VII participants from the Royal Malaysian Police and the Ministry of Education and a new participant from SEARCCT. They have expressed intention to take the Delf B1 external examination in 2013. Other Activities Many of the participants also attended several cultural activities and entered contests during the La Semaine de la Francophonie in March as well as the French Art Festival in May and June.
At the French Art Festival
Twenty-two participants registered for French Level I which started on 1 October 2012 and is expected to finish on 27 March 2013. The participants were from the Public Service Department, Royal Malaysian Police, SMK Section 27, National Antidrug Agency, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, Royal Malaysian Customs, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Tourism, Department of Islamic Development, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysian At Alliance française’s library National News Agency (BERNAMA) and Ministry of Home Affairs. Practice Sessions at the Language Laboratory French Level III
Starting May 2012, the language laboratory was opened every Monday evening from 5.30 to 7.30 p.m. This course aimed at equipping the participants with Participants and staff who wished to enhance their the skills to communicate in a social context, participate French language skills could come to the language in informal conversations and cope with practical laboratory for more practice and access additional situations both in speaking and writing. information. A total of fifteen participants registered for this course which started on 2 October 2012 and will continue until 28 March 2013. The participants came from the Ministry of Education, Department of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Museum, Klang Secondary School, Sri Saujana Secondary School, Kajang Federal Religious Secondary School, Inland Revenue Board, Ministry of Tourism, Prime Minister’s Department and Southeast Asia Regional Centre for Counter-Terrorism (SEARCCT). French Level VIII The objective of this course was to consolidate the participants’ knowledge of the French language and improve their effectiveness and confidence in communicating in French. It was also to broaden their knowledge of the culture of French speaking countries. This course which started on 5 October 2012 is conducted only once a week and will continue until September 2013. The four participants currently attending the course are three former French Level
Preparation for Delf Examination At the request of the participants who registered for the internationally recognised Delf A2 examination, special classes were scheduled on Wednesdays and Fridays from 2 May to 22 June 2012. The participants sat for the exam at Alliance Française in June 2012 and all of them passed. SPANISH LANGUAGE Spanish Level V This 80-hour course was conducted from 9 January to 17 December 2012, every Monday from 5.30 to 7.30 p.m. The course was designed to train participants to talk about what they would generally do in specific situations. The other aims of the course were to enable the participants to describe actions based on a situation and talk about actions that refer to events with continuing relevance to a past time. The participants were also exposed to the culinary art, songs and cultural events of different Spanish speaking countries through videos. 145