French B2 course for teachers: confident spoken French through French culture
An Erasmus+ week in Bordeaux where you push your spoken French to B2 through debate on French cinema, cultural encounters and creating a short film.
Plan your Erasmus mobilityFrench B2 language course for teachers · Part of our Erasmus+ teacher training courses in Bordeaux
Reaching B2 is less about new grammar and more about expressing ideas with nuance and confidence, especially out loud. This course pushes your spoken French forward by engaging with French culture rather than textbooks.
In Bordeaux you debate ideas around French cinema, meet local personalities and even create a short film, all in French. It sits within our wider Erasmus+ teacher training courses.
Why work on your French B2 through debate and cinema?
- Speak with nuance: debating ideas develops the fluency and precision that define B2.
- Learn through culture: French cinema opens rich, motivating material for real discussion.
- Use French for real: cultural outings and encounters put your speaking to the test.
- Create, do not just study: making a short film consolidates language through a shared project.
What you will learn during this French B2 course
- Express and defend opinions on complex topics with nuance.
- Understand fast, authentic French from films and native speakers.
- Use the vocabulary of cinema, culture and ideas.
- Collaborate in French to plan, script and film a short piece.
What you will be able to do after this course
- Hold a confident, spontaneous discussion on cultural and abstract topics.
- Follow French films and debates without subtitles.
- Give a structured spoken argument and respond to counter-arguments.
- Bring authentic French culture and film into your own teaching.
Explore the course in detail
Objectives, content and programme
This B2 course aims to move your spoken French from correct to confident and nuanced. Through debate on French cinema and cultural encounters, you develop the fluency, precision and cultural awareness that characterise the B2 level.
The goal is practical and expressive: to speak spontaneously about ideas, and to carry that confidence into your teaching.
By the end you will express and justify opinions on complex topics, understand authentic spoken French, and use the language of cinema and culture with ease.
You will also have collaborated, in French, to produce a short film, a concrete sign of your progress.
The course is built on speaking: film screenings feed structured debate, cultural outings create real conversation, and a collaborative short-film project ties everything together.
You experience an active, discussion-led approach where French is the working language throughout the week.
Each day follows the same thread: understand, experience, design and transfer.
Monday: understanding ideas through French cinema
Morning
- Setting your speaking goals and the vocabulary of cinema and ideas
- First screening: watching and discussing a French film extract
Afternoon
- Guided debate: expressing and justifying opinions
- Walking discovery of cultural Bordeaux
Tuesday: debating and expressing nuance
Morning
- Discourse markers and the language of argument
- Screening and structured debate on a chosen theme
Afternoon
- Small-group debates with peer feedback
- Introduction to the short-film project
Wednesday: cultural encounters
Morning
- Meeting a local personality: interview and discussion in French
- Note-taking and reporting back
Afternoon
- Planning your short film: idea, script and roles
- Rehearsing dialogue
Thursday: creating your short film
Morning
- Filming on location in Bordeaux
- Improvising and refining spoken French
Afternoon
- Editing and adding commentary
- Peer review of the films
Friday: presenting and reflecting
Morning
- Film screenings and exchange of European practices
- Reflecting on your spoken progress
Afternoon
- Final discussion and personal action plan
- Course evaluation, Europass and certification
Approach, impact and practical details
What lifts speaking to B2 is authentic input plus real reasons to talk: a film raises questions, and debate turns them into extended, spontaneous speech.
We focus on discourse markers, nuance and reformulation, the tools that make you sound fluent, not just correct.
You gain transferable strategies for confident speaking: structuring an argument, using cinema and culture as prompts, and running debates you can reuse with your own learners.
For rich authentic material, see TV5MONDE’s resources for learning French.
Beyond the week, your stronger spoken French and cultural repertoire feed directly into your teaching, exchanges and international projects.
This course is part of our Erasmus teacher training courses in Bordeaux, and many participants return to run film and debate projects with their classes.
We help with your Learning Agreement and preparation, and you follow a clear, documented programme during the week.
Afterwards you receive your Europass Mobility certificate and evaluation, plus any documents your National Agency requires for recognition.
Bordeaux offers cinema, festivals and a lively cultural scene, ideal for practising French through real cultural life.
Well connected across Europe, it makes teacher mobility easy to organise and inspiring.
Target audience
This course suits teachers with a solid intermediate French who want to reach confident B2, especially in speaking, as well as trainers, counsellors and school staff who work in or through French. Participants come from primary, secondary, vocational and adult education, higher education and NGOs, and the shared focus is expressing ideas with fluency and nuance.
Erasmus+ funding: how it works
This French B2 course is priced to fit within the Erasmus+ grant. Teachers, trainers, headteachers, school leaders and any staff of an education organisation can apply for a KA1 grant, so your institution may cover travel, accommodation, meals, cultural activities and the course fees through the grant.
Because the pricing is aligned with the Erasmus+ grant, you can choose the options that suit you and still remain within your funding.
Erasmus+ quality standards
This course is delivered in line with the Erasmus Quality Standards: for every session we provide a clear description and its learning outcomes, the dates, the venue and the names of the provider and trainers.
We support you through certification and the validation of learning outcomes, from the Learning Agreement to the Europass Mobility certificate, and can provide additional documents, photos and a short video on request for dissemination.
Quality standards for our courses
- European values and policies
- Composition of the group and networking opportunities
- High quality teaching
- Inspiring and interactive learning
- Trustworthy, innovative and relevant content
- Use of digital tools and blended learning
- Continued learning
- Facilitating institutional impact
- Certification of learning outcomes
- Advance and complete information about the course
- Straightforward application process
- Preparation
- Transparent costs
- Changes and cancellations
- Support before, during and after the course
- Qualified staff
- Proportionate duration and schedule of the course
- Appropriate venue
- Inclusion
- Feedback and assessment
Our Erasmus+ organisational quality standards
- Practical arrangements
- Health, safety and respect of applicable regulations
- Preparation
- Monitoring and mentoring
- Support during the activity
- Evaluation and recognition of learning outcomes
- Core tasks, keeping ownership of the activities
- Integrating results of mobility activities in the organisation
- Developing capacity
- Regular updates
- Gathering and using participants’ feedback
- Sharing results within the organisation
- Sharing results with other organisations and the public
- Publicly acknowledging European Union funding
- Inclusion and diversity
- Digital education
- Active participation in the network of Erasmus organisations
- Environmental sustainability and responsibility
What is included in the course
- Guidance throughout: full-day support during the course
- Erasmus+ fundable: eligible for KA1 grants
- Flexible arrangements: easy changes with minimal restrictions
- Culture included: screenings, outings and encounters
- Certificate of attendance
Official Erasmus+ validation
To ensure the recognition of your French B2 course for teachers, we provide all required European certification and Erasmus+ compliance documentation:
- ✓ Europass Mobility: Official recognition of your professional development and teaching skills.
- ✓ Quality Commitment: Full compliance with Erasmus+ quality standards.
- ✓ Final Certification: Official certificate of attendance with training hours.
Social & cultural programme
Your Erasmus+ teacher mobility in Bordeaux is also an opportunity to experience French culture and build connections with other European teachers.
- ✓ Welcome aperitif: Network with European colleagues in a relaxed setting.
- ✓ Guided city tour: Discover Bordeaux’s UNESCO World Heritage sites.
- ✓ Local recommendations: Explore the best markets, cafés and cultural spots.
Optional premium add-ons can be arranged on request on Saturdays (e.g. Arcachon Bay & the Dune du Pilat, or a Médoc / Saint-Émilion château; other options available according to your interest).
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Start my projectFrequently asked questions
Yes. It is fully KA1-eligible, so an Erasmus+ grant can cover travel, accommodation, meals and course fees.
A solid B1 is the ideal starting point; the course is designed to move you towards confident B2, with a strong focus on speaking.
Yes. In small groups you plan, script and film a short piece in French, a motivating way to consolidate spoken fluency.
You receive a Europass Mobility certificate and a certificate of attendance; the course runs one week in Bordeaux, in groups of up to 16.
Teachers’ zone
Our online programmes let you maximise your learning potential and bring your new skills straight into your everyday teaching. Participants also get virtual classroom access.