Level 1
Beginner French
No previous knowledge of French required.
Objectives
- To build basic conversational French and learn essential vocabulary and colloquial expressions for travelling with confidence in France.
Topics we may explore
This is a flexible outline and will be adjusted to meet your needs and interests.
- Introducing yourself and identifying others.
- Talking about your job and place of work — filling an online form.
- How to order drinks and snacks — giving details of family and personal possessions.
- A coach tour of Paris. Booking a room at a hotel. Identifying objects and places. Making enquiries. Spelling names/email addresses.
- Having a meal in a restaurant. How to ask for a table, choose a menu and ask what is available.
- Asking and giving your age. Saying you are hungry/thirsty, hot/cold, expressions with to have.
- Saying where things are and to whom they belong. Place words.
- Places in town. Finding your way around, and making enquiries.
- More activities. Family relationships. Rooms of a house. Making a reservation at a B&B and leaving an answerphone message.
- The weather and seasons. Finding out about people's hobbies. Asking more precise questions.
- Housework and shopping. Telling the time and describing a sequence of events.
- A weekend at the seaside. Travelling by train. Buying tickets. Making enquiries at a tourist office.
- Discussing French culture.
Grammatical structures covered
Beginner Level 1
- Present tense of to be and to have.
- Definite and indefinite articles (the, a).
- Possessive adjectives, singular (my).
- Numbers up to 60, plurals. The French alphabet.
Beginner Level 2
- Partitive (some, any, no…, more of…).
- Possessive adjectives (singular + plural your).
- Present tense of -ER verbs (1st group). “Since / for” (depuis).
- Present tense of faire. Expressions with faire.
- More -ER verbs. Negative and introduction to -IR verbs (2nd group).
- Direct pronouns: him, it, her, them (le, la, l', les).
Beginner Level 3
- More -ER verbs.
- Questions with Who?, What?, When?, How?, Why?
- Frequency adverbs (always, sometimes…).
- Indirect object pronouns (to him, to her).
- Present tense of -RE / -OIR verbs (3rd group).
Courses at this level
Beginner 1Wednesday
(New) Beginner 1 — Wednesday
18:00–19:15 · 14 Jan – 1 Apr 2026
Objectives: to build basic conversational French and learn essential expressions for travelling with confidence in France. This is a working outline, which will be adapted to suit your goals and preferences.
£180
per 12 week term
Beginner 2Monday
Beginner 2 — Monday
19:30–20:45 · 12 Jan – 30 Mar 2026
Continues from Beginner 1. Units 5–9: having a meal in a restaurant, asking and giving your age, place words and finding your way around town.
£180
per 12 week term
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