B1.2 Core Program · Intermediate French
Vivre ensemble sur la Terre
Living Together on Earth
From digital etiquette and professional communication to citizenship, ecology, social connection, and mutual aid, learn to respond to problems, express disagreement, state necessity and obligation, communicate satisfaction or frustration, and offer or request help in French.
Who It's For
Who this course is made for
If any of these sound like you, this course is a great fit.
Learners at A2-B1 level who want to discuss social issues with greater confidence
Learners who want to disagree politely and express negative feelings in French
Learners who want to master the subjunctive for necessity, obligation, and emotions
Learners interested in digital etiquette, ecology, citizenship, social connection, and mutual aid
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, I can…
Use everyday questions of etiquette, citizenship, and solidarity to build the French needed to express positions, feelings, obligations, and requests for help clearly and appropriately.
Respond to everyday or communication problems and express disagreement
Ask questions in informal, standard, and formal registers
Express general and subject-specific necessity and obligation
Discuss digital etiquette, civic values, ecological education, and gendered politeness
Express satisfaction, dissatisfaction, disappointment, and frustration
Offer help, ask for support, and encourage others
Discuss social isolation, volunteering, and the role of third places
Collaborate on a code of good manners adapted to the classroom
Apply DELF B1 listening strategies to identify main ideas, details, and viewpoints
Course content
Four units to build confident B1 communication
Through news articles, interviews, forum comments, comics, and civic initiatives, explore online etiquette, ecology, citizenship, social isolation, mutual aid, and community spaces while developing clear, context-appropriate French communication.
SOMMAIRE COURSE OUTLINESavoir-vivre numérique
Digital and Professional Etiquette
Discuss rules for social media, email, and text messages; respond to problems, disagree, and ask formal questions
Citoyenneté et écologie
Citizenship and Ecology
Explore civic education, ecological learning, and gendered politeness while using the subjunctive for necessity and obligation
Lien social et entraide
Social Connection and Mutual Aid
Use chat checkout lanes, volunteering, and third places to express satisfaction or frustration and offer or request help
Agir ensemble
Acting Together
Collaborate on a classroom guide to good manners and consolidate listening skills through DELF B1-style tasks
Vocabulary
Les règles de politesse et le savoir-vivre numérique
Rules of politeness and digital etiquette
Les civilités, les incivilités et l’interaction
Civil behavior, incivility, and interaction
La conscience citoyenne, l’écologie et la nature
Civic awareness, ecology, and nature
Le lien social et l’isolement
Social connection and isolation
L’entraide, le volontariat et le soutien
Mutual aid, volunteering, and support
L’engagement et les tiers-lieux
Civic engagement and third places
Grammar
L’interrogation : intonation, est-ce que et inversion
Questions with intonation, est-ce que, and inversion
Exprimer la nécessité et l’obligation : infinitif ou subjonctif
Expressing necessity and obligation with the infinitive or subjunctive
Le subjonctif présent : formes régulières et irrégulières
Regular and irregular forms of the present subjunctive
Exprimer ses sentiments : de + infinitif ou que + subjonctif
Expressing feelings with de + infinitive or que + subjunctive
