Continue developing your beginner French fluency and confidence with our Beginner French: A2.3 Course, suitable for learners who have completed our Beginner French: A2.2 Course or have approximately 120 hours of prior study. This course helps you strengthen your ability to communicate in everyday situations while expanding your understanding of French grammar and vocabulary. It is ideal for learners interested in learning French for cultural interest or personal enrichment in a supportive and interactive learning environment.

You will practise everyday communication such as understanding a menu, giving opinions, shopping for clothes, comparing customs, and describing evolutions from past to present. Grammar and vocabulary are taught in context to help you use indefinite and partitive articles, the pronoun en, comparison structures, the imperfect tense, reciprocal pronominal verbs, and verbs like payer with confidence. Phonetics is integrated throughout the course, with focused practice on French sounds [b], [p], [ɛ̃], [ɑ̃], [ʒ], [ʃ], and expressive intonation to help you develop clearer and more natural spoken French.

DELIVERY MODE

Delivery mode for individual classes will vary from term to term, but will be listed as the following:

• Face-to-Face: WEA Sydney
• Online: Microsoft Teams

TEXTBOOK

• Cosmopolite 1 A1 Livre d'Eleve Book (Hachette: 2017), ISBN: 9782014015973

Supplier: Abbey's Language Book Centre
Please note that textbook cost is not included in the course fee. In the event of a course being cancelled, WEA Sydney cannot be held responsible for the purchase of any textbooks. Language courses will be confirmed or cancelled at least 7 days prior to their starting date.

COURSE OUTLINE

Communication

• Understanding a menu and giving an opinion
• Going shopping, buying clothes
• Compare different customs
• Speaking about an evolution (yesterday / today)
• Make a negative or positive appreciation

Grammar

• The indefinite articles and the partitive articles
• Expressing accurate amounts
• The pronoun en
• Structures for comparison
• The imperfect tense
• Time markers for talking about the past
• Structures for understanding and welcoming a customer
• The verb payer in the present tense
• Reciprocal pronominal verbs

Phonetics

• Asking questions
• The sounds [b] and [p]
• The sounds [ɛ̃] et [ɑ̃]
• The sounds [ʒ] et [ʃ
• The expressive intonation

Vocabulary

• Nutrition
• Making purchases
• Ingredients for a menu
• Words related to reading
• Gastronomy
• Clothes and accessories
• Structures for making a positive or negative appreciation

LEARNING OUTCOMES

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

1. Take part in everyday communication in French about shopping, gastronomy, clothing, and cultural comparisons.
2. Compare customs, describe past and present situations, and make positive or negative appreciations using appropriate grammatical structures.
3. Communicate more clearly in spoken French by applying correct pronunciation, intonation, and key grammatical patterns in familiar contexts.