French Level: Absolute Beginner (20 hours)

Language: French
Level: Absolute Beginner (20 hours)
Location: Your home or office
Cost: £700

Topics, Vocabulary, Themes

The alphabet and personal/basic greetings.
Introductions – how to ask and say name, surname, where one lives, what one studies and does for living.
Introducing someone else: what he/she studies, does for living, lives, name and surname
Numbers (1-10,000) – asking for and reading out a telephone number
Use of masculine and feminine for nationalities
Writing postcards and letters in French; addresses and city/country of residence
Verbs “être” and “avoir” – differences
Family: members of the family (mother, father, cousin, grandparents, etc)
Physical descriptions
Formal and Informal: “tu” and “vous”
Use of “there is, there are” (Il y a) - naming objects
How to say “how much is something”, use of “how many”/”how much” (combien)
In a restaurant. How to order food and drinks.
French cities and towns - maps
Buying from a supermarket or a shop
How to book a room in a hotel and check-in
Prepositions – where things are in the room or in the house
Body parts
Months of the year, days of the week.
How to say the time and ask for the time

Grammar

Phonetics – the alphabet
Use of subject pronouns “je” (I) and “tu” (you singular). Verb “être” – to be.
Regular verbs
Masculine and feminine, singular and plural for nouns and adjectives
Use of the third person “il/elle” (he/she)
Verbs “être” and “avoir” – differences
The definite article (the) masculine and feminine, singular and plural (le/la/les)
The indefinite article (a) masculine and feminine, singular and plural (un/une/des)
Physical descriptions
“Il y a” (there is/there are)
Prepositions

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