French Upper Advanced 4 (B2.4) — Term 4, 2026
Course is not currently scheduled for this term.
New classes are added throughout the year as groups move through levels and demand increase. Contact us to register your interest or view currently available courses.
Continue developing your French at B2 level in a structured, supportive course focused on more sustained and nuanced communication.
You’ll explore love, friendship and changing relationship models while learning to describe interpersonal dynamics, structure personal narratives and express feelings, affection and regret more precisely.
Course: French Upper Advanced 4
Level: Upper Advanced / B2.4
Format: Small-group class
Course length: 10 weeks
Lesson length: 90 minutes per week
Textbook: Défi actuel 4
Best for: Students who have completed French Upper Advanced 3 or already understand its main content
What You’ll Cover
- revision and consolidation of French Upper Advanced 3
- discussing marriage and changing relationship models
- exploring romantic narratives in film and television
- discussing friendship and close personal relationships
- examining the influence of social networks on relationships
- exploring love, attachment and the language of affection
- describing character and interpersonal dynamics
- discussing emotions and nuanced personal experiences
- using double object pronouns
- structuring and sequencing spoken and written discourse
- forming and using the past conditional
- expressing regret and reflecting on alternative past outcomes
- developing more detailed personal narratives
- responding more spontaneously and sensitively in conversation
Is This the Right Level?
This course is designed for students continuing directly from French Upper Advanced 3.
You should already be comfortable discussing the body, beauty standards and discrimination, making predictions with the future and future perfect and expressing nuanced opinions about social change.
Students with previous French experience can review the full French Course Level Structure or contact ILB for help choosing the right class.
Course Book
The required course book is Défi actuel 4 and is purchased separately.
Students continuing from French Upper Advanced 3 will normally already have this textbook. The same textbook is used throughout the French B2 Upper Advanced sequence.
French Upper Advanced 4 covers Unit 4, D’amour et d’amitié, of Défi actuel 4.