Complete your beginner French learning journey with our Beginner French: A2 Conclusion course, suitable for learners who have completed our Beginner French: A2.7 Course or have approximately 220 hours of prior study. This course strengthens your ability to communicate with greater fluency by presenting and explaining information, recounting events, expressing opinions, evaluating experiences, asking for clarification, and offering advice in a range of everyday and cultural situations.

You will consolidate your French through vocabulary related to culture, celebrations, media, surveys and everyday communication while developing more sophisticated grammar including questioning pronouns, superlatives, emphasis structures, the present conditional and advanced question forms. Pronunciation continues to strengthen through work on French vowel sounds and verb endings to support increasingly natural spoken communication. It is ideal for learners interested in learning French for cultural interest or personal enrichment in a supportive and interactive learning environment.

DELIVERY MODE

Language courses are offered in two delivery modes:

• Face-to-Face: WEA Sydney
• Online: via Zoom or Microsoft Teams

Please check the delivery mode listed before enrolling, as some classes are face-to-face and others are online.

TEXTBOOK

• Cosmopolite 2 A2 Livre d'Eleve Book (Hachette: 2017), ISBN: 9782014015997

Suggested Textbook Suppliers: Abbey's Bookshop · Intext Book Company / Language International Bookshop · The Language People

The textbook is not included in the course fee. Please check textbook availability with the supplier and wait until your course is confirmed before purchasing. WEA Sydney cannot accept responsibility for textbook purchases if a course is cancelled. Courses are confirmed or cancelled at least 7 days before the start date.

COURSE OUTLINE

Communication

• Presenting, nuancing, and clarifying facts
• Relating an event
• Responding to a survey
• Evaluating experiences and situations
• Asking for explanations
• Expressing wishes and offering advice

Grammar

• Use of adverbs in the passé composé and imperfect tenses
• Ce qui / ce que… c’est / ce sont for emphasis
• Questioning pronouns: lequel, laquelle, lesquels, lesquelles
• Superlatives expressing superiority and inferiority
• Written and spoken question forms, including inversion
• Present conditional tense for expressing wishes and advice

Phonetics

• Sounds: /ʁ/,
• Sounds: /y/, /Ø/, /u/
• Pronunciation: imperfect and conditional verb endings

Vocabulary

• Vocabulary related to television series
• Expressions for expressing success
• Celebrations, festivals, and cultural events
• Survey results and percentages
• Describing age groups and age ranges
• Culture and the performing arts
• Comics and live performances
• Expressions for advice and wishes

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Communicate in French about experiences, cultural topics, surveys, and personal opinions with increasing fluency and confidence.
2. Use key grammar structures including questioning pronouns, superlatives, emphasis forms, and the present conditional with improved accuracy.
3. Apply relevant vocabulary and pronunciation features in spoken and written communication across a range of everyday and cultural situations.