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Going straight into French 2 - is this possible?
« on: June 23, 2018, 07:35:49 pm »
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Hey y'all
So I'm wanting to learn french next semester but unfortunately I didn't do french 1 in sem 1.
And I can't do it as a winter intensive since I'm already doing a winter subject.
So I know how you have to take a test to see what level you're at to start any language a uni melb, is it possible for me to just brush up on my french knowledge from high school (I didnt do it in VCE thought) and take the test and get into french 2?

(and if so does anyone know how much/what content is covered in french 1?)

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Re: Going straight into French 2 - is this possible?
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2018, 08:46:39 pm »
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Hey y'all
So I'm wanting to learn french next semester but unfortunately I didn't do french 1 in sem 1.
And I can't do it as a winter intensive since I'm already doing a winter subject.
So I know how you have to take a test to see what level you're at to start any language a uni melb, is it possible for me to just brush up on my french knowledge from high school (I didnt do it in VCE thought) and take the test and get into french 2?

(and if so does anyone know how much/what content is covered in french 1?)

Hello!

I'd imagine that you would have to do French 1 first (though I'm not 100% sure- it would be best to email the French 2 coordinator and elaborate on your situation). I'm about to embark on the French winter intensive, and from what material has been posted on the LMS, it seems that students attain a fairly solid knowledge of the language by the end. From a content point of view, the course covers colours, numbers, days and months, and vocabulary relating to university, clothing, food, generations (where a film is watched) and vacations. To apply this, a strong understanding of grammar is obviously required. So, the course covers conjugations of the regular verbs (and common irregular ones), the formation of interrogatives, the future and past tense, negations and prepositions. If you are allowed to start French 2 immediately, I'd recommend that you start reading Vis-à-vis, given that the course closely coheres to this textbook.

All the best :)
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