Course Overview
Our Online French language classes take place via Zoom with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. The interactive lessons emulate our face-to-face classes, and via teacher screen-sharing, students are able to experience a live classroom environment. From vocabulary activities and covering grammar points on the white board, to listening exercises, file sharing and ‘break-out rooms’ to practise speaking with classmates, students can learn without leaving the comfort of their homes. Take a look at an example of one of our online classes in this video.
Course Content
Communicative aims
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Express Quantities
- Talk about a dish
- Describing what we usually eat
- Telling about past events
Vocabulary
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Ingredients
- Kitchen utensils
- Kitchen appliances
- Culinary stages
- Quantity
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The determined quantity – pas de, un peu de, beaucoup de
- The infinitive – affirmative and negative
- The verb manger in the present tense
- Words in a restaurant
- Marriage
- Time
- Cinema
Grammar
- The past tense (Le passé composé) with avoir and être (affirmative and negative forms)
- Past participles en é and I
- The subject pronoun on
- Chronological indicators: d’abord, puis, ensuite
Sociocultural aspects
- Le Café de l’Ancienne Gare de Fribourg (Switzerland)
- The French at the table
Coursebook
Inspire: Livre de l’élève 1 + audio/video + Parcours digital*
Unit 6 (Lesson 20, 21, 22)
* Coursebooks are to be purchased after the first lesson and are required for the course.
Course Information
- Average class size: 8 (maximum 12)
- Students must be 18+ years old
- Existing language ability: 48 class hours of previous French language study required
- Classes will take place via Zoom
- To join this course students must be already familiar with the present tense as in this course we will be starting the past tense (Passé Composé).
Class Schedule
- The classes are 2 hours per week
- The course runs for 6 weeks
- The course takes place on weekday evenings 18:30 – 20:30
- The possible study options for this course are as follow:
Wednesdays: 11th January – 15th February 2023
Tuesdays: 21st February – 28th March 2023
Thursdays: 6th April – 18th May 2023*
Mondays: 22nd May – 26th June 2023**
Tuesdays: 4th July – 8th August 2023
Wednesdays: 23rd August – 27th September 2023
Thursdays: 5th October – 9th November 2023
Mondays: 13th November – 18th December 2023
*Due to the Easter holiday there is a break in the course on the 13th of April. The course still consists of 6 lessons spread out over 7 weeks.
**Due to the Spring Bank holiday, the lesson on Monday 29th of May will be rescheduled to Friday the 2nd of June unless otherwise agreed with your teacher. The course still consists of 6 lessons in total.
What do you need for an online class?
To get the most from this course you will need:
- A reliable internet connection
- A desktop computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone
- A web camera on or attached to the device you are using
- An integrated microphone in the device you are using or an attached headset
- The day before your course, you will be sent via email all the details you need to connect to the IH London Zoom classroom
This language course includes:
- Access to our Moodle platform to download lesson summaries, notes and resources
- Support and advice from French language teachers
- French language study tips
Need assistance choosing your course?
Take a look at our FAQs page which has lots of information about our classes.
FAQs – Foreign Languages
- Course selection
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