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French

Why is it worth learning French?

French is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world and an indispensable language on the international stage. French territory extends far beyond the borders of the hexagon: French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, La Réunion, Mayotte, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, etc. The overseas territories are numerous and distributed in all four directions. Among them are many dream destinations for tourists.

Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité! The motto of today's French Republic and the Republic of Haiti is based on the slogans of the French Revolution of 1789. In addition to the history of France, through the language you will learn the values of society, traditions and many artists, philosophers and writers: Molière, Voltaire, Saint-Exupéry, Dumas, Sartre or Descartes and many more. The connection of the French language with culture is obvious.

The saying "Eat like God in France" definitely does justice to the noble national cuisine. French cuisine combines the charm of rural areas with upscale haute cuisine.

You want to refresh your school French or prepare for a trip to your dream destination? Then you will find suitable learning opportunities here depending on your language level.

Language courses and preparatory courses in French

French courses at THI

The THI Language Center offers language and intercultural electives for enrolled students of THI. Depending on your degree program, you can take these subjects as electives with ECTS credit or as free electives with a university certificate. To find out which subjects you can choose for your degree program, please contact the responsible program director directly.

In principle, you can take all subjects of the Language Center, even if a module is not offered as an elective subject for your degree program. If you are interested, you can enroll in a subject after consulting the Language Center, in case that there are still places available.

The course offerings for German as a foreign language include:

1. Course-related compulsory and elective subjects with ECTS credits

  •  General compulsory/elective subjects
  • Electives for language and social competence

2. Free electives that can be taken by all THI students (university certificate)

Please refer to the pdf for the course outline.

For information on course objectives and content, please refer to the Module Handbook of the Language Center.

DELF preparatory course

The THI Language Centre is more than happy to support you in preparing for the Diplôme d’Etudes en Langue Française (DELF).

  • DELF preparatory Course

Internationally recognised language certificates such as the DELF examination can only be gained by passing a test taken at a licensed test centre.

THI language certificates

The THI Language Centre offers a number of courses for THI students as certificate courses. When students pass the examination at the end of the THI course, they are issued with a THI higher education certificate.
THI students will find details of the THI certificate courses in the Language Centre Module Guide on Moodle.

Learn French by yourself

Grammar/spelling and vocabulary trainer

  • Améliorez votre français: Based on Jacques Beauchemin's book (209 leçons pour bien écrire) from 2006, this app also includes many theory exercises that can help you improve your French.
  • Bonjour de France: The websites contain theoretical grammar rules. With the help of French worksheets, learners can continue to improve and catch up on French exercises online.
  • La conjugaison: The free app for conjugating French verbs from the French news magazine L’Obs, which lists more than 9,000 French verbs free of charge.
  • Grammaire française: Spelling, syntax, past tense, verb agreement, punctuation, conjugation...
  • Conjugio helps you practice verb conjugations using real sentences instead of relying only on grammar tables. It makes it easier to understand which tense naturally fits in spoken language.

Dictionaries

Neben den sprachenübergreifenden Online-Wörterbüchern wie Pons, Leo oder Linguee finden Sie hier weitere nützliche Links.

  • Larousse: The Larousse mobile French dictionary.
  • Dictionnaire de rimes: Rhyming dictionary. The tool is designed like a search engine and is easy to use. It allows you to find words with a similar sound, without necessarily being perfect rhymes.
  • Dictionnaire des synonymes et antonymes français: The thesaurus allows you to search for synonyms and antonyms for a word in French with just a few clicks. The free search engine is published by the University of Caen.
  • Synonymo: More than 40,000 synonyms in the French language.

FAQ's

Information about our courses

Appointment

THI students who want to get an appointment please visit Moodle.

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