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French Book Club

French

Intermediate/Advanced 

Book Club Reads Un sac de billes by Joseph Joffo

Course basic

  • Start date: tba
  • Course times: Friday 11.30
  • Course duration: once per month over 24 wks
  • Location: Woking town centre
  • Price: £129  (text book included)    
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What does the course cover?

Discover and discuss a good read. Aimed specifically at those getting to grips with the French novel, the group will tackle a range of contemporaryand classic works, supported by notes and comprehension tasks at home. Meeting monthly club members will  then meet to clarify meaning, discuss and evaluate their responses together.

What will I read?

Un sac de billes by Joseph Joffo

Un sac de billes is a Second World War autobiographical novel by the French  author . It tells the story of his flight, as a small boy, with his brother Maurice to escape from Nazi occupied France to the Zone Libre

Books are shortlisted and the group decides together each new book to be read and discussed.

Is the course at the right level for me?

You will be able to discuss the book in relation to plot, characters, structure,expressing yourself fairly fluently, if not always accurately. You can describe the experiences and events of the book and dreams,hopes & ambitions of the main characters and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans. You should be able to express opinions about the book you have read.   

For a more detailed description of outcomes, please refer to our CEFR* standards sheet, all our courses are mapped to this and this course works towards Level CEFR Level B2+

What next?

The group will choose the next book together to read in the Spring and Summer months