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A1.1 French for Travellers

French for Travelers - Non-French Speakers

Term Course
You'll learn helpful vocabulary and key phrases for navigating your way through a Francophone country. With guidance from our native French-speaking (and well-travelled) teachers, we will help you order a croissant without flinching, ask for directions with poise, enjoy friendly encounters with locals and much more.
Pace: 2.5 hours / week over 8 weeks
Workshops

A1 Refresher

Workshops

You are feeling rusty after this long break from French. Come and do revisions of the level A1. You will review present conjugation, imperative, future and passé composé.

Suitable for A1.3 Level

Not suitable for Teens and Kids


Pace: 2 hours / day over 2 days

A2 Refresher

Workshops

You are feeling rusty after this long break from French. Come and do revisions of the level A2. You will review the past tenses, conditional, subjunctive and complement pronouns.



Suitable for A2.3 Level

Not suitable for Teens and Kids
Pace: 2 hours / day over 2 days

Conversation - A2 +

Workshops
Come and practice your conversational skills. Put into practice what you have learnt in class and develop your interactions skills.

For completed A2.1 level

Not suitable for Teens and Kids

Pace: 2 hours / day

Conversation - B1 +

Workshops

Come and practice your conversational skills. Put into practice what you have learnt in class and develop your interactions skills.


For completed B1.1 level

Not suitable for Teens and Kids


Pace: 2 hours / day

Discover France with VR

Workshops

If you want to visit France, come to this workshop. With our VR helmet, visit different cities in France and practice how to describe a city and give your impressions.

From level A1.2 achieved


Pace: 2 hours / day

Grammaire 101

Workshops

Come and strengthen your knowledge of French grammar. In this course, you will learn the nature and function of words for instance what is COD, a COD a complement du nom… and how these words work in a sentence. This will help you improve your sentence structure and understanding of new rules.

Open to all level students.


Pace: 2 hours / day

Les temps du passé

Workshops

 Come and revise the different past tenses (passé compose, imparfait and plus-que-parfait). Revise their formation and learn the differences.



From A2.1 level

Not suitable for Teens and Kids

Pace: 2 hours / day

Le subjonctif

Workshops

Come and refresh or perfect your knowledge of subjunctive. Formation and use will be the focus of this workshop, through exercises but also fun activities.

Minimum Level to Enrol: A2.3

Not suitable for Teens and Kids


Pace: 2 hours / day
A1 Beginners

A1.1 Beginners

Term Course

Learn how to greet others, introduce yourself and someone else, give and ask for information (name, address, telephone number...), and start to express yourself in another language! Textbook: Mon Alter Ego


    Pace: 2.5 hours / week over 8 weeks

    A1.2 Beginners

    Term Course

    Travel to another city, describe it, ask for and give directions and learn how to book an accommodation.

    Talk about your family and learn how to describe someone. Express your personal tastes and study how to give more information about yourself (profession, passions, dreams).

    Textbook: Cosmopolite 1/A1, Dossier 2 + 3


    Pace: 2 hours / week over 10 weeks

    A1.2 Beginners

    Term Course

    Travel to another city, describe it, ask for and give directions and learn how to book an accommodation.

    Talk about your family and learn how to describe someone. Express your personal tastes and study how to give more information about yourself (profession, passions, dreams).

    Textbook: Cosmopolite 1/A1, Dossier 2 + 3


    Pace: 2.25 hours / week over 9 weeks

    A1.3 Beginners

    Term Course

    Let’s go out ! Describe your daily routine at home and at work, ask for and give information about events, accept or decline someone’s invitation.

    Explore the past with passé composé and talk about past events and experiences, give advices with imperative.

    Textbook: Cosmopolite 1/A1, Dossier 4 +  Lesson 1-3 in 5


    Pace: 2 hours / week over 10 weeks

    A1.4 Beginners

    Term Course

    After doing revision of passé composé, travel in francophone countries, choose a travel destination and learn future. Describe cities, talk about seasons and climate and express your sensations and emotions.

    Textbook: Cosmopolite 1/A1, Dossier  5 (From lesson 4) + 6


    Pace: 2 hours / week over 10 weeks

    A1.4 Beginners

    Term Course

    After doing revision of passé composé, travel in francophone countries, choose a travel destination and learn future. Describe cities, talk about seasons and climate and express your sensations and emotions.

    Textbook: Cosmopolite 1/A1, Dossier  5 (From lesson 4) + 6


    Pace: 2.25 hours / week over 9 weeks

    French for Travelers - Non-French Speakers

    Term Course
    You'll learn helpful vocabulary and key phrases for navigating your way through a Francophone country. With guidance from our native French-speaking (and well-travelled) teachers, we will help you order a croissant without flinching, ask for directions with poise, enjoy friendly encounters with locals and much more.
    Pace: 2.5 hours / week over 8 weeks
    A2 Intermediate

    A2.1 Intermediate

    Term Course

    Let’s talk about food! Understand a menu, order and give your opinion about a restaurant making comparisons with others.  Go back to the past and learn imparfait to compare yesterday and today. Go shopping and learn about clothing trends and and become a fashion critic!

    Text Book: Cosmopolite 1,  Dossier 7 + 8


    Pace: 2 hours / week over 10 weeks

    A2.1 Intermediate

    Term Course

    Let’s talk about food! Understand a menu, order and give your opinion about a restaurant making comparisons with others.  Go back to the past and learn imparfait to compare yesterday and today. Go shopping and learn about clothing trends and and become a fashion critic!

    Text Book: Cosmopolite 1,  Dossier 7 + 8


    Pace: 2.25 hours / week over 9 weeks

    A2.2 Intermediate

    Term Course

    Discover different types of tourism in France, compare linguistic stays, describe unusual accommodations and express rules and recommendations with various structures such as subjunctive.

    Textbook: Mon Alter Ego 2/A2


    Pace: 2.5 hours / week over 8 weeks

    A2.3 Intermediate

    Term Course

    Let’s talk about work in France and Australia. Speak about your career, give advices and learn about a new past tense: le plus-que-parfait.

    Talk also about past experiences, express your emotions and learn how to structure your speech with time markers.

    Textbook: Cosmopolite 2/A2, Dossier 2 (From lesson 4) + 3


    Pace: 2 hours / week over 10 weeks

    A2.5 Intermediate

    Term Course

    ​Share your fears and feelings when you were traveling and learn about the indirect speech.

    Talk about cooking, cosmetics, repairs cafés and vintage. Discuss success stories and learn how to give a chronology to yours.

    .Textbook: Cosmopolite 2/A2, Dossier 5 (From Lesson 4) & 6


    Pace: 2 hours / week over 10 weeks
    B1 Advanced

    B1.1 Advanced

    Term Course

    Let’s move abroad! Classify and describe the best cities in the world to live in, give your opinion about exchanging jobs and houses and discuss about memories of moving to a new city. Learn how to express your intentions and wishes with conditional

    Text Book: Cosmopolite 3/B1,  Dossier 1 


      Pace: 2 hours / week over 10 weeks

      B1.3 Advanced

      Term Course

      What do you do tonight? Talk about going out: discuss events, persuade and choose what to do. Discover customs of different countries and discuss cultural differences. Learn how to describe someone’s behaviour.

      Text Book: Cosmopolite 3/B1,  Dossier 3 


      Pace: 2.25 hours / week over 9 weeks

      B1.4 Advanced

      Term Course

      ​This term is about sustainable development. Give your opinion on the topic, debate, learn how to make reservations and offer solutions. Talk about local sustainable project and encourage people to act to save our planet.

      Text Book: Cosmopolite 3/B1,  Dossier 4


      Pace: 2 hours / week over 10 weeks

      B1.7 Advanced

      Term Course
      What for the future? Talk about scientific innovation, present and explain scientific discoveries and technologic innovations. Imagine our future and the consequences of these innovations on it.

      Text Book: Cosmopolite 3/B1 - Dossier 7


      Pace: 2 hours / week over 10 weeks
      B2 Upper Advanced

      B2.4 Upper Advanced

      Term Course

      Do you like social media? Discuss data protection and the evolution of traditional medias. Debate around the use of social media in our daily life and if we need a “detoxication” from it. 

      Textbook: Cosmopolite 4/B2, Dossier 4


      Pace: 2 hours / week over 10 weeks

      B2.5 Upper Advanced

      Term Course
      Let’s talk society issues! Discuss actual health issues, debate and give your opinion about the use of gender in French language. Talk about the place of politic in France and why sport is an important part of French culture


      Pace: 2 hours / week over 10 weeks

      Upper Advanced B2 Conversation

      Term Course

      While doing revisions and practicing French grammar, improve your everyday spoken French. Through different topics increase your vocabulary and your knowledge about France and its culture. This class is focus on speaking and improving your fluency. It requires a B2 level minimum.


      Pace: 2.5 hours / week over 8 weeks
      C1 Upper Advanced

      C1.7 Upper Advanced

      Term Course

      C1.8 Upper Advanced

      Term Course

      Upper Advanced C1 Conversation

      Term Course

      ​While doing revisions and practicing French grammar, improve your everyday spoken French. Through different topics increase your vocabulary and your knowledge about France and its culture. This class is focus on speaking and improving your fluency. It requires a B2 level minimum.


      Pace: 2.5 hours / week over 8 weeks

       

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