French 1 (Beginners)
Mondays 18:00 - 20:00
Starts 14 October 2024
20 weeks | October - March
Fees from £288
Tutor: Silva De Benedictis
Classroom course at South Kensington
This course is now full - the next one starts in January
Aimed at: Suitable for applicants who have no or very little previous knowledge of French
Welcome to our French 1 course for beginners. This course will give you a general foundation in the language and culture of French-speaking countries so that you can build your knowledge and confidence to deal with a range of everyday situations in French, interacting with people verbally at a basic level, and also develop some basic reading and writing skills.
Activities will include whole class and small group work, individual practice and the use of audio-visual and written material to help develop your experience in a practical and effective way.
Our aim is to get you to a point where you will be able to understand simple questions and information and interact in a very basic way with native French speakers in routine situations, such as when shopping, travelling or buying tickets for entertainment, and to some extent in social situations. We will also teach you the key skills to extract key information from short and very simple written documents, such as notices and brochures, written in French, and to write very short messages and emails for yourself.
We will also discover something of the culture of France and other French-speaking countries.
Upon completion of the course you should be able to perform at Level A1.1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Previous Experience
If you are not entirely new to French we do advise completing a level check before enrolment to establish whether a Beginners course is appropriate for you. Please use our course descriptions as a starting point, then take the French placement test before contacting our French Coordinator for her recommendation: Dr Marine Orain, m.orain@imperial.ac.uk.
Class Recordings
These classes are not recorded
Attendance Certificate
Successful completion of this course leads to the award of an Imperial College attendance certificate
Terms and conditions apply to all enrolments to this course. Please read them before enrolment
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