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Bienvenue beginners! So, you've decided to learn French. You're a complete beginner, and are full of enthusiasm for taking your first steps into a new language and culture. Our immersive method of teaching involves guiding the class entirely en français from the start. This will help you master the basics quickly and build a strong foundation from day one!

In this course, you’ll learn the basics including:

• Greetings and introductions (Bonjour, je m'appelle Jean)
• How to interact with others in the classroom (Pouvez-vous répéter s'il vous plait? Merci!)
• A digestible intro to the fundamentals of French grammar, including verbs (action words) and nouns (people, places and things)
• Communicating using numbers  (Une baguette, deux croissants et trois chouquettes s’il vous plait.)

With the basics under your belt, you're ready to delve deeper into the wide world of French. This immersive course, with a focus on travel, guides the class entirely en français from the start and will have you navigating your way around the city in French in no time as you learn to :

• Expand your vocabulary to describe yourself and your family in greater detail (Mes parents sont attentionnés.)
• Ask questions
• Communicate your likes and dislikes (J’aime le champagne mais pas les escargots.)
• Indicate your destination (Je veux aller au musée.)
• Ask for directions (C’est dans quelle direction, la gare ?)
• Describe your mode of transport (Je prends le train.)

A1 Essentials will help you revise the key grammar points of the A1 level course, practice your speaking skills with A1-level material, and refine your accent with focussed attention to the basic sounds and phonemes in French.

Whether you are at the beginning or the end of A1 Beginners level, you can attend this workshop as a means of revision and consolidation or as preparation ahead of your usual class.

Pack your bags and take your passport!
Get holiday-ready with this focussed course designed to prepare you to travel around the Francophone world with confidence.

In this course, you will learn to:

• Book a stay at the hotel of your dreams:
  "Je voudrais réserver une chambre pour deux personnes, s’il vous plaît."
• Order a mouth-watering meal at an exquisite restaurant:
  "J’aimerais un verre de Côte du Rhône et un plat du jour, s’il vous plaît."
• Find your way to the next museum:
  "Excusez-moi, comment aller au musée du Louvre?"
• Ask for information to help you choose your next activity:
  "Combien coûte l'activité cuisine, s'il vous plaît ?"
• Make friends and learn how to introduce yourself:
  "Bonjour! Je m’appelle Kévin Garnier, et vous?"

In this course, improve and enhance your speaking and listening skills through lively discussions and meaningful conversations covering a wide array of topical issues, stimulated and supported by articles and videos from the French press.

You've been building a solid foundation in French, and now it's time to get conversational. This immersive course, with a focus on daily life, guides the class entirely en français from the start and will teach you to:

• Communicate about your routine (Je me réveille à 8h00.)
• Chat about your work and its requirements (Je travaille de la maison, c'est pratique.)
• Organise outings in French, suggesting various activities and negotiating meeting times (Retrouvons-nous à 16h pour faire du sport?)
• Accepting or refusing someone else's invitation (Merci mais je suis trop occupé pour participer.)

Buckle up – we're going back to the future and around the Francophone world! In this immersive course, guided entirely en français from the start, you will learn to :

• Talk about memories from the past (Je suis allée en France en 2016.)
• Plan for the near and distant future (Je vais bientôt déménager. Nous saurons bientôt qui a gagné.)
• Plan for travel in a French-speaking country (Nous allons à Nouméa. Quel est le meilleur hôtel ?)
• Appreciate French literature and media
• Give general advice to others (Tu dois porter un chapeau pour te protéger du soleil.)
•  Express your feelings and opinions (Je suis heureuse.)

Continue to progress in leaps and bounds as you discover the richness of French food, fashion and cinema. In this immersive course, guided entirely en français from the start, you will:

• Practice ordering your favourite French dishes (J'aimerais le coq au vin, s'il vous plait)
• Rehearse typical shopping scenarios (Combien coûte cette jupe?)
• Become confident leaving positive and negative feedback (Je n'ai pas du tout aimé cette expérience.)
• Come to grips with key grammatical structures designed to make your French more sophisticated, including two different past tenses (Quand j'étais jeune, je suis allé en France) and pronouns to help avoid repetition in your speech (J'aime les croissants, j'en mange tous les matins.)

You're almost finished the Elementary program! This course wraps up the last of the A2 level, and prepares you to follow the Intermediate level courses. In this immersive course, guided entirely en français from the start, you will broaden your language skills with topics including travel and sports while:

• Revising past tenses, ‘passé composé’ and ‘imparfait’ (Nous sommes allés à Bathurst. Il faisait très beau.)
• Encountering two new pronouns, "qui" and "que"
• Learning how to describe similarities and differences between a selection of things (La chemise rose est plus jolie que la jaune.)
• Complexifying your speech with the formidable subjunctive mood (Il faut que j'y aille.)
• Solidifying your bases with new tricks to recognise grammatical gender

A2 Essentials will help you revise the key grammar points of the A2 level course, practice your speaking skills with A2-level material, and refine your accent with focussed attention to the basic sounds and phonemes in French.

This workshop is designed as the perfect revision and consolidation of learning for students at the end of the A2 or start of the B1 levels. 

In this course, improve and enhance your speaking and listening skills through lively discussions and meaningful conversations covering a wide array of topical issues, stimulated and supported by articles and videos from the French press.

B1 Essentials will help you revise the key grammar points of the B1 level course, practice and perfect your speaking skills with B1-level material, and hone your accent with focussed attention to the basic sounds and phonemes in French.

This workshop is designed as the perfect revision and consolidation of learning for students at the end of the B1 or start of the B2 levels.

With Intermediate 1 now behind you, you're ready to further your progress. Relish in the topics of cooking, cosmetics, vintage culture and "made in France", while exploring French stereotypes and the French education system. In this immersive course, guided entirely en français from the start, you will : 

• Become well acquainted with two new pronouns, "où" and "dont" and posessive pronouns (le mien, le tien)
• Learn to talk about something that is ongoing (Je suis en train de faire….)
• Polish your ability to talk about the recent past and close future (Je viens de boire un café et je vais acheter une baguette.)
• Clarify any confusion you may have around more advanced uses of avoir in the past tense (Ces photos? Le client les a adorées. Ce voyage? Les clients l’ont adoré.)

Never has the past been clearer. In this immersive course, guided entirely en français from the start, you will : 

• Revise the construction and use of all the past tenses in French
• Discover topics including literature, ecology, news and media, and professional and volunteer work
• Be introduced to the passive voice (Les livres ont été vendus.)
• Deepen your knowledge of the conditional and the subjunctive

The puzzle pieces are really starting to fall into place as you progress through the intermediate level. In this immersive course, guided entirely en français from the start, you will : 

• Explore immigration and how to navigate your way through the (in)famous French administration (Vous devez compléter ce formulaire et le remettre à la réception.)
• Dive more deeply into the uses of the conditional and subjunctive
• Learn to use the pronouns "où" and "dont" with confidence (C’est la fille dont je t’ai parlée.)
• Reference what another person has said, without quoting them directly (Il m’a dit qu’il allait s’en occuper tout de suite.)

Your progress remains steady as you now near the end of the Intermediate level. In this immersive course, guided entirely en français from the start, is designed to help you refine your communicative skills in order to:

• Suggest advice (Je vous recommande…)
• Become emphatic and persuasive in your speech (Il faut absolument que tu ailles voir cette personne.)
• Appear convincing in your arguments
• Negotiate with poise, and make concessions and compromises

In this final Intermediate-level course, you will step into the world of the professional, with a particular focus on journalism. In this immersive course, guided entirely en français from the start, you will : 

• Revise how to talk about two actions that are occurring simultaneously (Il travaille en écoutant de la musique.)
• Recounting what somebody else has said (Ils ont expliqué que le magasin est fermé en début d'après-midi.)

In this course, improve and enhance your speaking and listening skills through lively discussions and meaningful conversations covering a wide array of topical issues, stimulated and supported by articles and videos from the French press.

You’re now an “Upper-Intermediate” user of French, and are becoming more and more independent with each passing day. In this immersive course, guided entirely en français from the start, you will : 

• Complexify your speech with lequel and auxquels (Ce sont les professionnels auxquels j’ai confié mon apprentissage.)
• Be inspired by French innovation and technology
• Cultivate an appreciation of art, music, ballet, musicals, literature and more

In this immersive course, guided entirely en français from the start, you will learn to express yourself more nuancedly as you learn to :

• Master the passive voice (Le professeur a été impressionné par ses élèves.)
• Speculate about what could or might happen (Il pourrait avoir quitté le pays.)
• Express uncertainty in the subjunctive mood (Je ne suis pas certain qu’il puisse quitter le pays.)
• Skillfully agree your past participles with avoir (Ce sont les expressions que les étudiants ont préférées.)
• Explore stimulating topics as ecology, politics, economics, health sport and volunteering

​Félicitations ! Your dedication and hard work have led you to speak French as if it were your mother tongue. At this level, you can expect to:

• Sharpen your grammatical knowledge
• Fluidify your speech
• Broaden your vocabulary over a vast range of topics
• Engage with your peers in lively debates and conversations, using newspaper articles, videos and radio program extracts as stimulus

In this course, improve and enhance your speaking and listening skills through lively discussions and meaningful conversations covering a wide array of topical issues, stimulated and supported by articles and videos from the French press.