French Compact A1

Course description French A1

The compact French course for A1 surveys foundational French skills for levels A1.1 and A1.2 while introducing you to French customs. Listen, read, speak, and write French for everyday use with friends and family, during travels, and at your job. Understand French for the first time, communicate with general clarity, and pass a French exam for A1. Your course is complemented by participation in exercises in the highly modern LcL Language Lab. In the Lab, a native-speaker instructor demonstrates and corrects your French word stress and sentence melody. Online participation is also available by request*.

Overview of language content in French A1.1 + A1.2

Practice elementary language acts, such as using greetings or buying a ticket

Use elementary vocabulary and grammar, and form sentences with simple conjunctions

Understand slowly spoken French, ask and answer questions

Write elementary texts, e.g., booking a trip, and utilize simple grammar

Immerse yourself in language culture and practice Phonetics in the LcL Language Lab