Two on-course written tests: 50% (2) A final test: 25% (3) Oral work – continuous assessment: 12.5% (4) A final oral test: 12.5% (B) Completion Requirements and CEF Reimbursement Requirements: (1) Attendance requirement: at least 70% (2) Overall passing mark: 50%

Delivery Mode / 授課模式:
120 hours; PT

Course Duration / 課時:
1 year

Effective Date / 課程生效日期:
01/04/2023

CEF Registration Invalid From / 基金課程登記失效日期:
01/04/2027