Continue developing your beginner French fluency and confidence with our Beginner French: A1.2 Course, suitable for learners who have completed our Beginner French: A1.1 Course or have approximately 20 hours of prior study. This course helps you strengthen your communication skills for everyday situations while deepening your understanding of French grammar and vocabulary, making it ideal for learners wanting to learn the French language for travel, work, or personal enrichment in a supportive, interactive learning environment.

You will learn to ask and answer questions about identity, discuss your French class and learning goals, describe cities and neighbourhoods, and exchange information about where you live. Grammar and vocabulary are taight in context, including interrogative and demonstrative adjectives, possessives, negation, prepositions, and key verbs like aller, avoir, and venir. Phonetics is integrated throughout, with practice in intonation for questions, the sounds [z], [ə], [e], and common liaisons to develop clear and confident speech in 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

• Asking about the identity
• Speaking about our French class
• Informing about the objective of learning French
• Referring to countries and cities
• Naming and locating the different places of a city
• Locating a place and indicating a means of transportation
• Getting to know each other
• Talking about and exchanging information about accommodation

Grammar

• Interrogatif adjectives : quel(s)/quelle(s)
• Possessive adjectives
• Parce que (because) and pour (for, in order to)
• Punctuation
• Prepositions (for countries and cities)
• Definite and indefinite articles
• Prepositions of place and contracted articles
• The articles au, à, à l’, aux and the cardinal points
• Prepositions (for the different means of transportation)
• Present tense verbs: aller, avoir, habiter, prendre and venir
• The negation
• Demonstrative adjectives
• Asking questions

Phonetics

• The sound [z] and the verbal liaison for nous, vous, ils, elles
• Recognise a question (according to the intonation)
• Ask a question (giving the right intonation)
• [ə] and [e] to differentiate singular and plural
• Elision of [ə] and [a] before a vowel
• The sound [z] and the liaison with nous and vous
• [ə] and [e] to indicate words in singular and plural

Vocabulary

• The identity
• Reasons for learning a foreign language
• Names of countries and cities
• Places of a city
• The cardinal points
• The means of transportation
• Expressions used for getting to know each other
• Accommodation

LEARNING OUTCOMES

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

1. Communicate effectively in everyday contexts, including asking about identity, talking about their French class and learning goals, describing places and accommodation, and discussing countries, cities, and modes of transportation.
2. Use essential grammar and sentence structures with confidence, including interrogative and demonstrative adjectives, possessives, prepositions for place and movement, negation, and key verbs such as aller, avoir, habiter, prendre, and venir.
3. Improve pronunciation and listening comprehension, focusing on question intonation, the sounds [z], [ə], and [e], and common liaisons to enhance spoken fluency and accuracy.