B2 Core Program · Upper-Intermediate French
Humains et animaux un miroir renversé
Humans and Animals: A Reversed Mirror
Is an animal simply a companion, or a fascinating mirror of our own humanity? Through a striking documentary, this course explores the emotional, philosophical, and artistic bonds connecting humans and animals. From artistic inspiration and emotional consumerism to interspecies consent, you will challenge familiar assumptions, debate complex issues in French, and discover what the animal gaze reveals about us.
Who It's For
Who this course is made for
B2 learners who want to strengthen French speaking and argumentation through authentic issues
Learners interested in animal ethics, art, emotional bonds, and interspecies communication
Anyone who wants to sharpen critical thinking and express nuanced positions in French
Learners who enjoy documentaries, social questions, and in-depth discussion
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, I can…
From companionship, anthropomorphism, and social judgment to artistic creation and interspecies consent, build the advanced French needed to analyze positions, formulate hypotheses, and debate with nuance.
Discuss animals as companions, artistic muses, and audiences
Analyze anthropomorphism, emotional consumerism, and non-human consent
Use the subjunctive and conditional to express doubt, hypothesis, and unreal situations
Structure arguments through consequence, contrast, concession, intention, and purpose
Use precise vocabulary for vulnerability, self-affirmation, empathy, and reconciliation
Course Content
Four themes, from animal perspectives to human society
Four units move from everyday companionship to ethical and artistic reflection. Documentaries, case studies, and guided discussion develop key B2 language for consequence, doubt, hypothesis, concession, intention, and paradox.
SOMMAIRE · Course OutlineL'animal, muse et partenaire de vie
The Animal as Muse and Life Partner
Explore how animals enter creative and professional life and how intimacy can blur the boundaries between life and art
Le statut de l'animal et l'anthropomorphisme
Animal Status and the Critique of Anthropomorphism
Question love, control, emotional consumerism, and the freedom humans truly grant animals
Non-jugement et affirmation de soi
Non-Judgment and Self-Affirmation
Contrast social judgment with unconditional animal companionship and express vulnerability, acceptance, and emancipation
L'art pour les animaux
Art for Animals
Reverse the roles of human and animal to discuss interspecies consent, non-verbal communication, and new artistic possibilities
Vocabulary
La relation humain-animal et la compagnie
Human-animal relationships and companionship
La création, la muse et le processus artistique
Creation, the muse, and the artistic process
L'anthropomorphisme et le consumérisme affectif
Anthropomorphism and emotional consumerism
Le jugement, la vulnérabilité et l'affirmation de soi
Judgment, vulnerability, and self-affirmation
Le consentement interespèces, l'empathie et la réconciliation
Interspecies consent, empathy, and reconciliation
Grammar
L'inclusion et l'exclusion
Structures of inclusion and exclusion
La conséquence, l'intention et le but
Consequence, intention, and purpose
Le subjonctif et le conditionnel
Doubt, hypothesis, and unreal situations
L'opposition et la concession
Opposition and concession
Le renversement et le paradoxe
Reversal and paradox
