CEFR Level Communicative Aims Vocabulary Grammar Sociocultural Aspects
A1.1 Greeting and responding, introducing oneself, asking/giving basic information, talking about possessions Classroom objects, numbers, alphabet, days of the week, nationalities, personal belongings, months, seasons Definite/indefinite articles, subject pronouns, gender of country names, present tense verbs, interrogative adjectives, possessive adjectives Introduction to French-speaking countries, formal/informal greetings, landmarks
A1.2 Making requests, discussing routines, describing home, expressing likes/dislikes Common activities, home/furniture vocabulary, daily life verbs Simple present tense, prepositions of place, questions/negations Everyday life in French-speaking countries, basic social etiquette
A2.1 Discussing family, describing people, talking about hobbies, writing short messages Family terms, descriptive adjectives, hobbies, everyday objects Past tenses, reflexive verbs, comparatives/superlatives Family structures, popular hobbies in French-speaking regions
A2.2 Organising outings, describing past events, giving directions, writing informal letters Travel, past experiences, directions Past participles, imperfect tense, future tense Travel, transportation, common pastimes, historical sites
B1 Discussing past experiences/future plans, describing events/places, making suggestions, expressing opinions Detailed descriptions, plans, opinions Consolidation of past tenses, conditional mood, relative pronouns Cultural events, regional variations in French-speaking cultures,
French politics and worldwide, current affairs,
B2 Analysing texts/media, detailed descriptions, formal presentations, writing reports/essays Advanced descriptive vocabulary, current affairs, academic language Advanced conditional mood, subjunctive mood, complex sentence structures Media and cultural analysis, current socio-political issues, French politics and worldwide
C1 Debating, analysing texts, expressing complex ideas, writing academic essays Complex and nuanced vocabulary, idiomatic expressions Mastery of subjunctive mood, passive voice, complex sentence structures, discourse markers French literature and culture, comparative cultural studies,
C2 High-level argumentation/discourse, producing nuanced texts, engaging in professional/academic discussions Specialised vocabulary, nuanced language Perfect control of tenses/moods, complex grammatical structures, subtle distinctions Deep cultural insights, advanced historical and socio-political understanding