Return to French (lower intermediate)
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6 Dates Available
- Start Date: 15 May 2025End Date: 19 Jun 2025Thu (Evening): 18:15 - 20:15OnlineFull fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
- Start Date: 02 Jul 2025End Date: 23 Jul 2025Wed (Evening): 18:00 - 21:00In PersonLocation: Keeley StreetDuration: 4 sessions (over -4 weeks)Course Code: LBF18Tutors: Valerie JézéquelFull fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
- Start Date: 21 Jul 2025End Date: 25 Jul 2025Mon-Fri (Daytime): 13:00 - 16:00In PersonFull fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00
- Start Date: 28 Oct 2025End Date: 02 Dec 2025Tue (Evening): 18:30 - 20:30OnlineLocation: OnlineDuration: 6 sessions (over -6 weeks)Course Code: LF299Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £103.00
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What is the course about?
This course aims to enable you to communicate accurately in a French-speaking country in everyday situations and to enjoy the language and culture of the French speaking world.
What will we cover?
Topics: holidays, personal experiences, free time, advice and instructions, past habits, plans for the future.
Grammar: simple past, present perfect and imperfect tenses, present continuous tense, comparatives, object pronouns, the imperative and future tense.
What will I achieve?
By the end of this course you should be able to...
- make comparisons
- speak about your experiences
- say what you have and haven’t done
- describe events in the past
- say where you went on holiday last year, what you did and when
- say what you used to do and what people were like in the past
- give advice
- talk about the future.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
This is a revision course that will enable students to revise and consolidate the main points of lower intermediate French.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
Our courses are characterised by spoken interaction and communication. Typical activities include pair work, group work, role plays and games. A range of resources will be used to support your learning including presentations, hand-outs, and audio-visual material.Homework is highly recommended to consolidate learning.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
Based on tutor's own material.
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
A level 2 French course starting soon. The tutor will advise you at the end of the course about the next steps.
Please note: We reserve the right to change our tutors from those advertised. This happens rarely, but if it does, we are unable to refund fees due to this. Our tutors may have different teaching styles; however we guarantee a consistent quality of teaching in all our courses.