Online French Level 9 is a Pre-Intermediate French course for students who have been studying French for a while. Online French Level 9 requires that you have previously studied French Level 8 or a course of at least 96 class hours.

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.

Lessons take place once a week.

Course Content

Coursebook

*Coursebooks are to be purchased after the first lesson and are required for the course. Books will be available to purchase from reception on the day of your second lesson.

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 online platform to download lesson summaries, notes and resources 
• Support and advice from French language teachers 
• French language study tips 

Online French Level 9 Saturdays is a Pre-Intermediate French course for students who have been studying French for a while. Online French Level 9 requires that you have previously studied French Level 8 or a course of at least 96 class hours.

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.

Lessons take place once a week.

Course Content

Coursebook

*Coursebooks are to be purchased after the first lesson and are required for the course. Books will be available to purchase from reception on the day of your second lesson.

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 online platform to download lesson summaries, notes and resources 
• Support and advice from French language teachers 
• French language study tips 

Online French Level 10 is a Pre-Intermediate French course for students who have been studying French for a while. Online French Level 10 requires that you have previously studied French Level 9 or a course of at least 108 class hours.

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.

Lessons take place once a week.

Course Content

Communicative aims

• Talking about past events
• Talk and describe a town/city/country
• Talk about shopping habits
• Talk about daily life
• Indicate preferences
• Tell an anecdote

Linguistic aims

• The subject pronoun on
• The relative pronoun qui, que and ou
• Gender and plural of nouns
• Comparative and superlative forms
• Prepositions before names of cities and countries
• The pronouns y, en and COI
• Vocabulary:
  • Town/City
  • Shops and Trading
  • Services
  • Housing
  • The Kitchen
  • Geography

Students should have some knowledge of the ‘passé compose’ and the ‘imparfait’ and understand the basic difference between them before taking this course.

Sociocultural aspects

• Urban city in Bruxelles and Nivelles.
• Life in Paris

Coursebook

Inspire 2 – A2: Livre de l’élève 2 + audio/video + Parcours digital* 

Unit 3

*Coursebooks are to be purchased after the first lesson and are required for the course. Books will be available to purchase from reception on the day of your second lesson.

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 online platform to download lesson summaries, notes and resources 
• Support and advice from French language teachers 
• French language study tips 

French Level 11 is a Pre-Intermediate French course for students who have been studying French for a while. French Level 11 requires that you have previously studied French Level 10 or a course of at least 120 class hours.

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.

Lessons take place once a week.

Course Content

Communicative aims

• Expressing desires
• Polite inquiry
• Discussing household chores
• Providing advice
• Offering suggestions
• Conveying obligations
• Formulating hypotheses
• Vocabulary:
  • Housing and housework
  • Work

Linguistic aims

• Present conditional (Le conditionnel présent)
• The Imperative (L’impératif)
• Expressing obligation (L’expression de l’obligation)
• “Souhaiter + infinitif” construction
• “Espérer que + indicatif” structure
• “Si + présent + futur” construction

Coursebook

Inspire 2 (A2)* 

Unit 4

* Coursebooks are to be purchased after the first lesson and are required for the course. Books will also be available to purchase from reception on the day of your second lesson.

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 online platform to download lesson summaries, notes and resources 
• Support and advice from French language teachers 
• French language study tips 

Online French Level 12 is a Pre-Intermediate French course for students who have been studying French for a while. Online French Level 12 requires that you have previously studied French Level 11 or a course of at least 132 class hours.

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.

Lessons take place once a week. 

Course Content

Communicative aims

• Talking about experience in life
• Providing biographical information and situating events in time. 
• Expressing the manner and intensity of events and highlighting their exceptional nature. 
• Discussing chronological order and expressing dissatisfaction. 

Linguistic aims

• Le passé composé et l’imparfait  (used for ongoing past actions). 
• Temporal indicators “il y a” (ago) and “depuis” (since/for). 
• Expressions of duration with “pendant” (during), “de… à” (from… to), “en” (in/within). 
• Adverbs ending in “-ment” (similar to “-ly” in English). 
• Intensity adverbs “très” (very), “trop” (too), and “beaucoup” (a lot). 
• Exclamatory forms: “Quel” + noun (What a), “Comme” + phrase (How), “Qu’est-ce que” + phrase (What). 
• “Trop de” + noun (too much/many of). 
• Anteriority and posteriority: “avant” + noun (before), “avant de” + infinitive (before doing), “après” + noun (after). 
• Adverbs ending in “-ment” (similar to “-ly” in English) 
• Negation: “ne pas encore” (not yet), “ne plus” (no longer)
• Vocabulary:
  • Sports, adapted sports, community involvement, and associations. 
  • Air travel, famous landmarks, and cuisine. 
  • Time markers, emotions, sensations, media, and communication. 

Students should already have some knowledge of ‘passé compose’ and ‘imparfait’ and the difference between them, as well as the present conditional, before taking this course.

Socio-cultural aspects: 

• Influential sports figures, Olympics and Paralympics, popular sports in France, iconic locations, and notable chefs or culinary figures. 

Coursebook

Inspire: Livre de l’élève 2 + audio/video + Parcours digital* 

Unit 5

* Coursebooks are to be purchased after the first lesson and are required for the course.  Books will be available to purchase from reception on the day of your second lesson.

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 online platform to download lesson summaries, notes and resources 
• Support and advice from French language teachers 
• French language study tips 

Online French Level 13 is an Intermediate course for students who have studied the French language to a fairly high level. Online French Level 13 requires that you have previously studied French Level 12 or a course of at least 144 class hours. 

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.

Lessons take place once a week.

Course Content

Communicative aims

• Expressing our thoughts and advocating for something we deeply care about by presenting arguments.  
• Discussing sustainable products 
• Discussing personal consumption habits and preferences. 

Linguistic aims

• Expression of cause: ‘à cause de, grace à, parce que, comme’ 
• Expression of consequence: ‘donc, alors, c’est pourquoi’ 
• Possessive adjectives ‘mon, ton, son, notre, votre, leur’and their variations 
• Possessive pronouns ‘le mien, le tien, le sien, le nôtre, le vôtre, le leur’ and their variations 
• Interrogative pronoun ‘lequel’ and its variation 
• Demonstrative pronouns ‘celui-ci, celui-là’ and their variation 
• Expression of quantity with partitive articles and phrases to express precise quantity. 
• Pronoun ‘en’ 
• Use of negative ‘ne …que’ to express restriction 
• Vocabulary:
  • Protesting, the environment and natural disasters 
  • Diets and lifestyle, materials, clothes and accessories, beauty products and words to give your opinion 
  • Food and shopping, quantities and containers, sustainability. 

       

Students should already have a good knowledge of the indicative tenses before taking this course.

• French youth protest for the environment 
• the manner in which French individuals engage in consumption 

Coursebook

Inspire 2 – A2: Livre de l’élève 2 + audio/video + Parcours digital* 

Unit 6 (Lessons 21, 22, 23)

*Coursebooks are to be purchased after the first lesson and are required for the course. Books will be available to purchase from reception on the day of your second lesson.

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 online platform to download lesson summaries, notes and resources 
• Support and advice from French language teachers 
• French language study tips 

Online French Level 14 is an Intermediate course for students who have studied the French language to a fairly high level. French Level 14 requires that you have previously studied French Level 13 or a course of at least 156 class hours. 

Our French language classes take place at our school in Covent Garden with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. Evening language classes at IH London are dynamic and interactive as the emphasis is on spoken communication, which is achieved through lots of group work and role-plays. At the same time, there is systematic work on grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, so that you can improve on all aspects of the language. Your teacher speaks in the target language throughout, so that you can refine your comprehension and listening skills. 

Lessons take place once a week.

Course Content

Communicative aims

• Staying informed: finding out and learning about something

• Presenting a problem and proposing solutions to it
• Giving your opinions
• Expressing cause and purpose
• Expressing consequence

Linguistic aims

• News and media

• Equipment and cultural events
• Access to culture
• Art

Grammar

• Expressing the opposition using ‘mais, par contre’

• Indefinite adjectives ‘ quelques, plusieurs, tout (le), chaque
• Indirect object pronouns ‘y’ and ‘en’
• The gerundive
• The negation ‘ rien, personne, ni…ni’

• The French and media

• Cultural access in France

Students should have a good knowledge of the indicative tenses, the present conditional and subjunctive present before taking this course.

This language course includes

• Access to our online platform to download lesson summaries, notes and resources 
• Support and advice from French language teachers 
• French language study tips