French Upper Advanced 5 (B2.5) — Term 4, 2026
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Term 4, 2026
Classes begin: Week commencing 12 October 2026
Course length: 10 weeks
Your first lesson: On your selected class day during that week
Continue developing your French at B2 level in a structured, supportive course focused on more sustained and nuanced communication.
You’ll explore contemporary workplaces, recruitment and the future of employment before examining creative professions and how objects and ideas are designed, produced and presented.
Course: French Upper Advanced 5
Level: Upper Advanced / B2.5
Format: Small-group class
Location: Balam Balam, Brunswick
Course length: 10 weeks
Lesson length: 90 minutes per week
Textbook: Défi actuel 4
Best for: Students who have completed French Upper Advanced 4 or already understand its main content
What You’ll Cover
- revision and consolidation of French Upper Advanced 4
- discussing management styles and workplace culture
- exploring wellbeing and relationships at work
- discussing recruitment, professional skills and meritocracy
- examining changes in employment and the future of work
- exploring the influence of AI and technology
- discussing creative and technological professions
- describing professional experience and abilities
- asking formal questions and using inversion
- communicating and persuading in professional contexts
- describing how something is designed, produced or created
- exploring manufacturing and creative processes
- using the present participle and gerund
- developing and defending nuanced opinions
- responding more spontaneously to contrasting viewpoints
Is This the Right Level?
This course is designed for students continuing directly from French Upper Advanced 4.
You should already be comfortable discussing love, friendship and changing relationship models, describing interpersonal dynamics and using the past conditional to express regret and alternative past outcomes.
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 4 will normally already have this textbook. The same textbook is used throughout the French B2 Upper Advanced sequence.
French Upper Advanced 5 covers Unit 5, Au taf, and the first dossier of Unit 6, L’art et la manière, of Défi actuel 4.