The General English course is a foundational language module designed specifically for first-year Master’s students in the French Department. Its primary aim is to enhance learners’ proficiency in English through exposure to authentic language, practical communication tasks, and thought-provoking topics that reflect both academic and real-world contexts
          This course emphasizes the four essential language skills: listening, reading, speaking, and writingwithin a communicative, student-centered framework. The focus is not only on linguistic accuracy and fluency, but also on critical thinking, cross-cultural communication, and professional expression.
    Over the course of two semesters, students will explore five thematically rich units:
Narrative Forms : Understanding and telling stories, exploring past tenses and reported speech.
Mastering Languages : Multilingualism and language learning strategies, modals and verb structures.
Humans and Automation :  The role of human skills in a technological world, with modals of possibility and necessity.
Career Preparation : Developing job-related language, practicing interviews, cover letters, and relative clauses.
Climate Control : Engaging with global environmental issues using the present perfect and relevant scientific vocabulary.