Level A1
Module 1
- to discover basic elements of the language, such as the different phonemes, the alphabet and its pronunciation
- to discover the foundation of the language such as conjugations, auxiliaries, numbers, etc.
- to learn how to form simple sentences about personal topics such as one's family
- how to start interacting with others by asking and answering simple questions
- More information on lesson duration, resources, self-study, methodology and intended outcomes are provided in the Complete French Course Study Guide which is available to all active 'Complete French Course' students in their account area.
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Learning objectives
- to learn how to introduce yourself in French
- to learn some French formal and informal greetings
- to learn some basic French vocabulary, to get you started with French and lay some early foundations
- to learn the French numbers 1-10
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Learning objectives
- to revise French greetings
- to learn how to describe the weather and seasons in French
- to learn the French days of the week
- to learn to count from 1 to 20 in French
- to learn French ordinal numbers
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Learning objectives
- to be able to express feelings/emotions in French
- to learn the French months of the year
- to learn to express a date in French
- to learn numbers from 0 to 100, 1000 in French
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- to learn the French alphabet
- to learn how to spell your name in French
- to learn to pronounce various combinations of letters in French
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Learning objectives
- to learn the definite articles
- to learn the indefinite articles
- to learn the partitive articles
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Learning objectives
- to learn about French subject pronouns
- to learn the French auxiliary verbs avoir (to have) and être (to be) in the present tense
- to learn about adjective agreement and position in French
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- to learn useful conjunctions of coordination in French
- to express the date of your birthday, as well as your age, in French
- to learn French colours
- to learn some more French adjectives
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Learning objectives
- to learn to conjugate the French verb faire (to do/make) in the present tense
- to learn some expressions with the French verb faire
- to learn when to use faire (to do) and jouer (to play)
- to learn some French time expressions in order to build more complex sentences using these 2 verbs
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Learning objectives
- to learn to conjugate the French verb aller (to go) in the present tense with some prepositions
- to learn about other French prepositions
- to practise using French prepositions
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Learning objectives
- to learn what an infinitive verb is in French
- to learn about moods and tenses in French
- to learn about the 3 groups of verbs in French
- to learn how to conjugate French verbs from the 1st and 2nd groups in the indicative present
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Learning objectives
- to learn to conjugate 3rd group French verbs in the indicative present
- to learn about French impersonal verbs
- to learn about the French expression être en train de
- to learn about the imperative mood in French
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Learning objectives
- to learn to use simple French negations in the present tense
- to transform an affirmative sentence into a negation in French
Level A2
Module 2
- to continue working on sentence building as well as new grammar points
- to learn the passé composé
- to start reading and understanding short texts
- to communicate with more ease as long as it is short, simple and on topics already studied
- More information on lesson duration, resources, self-study, methodology and intended outcomes are provided in the Complete French Course Study Guide which is available to all active 'Complete French Course' students in their account area.
CEFR level covered
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Learning objectives
- to revise rules around French adjectives
- to learn some simple French comparatives
- to learn some simple French superlatives
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Learning objectives
- to learn about French possessive adjectives
- to learn about French demonstrative adjectives
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Learning objectives
- to learn how the passé composé is formed with the French auxiliary verb avoir (to have) and how to use it
- to learn how the passé composé is formed with the French auxiliary verb être (to be) and how to use it
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Learning objectives
- to learn how to ask questions in French
- to practise using the French interrogative adverb quand (when)
- to practise using the French interrogative adverb où (where)
- to practise using the French interrogative adverb comment (how)
- to practise using the French interrogative adverb combien (how much)
- to practise using the French interrogative adverb pourquoi (why)
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Learning objectives
- to learn more about questions using French interrogative adjectives
- to learn more about questions using French interrogative pronouns
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- to identify irregular plural nouns in French
- to identify irregular adjectives in French
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- to learn about French adverbs, their role, construction and position
Level B1
Module 3
- to work on more challenging grammar points such as connectives and pronouns
- to learn more tenses including the future, conditional and imperfect
- to understand the main points of a longer conversation with familiar topics
- More information on lesson duration, resources, self-study, methodology and intended outcomes are provided in the Complete French Course Study Guide which is available to all active 'Complete French Course' students in their account area.
CEFR level covered
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Learning objectives
- to learn how to form and use the futur proche (near future) in French
- to learn how to form a participe présent (present participle) in French
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Learning objectives
- to learn to conjugate 1st, 2nd and 3rd group French verbs in the future tense
- to learn how to transform a verb or adjective into a noun (nominalisation)
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Learning objectives
- to learn about French reflexive verbs
- to learn to conjugate a French reflexive verb in the présent, futur proche, futur simple and passé composé
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Learning objectives
- to learn about the imparfait in French
- to learn how to conjugate a French verb in the imparfait
- to learn the difference between the imparfait and passé composé in French
- to learn about the passé récent
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Learning objectives
- to learn about simple French relative pronouns: qui, que, quoi, dont and où
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Learning objectives
- to learn about French possessive pronouns (mine, yours, etc.)
- to learn about French demonstrative pronouns (this one, that one, etc.)
- to learn about French emphatic pronouns (me, you, him, etc.)
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Learning objectives
- to learn about French direct and indirect object pronouns
- to learn about the difference between the adverbial pronouns EN and Y in French
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Learning objectives
- to learn about the conditionnel in French
- to learn to conjugate French verbs in the conditionnel présent
- to learn how to translate modals could, should and would in French
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Learning objectives
- to learn how to form complex negative constructions with compound tenses, reflexives and imperatives in French
- to learn to use negations with pronouns, double negations and negations with two verbs in French
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Learning objectives
- to learn to make comparison with nouns in French
- to learn more complex French comparative structures
Level B2
Module 4
- to work on challenging grammar points such as complex relative pronouns
- to learn more complex tenses including the passé simple and subjunctive
- More information on lesson duration, resources, self-study, methodology and intended outcomes are provided in the Complete French Course Study Guide which is available to all active 'Complete French Course' students in their account area.
CEFR level covered
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Learning objectives
- to learn about the subjunctive in French
- to learn how to conjugate a French verb in the subjunctive
- to learn common phrases and verbs which require the subjunctive in French
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Learning objectives
- to learn about irregular conjugations in the subjunctive in French
- to learn about the use of the subjunctive in interrogative and negative sentences in French
- to learn how to form a past subjunctive in French
- to learn about the ne explétif in French
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Learning objectives
- to learn about compound prepositions in French
- to look at more complex prepositional structures in French
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Learning objectives
- to learn about complex French relative pronouns
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- to learn how to conjugate a French verb in the pluperfect tense
- to learn when to use the pluperfect tense
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- to learn when to use the future perfect in French
- to learn how to form the future perfect in French
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- to learn when to use the past conditional in French
- to learn how to form the past conditional in French
Level C1
Module 5
- to understand a speech or a discussion even if its structure is not very clear or is mostly based on “implicit meaning”
- to be able to express yourself spontaneously with a degree of fluency close to that of a native speaker
- More information on lesson duration, resources, self-study, methodology and intended outcomes are provided in the Complete French Course Study Guide which is available to all active 'Complete French Course' students in their account area.
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Learning objectives
- to learn when to use the past historic in French
- to learn how to form the past historic in French
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Learning objectives
- to learn the difference between the active and the passive voice in French
- to learn how to transform one voice into the other in French
Level C2
Module 6
- to be able to read, understand and write any type of document, even specialised texts like academic articles
- More information on lesson duration, resources, self-study, methodology and intended outcomes are provided in the Complete French Course Study Guide which is available to all active 'Complete French Course' students in their account area.
CEFR level covered
Core video
Learning objectives
- to learn about sequence of tenses in French
- to recognise which French tense to use in a subordinate clause in relation to the main clause
CEFR levels covered
Core video
Learning objectives
- to learn the difference between direct and indirect speech in French
- to learn how to transform direct speech into indirect speech in French
- to learn how to transform a direct interrogation into an indirect interrogation in French