Margarita Smagina
Margarita holds a PhD in literature from Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, and is a professional translator, working with English, French and Russian. She has extensive experience teaching languages in a variety of learning contexts. Having grown up in the south of Russia, Margarita has since lived in Saint-Petersburg, Lyon, Paris, and Berkeley, and currently resides in Seattle.
Intermediate 201 - Part 1 (SPRING TERM) : 201-A, Part 1
Mondays at 6:00-8:00pm
03/29/2021 to 04/26/2021
Instructor: Margarita Smagina
Required: 106 or equiv. Prepare for CECR A2 level.
Chapters 1-2.
Communication: Proposing/accepting/refusing an outing; understanding literary extracts; writing a postcard or posting an on-line commentary; sharing one’s interests, dislikes, origins.
Grammar: Passé composé with être; imparfait ; negation; « y », « en » ; adjective placement.
Phonetics: /s/- /z/; la liaison with « en ».
THIS IS PART 1 OF 201 LEVEL. SIGN UP FOR PART 2 IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE LEVEL.
Call us to sign-up: 503-223-8388
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Intermediate 201 - Part 2 (SPRING TERM) : 201-A, Part 2
Mondays at 6:00-8:00pm
05/03/2021 to 05/31/2021
Instructor: Margarita Smagina
Required: 106 or equiv. Prepare for CECR A2 level.
Chapters 1-2.
Communication: Proposing/accepting/refusing an outing; understanding literary extracts; writing a postcard or posting an on-line commentary; sharing one’s interests, dislikes, origins.
Grammar: Passé composé with être; imparfait ; negation; « y », « en » ; adjective placement.
Phonetics: /s/- /z/; la liaison with « en ».
THIS IS PART 2 OF 201 LEVEL. IF YOU HAVEN'T COMPLETED PART 1, BEFORE SIGNING UP PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE.
Call us to sign-up: 503-223-8388
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Kick-Start French - High Intermediate - B1 : Kick-Start_French_B1
Tuesday through Fridays at 5:00-7:30pm
03/23/2021 to 03/26/2021
Instructor: Margarita Smagina
Get a head start on the next level, have an in-depth review and practice during the two-week long break between Winter and Spring term! The brand-new Kick-start French Program is a 4-day intensive brush-up class (2.5 hours per day with two short beaks). Each class will focus on grammar, vocabulary and conversation skills.
High Intermediate students (B1)
Practice sharing an opinion. Discuss current events, political issues, and predict changes coming in the 21st century while perfecting your knowledge of past, future, conditional and subjunctive tenses. Grammar will include object and relative pronouns.
Tuesday through Friday, March 23-26, 5-7:30pm.
PRE-REQUISITES: EDITO 206 OR HIGHER. If you are not sure about your level, please contact the office at info@afportland.org for evaluation.
Call us to sign-up: 503-223-8388
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