French Language Course For Beginners : From Scratch To A1.1

Learn the fundamentals of French with a dynamic, pleasant and efficient course. Native Experienced French teacher.

What you'll learn
The fundamentals of French
Memorize basic vocabulary like the numbers, the days, the months, the weather, etc
Learn grammar rules to use basic structures correctly
Practice pronunciation and phonetics
Build short sentences
Ask and answer simple questions
Discover French songs and singers
Requirements
This is a total beginner class, no previous knowledge is needed
Enthusiasm and seriousness
A pen and a notebook might be useful
Description
The course teaches you the fundamentals of French (level A1.1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).It is meant for absolute beginners with English as a native tongue.We will start from the very beginning and progress slowly, constantly re-using what we learn and practicing various types of exercises (repetitions, translations, dictations, reading, audios, etc…) for you to be active and so that you don't forget what you learn.You will learn so many things in this course, after taking it, you will be able to :- Greet, say goodbye and introduce yourself- Count - Give basic information about yourself- Talk about some of your activities- Ask for personal information- Give and receive directions- Talk about your city- Give your impressions- Etc …I am the instructor : Benoit, a native 15-years experienced teacher as French as a foreign language.In this course, you will find material like:Animated videosPowerpoint slides with grammar descriptionsVideos for phonetics explanationsAudio and oral exercises to practice your listening and pronunciationLessons in PDF file to downloadAnd also quizzes, printable pdf documents to complete and sum up the lecturesA few French songs to studySo don't waste more time and take your first steps in French with me now.À bientôt ;) 

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: First words

Lecture 2 First words : the very Basics to start with

Lecture 3 Greeting and saying goodbye

Lecture 4 Phonetics and pronunciation

Lecture 5 Personal pronouns

Lecture 6 Difference between "tu" and "vous".

Lecture 7 Saying your name

Lecture 8 Phonetics and pronunciation

Lecture 9 Practice and Repetition 1

Lecture 10 Dictation Unit 1

Lecture 11 Oral Comprehension Unit 1

Section 3: Letters

Lecture 12 The alphabet

Lecture 13 Vocabulary practice

Lecture 14 Phonetics : French vowels

Lecture 15 Pronunciation exercise

Lecture 16 Phonetics and pronunciation

Lecture 17 Accents and cedilla

Lecture 18 Accents

Lecture 19 Audio exercise

Lecture 20 Speaking exercise

Lecture 21 Cedilla

Lecture 22 Phonetics : French consonants

Lecture 23 Dictation Unit 2

Lecture 24 Oral Comprehension Unit 2

Section 4: Indefinite article structures

Lecture 25 Indefinite article

Lecture 26 Phonetics and pronunciation

Lecture 27 Identifying (this is a …)

Lecture 28 A few expressions using "c'est"

Lecture 29 Mentioning the existence (there is…)

Lecture 30 Practice and Repetition 2

Lecture 31 Dictation Unit 3

Lecture 32 Oral Comprehension Unit 3

Section 5: Nationalities and countries

Lecture 33 Auxiliary verb "être" (to be)

Lecture 34 Phonetics and pronunciation

Lecture 35 Audio exercises : nasal vowels

Lecture 36 Nationality adjectives

Lecture 37 Nationality adjectives 2

Lecture 38 Nationality adjectives 3

Lecture 39 Audio exercises : nationality adjectives

Lecture 40 Definite articles

Lecture 41 Audio exercise

Lecture 42 Names of countries

Lecture 43 Oral exercise : names of countries

Lecture 44 Dictation Unit 4

Lecture 45 Oral Comprehension Unit 4

Section 6: Numbers

Lecture 46 Counting (1)

Lecture 47 Counting from 17 to 39

Lecture 48 Counting from 40 to 69

Lecture 49 Counting from 70 to 99

Lecture 50 Listening exercises : numbers 0 to 99

Lecture 51 Reading and pronunciation exercise : numbers 0 to 99

Lecture 52 Big numbers

Lecture 53 Listening exercises : big numbers

Lecture 54 Reading and pronunciation exercise : big numbers

Lecture 55 Signs and punctuation

Lecture 56 The days of the week

Lecture 57 The months

Lecture 58 Saying the date

Lecture 59 Seasons and celebration days

Lecture 60 Practice and repetition 3

Lecture 61 Dictation Unit 5

Lecture 62 Oral Comprehension Unit 5

Section 7: Giving personal information

Lecture 63 Auxiliary verb "avoir" (to have)

Lecture 64 Giving personal information using "être" and "avoir"

Lecture 65 Oral exercises : giving personal information

Lecture 66 Practice and repetition 4

Lecture 67 Dictation Unit 6

Lecture 68 Oral Comprehension Unit 6

Section 8: From words to sentences

Lecture 69 Negative form

Lecture 70 "Oui, non, si" answers

Lecture 71 Questions with "quel" (which)

Lecture 72 Regular verbs

Lecture 73 Oral exercises with regular verbs

Lecture 74 Practice and repetition 5

Lecture 75 Irregular verb "ALLER" (to go)

Lecture 76 "Aller" + prepositions + countries/cities

Lecture 77 Irregular verb "FAIRE" (to do) + activities

Lecture 78 Practice and repetition 6

Lecture 79 Dictation Unit 7

Lecture 80 Oral Comprehension Unit 7

Section 9: Here and there

Lecture 81 Place prepositions (1)

Lecture 82 Practice and repetition 7

Lecture 83 Place prepositions (2)

Lecture 84 Place adverbs "ici, là, là-bas"

Lecture 85 Place prepositions : Exercise

Lecture 86 Practice and repetitions 8

Lecture 87 Irregular verb "PRENDRE" (to take) and means of transport

Lecture 88 In town (1)

Lecture 89 In town (2)

Lecture 90 Practice and repetition 9

Lecture 91 Irregular verb "VENIR" (to come)

Lecture 92 Audio exercises : singular or plural

Lecture 93 Indicating direction

Lecture 94 Indicating direction : audio exercises

Lecture 95 Demonstrative adjectives

Lecture 96 Audio exercise : Ce / Ces

Lecture 97 Giving your impressions (1)

Lecture 98 Giving your impressions (2)

Lecture 99 Dictation Unit 8

Lecture 100 Oral Comprehension Unit 8

Lecture 101 Conclusion

Any english speaking beginner,Anyone who would like to refresh his/her knowledge of basic French,Do not take the course if you just want to learn sentences by heart,Do not take the course if you do not want to learn any grammar