Complete syllabus · Édito B1

Complete syllabus B1

33 sessions · 3 hours/session · 1 session/week · Édito B1 textbook (3ᵉ édition)

Into independent use: society & culture, city & study, work & citizenship.

Built from the official « Tableau des contenus » of the Édito (Didier FLE) textbook. Session counts are allocated by Oui Academy.

Module 1

Society & culture

Friendship & family, living together, the arts, the Francophone world & food.

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Édito B1 · Unité 1 — Les uns et les autres

Friendship & family (listening – speaking)

Grammar: passé composé and imparfait · pluperfect (1)Pronunciation: l'allongement de la syllabe accentuée

Communication — Introduce someone important, recount a past family event
- Vocabulary: family relationships, love, time markers
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Listening: a singer's interview about childhood · Speaking: present someone important
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Édito B1 · Unité 1 — Les uns et les autres

Friendship in writing (reading – writing)

Grammar: negation placement · time markers (1)

Communication — Describe a friendship, recount a memorable encounter
- Vocabulary: friendships, dating shows
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Reading: a family-journal article, a literary extract · Writing: a request letter, a friendship memory
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Édito B1 · Unité 1 — Les uns et les autres

Friendship day (project)

Grammar: révision Unité 1

Communication — Give your opinion on reality TV (DELF)
- Vocabulary: culture · Francophonie
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Atelier: organise a friendship day
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Édito B1 · Unité 2 — Vivre ensemble sur la Terre

Manners & civic values (listening – speaking)

Grammar: question registers · expressing feelingsPronunciation: les groupes rythmiques

Communication — React to an email, disagree, debate civic values
- Vocabulary: living together, chivalry, third places
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Listening: a podcast on feminism and chivalry · Speaking: explain good manners to a friend (DELF)
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Édito B1 · Unité 2 — Vivre ensemble sur la Terre

Greener neighbourhoods (reading – writing + DELF)

Grammar: expressing necessity and obligation

Communication — Offer help, draft ideas to improve your area
- Vocabulary: eco at school, community spaces, civic values
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Reading + Writing + DELF listening practice
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Édito B1 · Unité 3 — Cultivons les arts

Inviting someone to a festival (listening – speaking)

Grammar: the present conditionalPronunciation: la prononciation de la consonne finale

Communication — Persuade someone to go to a festival, give your impressions
- Vocabulary: shows, music, circus, pop culture
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Listening: planning an outing, a circus programme · Speaking: talk about a music style
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Édito B1 · Unité 3 — Cultivons les arts

Cinema & criticism (reading – writing)

Grammar: restriction · cause and consequence

Communication — Describe your country's film world, write a film review
- Vocabulary: the arts, theatre and cinema, rap
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Reading + Writing
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Édito B1 · Unité 3 — Cultivons les arts

The class artwork (project)

Grammar: révision Unité 3

Communication — Argue for a cultural trip project (DELF)
- Vocabulary: culture · Francophonie
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Atelier: symbolise the class with an artwork
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Édito B1 · Unité 4 — La francophonie jusque dans l'assiette

Learning languages & mother tongues (listening – speaking)

Grammar: indefinites (quantity) · will, wishPronunciation: l'enchaînement vocalique

Communication — Discuss language learning, guess the meaning of idioms
- Vocabulary: language, the Francophone world and elsewhere
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Listening: favourite Francophone words · Speaking: life abroad
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Édito B1 · Unité 4 — La francophonie jusque dans l'assiette

Francophone food (reading – writing + DELF)

Grammar: negation

Communication — Give your view on English dominance, describe arriving abroad
- Vocabulary: food, a culinary festival, regional variants
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Reading + Writing + DELF reading practice
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Édito B1 · Ôn tập — Révision Module 1 + DELF B1

Module 1 review & DELF B1 practice (listening + reading)

Grammar: révision transversale Unités 1–4

Communication — Review of Units 1–4, group-paper strategies
- Vocabulary: society, arts and Francophonie vocabulary
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): 2 mock listening & reading papers · criteria-based correction · error log

Module 2

City & study

Urban life, travel, training & career change, better consumption.

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Édito B1 · Unité 5 — Mondes urbains

Gentrification & heritage (listening – speaking)

Grammar: the passivePronunciation: les liaisons facultatives

Communication — Give your view on gentrification and heritage conservation
- Vocabulary: the city and neighbourhood life
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Listening + Speaking
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Édito B1 · Unité 5 — Mondes urbains

City vs countryside (reading – writing)

Grammar: adjective position · nominalisation

Communication — Describe how your area has changed, express regret about moving
- Vocabulary: monuments, city walkability, urban and rural life
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Reading + Writing
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Édito B1 · Unité 5 — Mondes urbains

The most liveable city (project)

Grammar: révision Unité 5

Communication — Give a point of view on sharing public space
- Vocabulary: culture · Francophonie
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Atelier: elect the most liveable French city
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Édito B1 · Unité 6 — En route !

Family travel (listening – speaking)

Grammar: pluperfect and past tenses · time markers (2)Pronunciation: le « h » aspiré

Communication — Give your view on travel, discuss family trips
- Vocabulary: travel: preparation and experience
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Listening + Speaking
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Édito B1 · Unité 6 — En route !

Sustainable travel (reading – writing + DELF)

Grammar: place prepositions and adverbs

Communication — Write an article promoting local tourism, define yourself as a traveller
- Vocabulary: travel: transport and tourism, micro-adventure, sustainable tourism
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Reading + Writing + DELF writing practice
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Édito B1 · Unité 7 — Apprendre… encore et toujours !

Types of training (listening – speaking)

Grammar: simple relative pronounsPronunciation: l'élision

Communication — Compare two types of training, review a campus
- Vocabulary: studies, connected campuses, master's degrees
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Listening + Speaking
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Édito B1 · Unité 7 — Apprendre… encore et toujours !

Career change & motivation letters (reading – writing)

Grammar: purpose · the gerund

Communication — Write a motivation letter to join a master's programme
- Vocabulary: learning, career change, jobs
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Reading + Writing
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Édito B1 · Unité 7 — Apprendre… encore et toujours !

Presenting a Francophone school (project)

Grammar: révision Unité 7

Communication — Discuss the jobs you would like to do
- Vocabulary: culture · Francophonie
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Atelier: present a Francophone school's programme
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Édito B1 · Unité 8 — Mieux consommer !

Solidarity consumption (listening – speaking)

Grammar: expressing opinion · pronouns y and enPronunciation: l'intonation montante et descendante

Communication — Give your view, agree or disagree on a project (DELF)
- Vocabulary: consumption and the economy, collaborative delivery
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Listening + Speaking
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Édito B1 · Unité 8 — Mieux consommer !

Reconditioned goods & crafts (reading – writing + DELF)

Grammar: opposition and concession

Communication — Describe a bad purchase, explain what a tool is for
- Vocabulary: crafts, manual trades, refurbishment, digital cleanup
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Reading + Writing + DELF speaking practice
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Édito B1 · Ôn tập — Révision Module 2 + DELF B1

Module 2 review & DELF B1 practice (writing)

Grammar: révision transversale Unités 5–8

Communication — Review of Units 5–8, essay plan and connectors
- Vocabulary: city, travel, training and consumption vocabulary
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Mock essay (160–180 words) · criteria-based correction · themed vocab

Module 3

Work & citizenship

Wellbeing at work, new leisure, self-presentation, being a citizen.

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Édito B1 · Unité 9 — Mieux-être au travail

Job interviews (listening – speaking)

Grammar: condition and hypothesisPronunciation: la courbe intonative

Communication — Discuss and run a job interview
- Vocabulary: the job market, the career path
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Listening + Speaking
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Édito B1 · Unité 9 — Mieux-être au travail

Office life & engagement (reading – writing)

Grammar: -ment adverbs · time relationships

Communication — Write an imaginary colleague's profile, advise a stressed person
- Vocabulary: office life, disconnecting, mental overload
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Reading + Writing
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Édito B1 · Unité 9 — Mieux-être au travail

Workplace wellbeing guide (project)

Grammar: révision Unité 9

Communication — Present your view on volunteering (DELF)
- Vocabulary: culture · Francophonie
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Atelier: build a workplace-wellbeing guide
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Édito B1 · Unité 10 — Du neuf dans les loisirs

Sport & games (listening – speaking)

Grammar: reported speech (present) · compound relative pronounsPronunciation: sons [i] [y] [u]

Communication — Discuss sport and video games, persuade someone to visit an exhibition (DELF)
- Vocabulary: physical and digital activity, board games, immersive exhibitions
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Listening + Speaking
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Édito B1 · Unité 10 — Du neuf dans les loisirs

Museums & new tech (reading – writing + DELF)

Grammar: the conditional for unverified information

Communication — Write a message to organise a games night, imagine the future internet
- Vocabulary: games and tech innovation, new tech in museums
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Reading + Writing + DELF reading practice
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Édito B1 · Unité 11 — (Se) mettre en scène

Self-image online (listening – speaking)

Grammar: time markers (2) · comparative specificsPronunciation: voyelles nasales [ɛ̃] [ɑ̃] [ɔ̃]

Communication — Debate self-image, discuss others' judgment
- Vocabulary: self-staging, social media
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Listening + Speaking
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Édito B1 · Unité 11 — (Se) mettre en scène

Self-development & streamers (reading – writing)

Grammar: reported speech (past) · self-fulfilment vocabulary

Communication — Present an artist's work, give your view on reading novels
- Vocabulary: improv, self-help books, streamers
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Reading + Writing
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Édito B1 · Unité 11 — (Se) mettre en scène

French-learning videos (project)

Grammar: révision Unité 11

Communication — Talk about a charity event and persuade someone to donate (DELF)
- Vocabulary: culture · Francophonie
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Atelier: recommend videos to improve your French
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Édito B1 · Unité 12 — Être citoyen(ne)

An inclusive society (listening – speaking)

Grammar: future forms · inclusion vocabularyPronunciation: sons [o] [ɛ] [ø]

Communication — Describe an ideal society, look for solutions for a more inclusive city
- Vocabulary: sign language, an inclusive society, inequalities
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Listening + Speaking
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Édito B1 · Unité 12 — Être citoyen(ne)

Voting & participation (reading – writing + DELF)

Grammar: time markers (3) · double pronouns

Communication — Speak about whether to vote, present an association's social project
- Vocabulary: citizenship, foreigners' voting rights, abstention
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Reading + Writing + DELF speaking practice
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Édito B1 · Bilan — Bilan final B1

Full DELF B1 mock + wrap-up

Grammar: synthèse des acquis B1

Communication — Full mock: listening, reading, writing, speaking (interview, interaction task, sustained monologue)
- Vocabulary: all B1 vocabulary and grammar
- 4-skill task (listening · speaking · reading · writing): Sit all four skills · criteria-based correction · achievement review · preparation for B2

Ready to move up to B2

Next level → B2

Society & culture

Friendship & family (listening – speaking)

Friendship in writing (reading – writing)

Friendship day (project)

Manners & civic values (listening – speaking)

Greener neighbourhoods (reading – writing + DELF)

Inviting someone to a festival (listening – speaking)

Cinema & criticism (reading – writing)

The class artwork (project)

Learning languages & mother tongues (listening – speaking)

Francophone food (reading – writing + DELF)

Module 1 review & DELF B1 practice (listening + reading)

City & study

Gentrification & heritage (listening – speaking)

City vs countryside (reading – writing)

The most liveable city (project)

Family travel (listening – speaking)

Sustainable travel (reading – writing + DELF)

Types of training (listening – speaking)

Career change & motivation letters (reading – writing)

Presenting a Francophone school (project)

Solidarity consumption (listening – speaking)

Reconditioned goods & crafts (reading – writing + DELF)

Module 2 review & DELF B1 practice (writing)

Work & citizenship

Job interviews (listening – speaking)

Office life & engagement (reading – writing)

Workplace wellbeing guide (project)

Sport & games (listening – speaking)

Museums & new tech (reading – writing + DELF)

Self-image online (listening – speaking)

Self-development & streamers (reading – writing)

French-learning videos (project)

An inclusive society (listening – speaking)

Voting & participation (reading – writing + DELF)

Full DELF B1 mock + wrap-up