No previous knowledge required. All students welcome but they should :

    Demonstrate commitment to regular attendance, completion of homework, completion of the dossier and all assessments.

    Dedicate at least one hour per week for coursework in addition to classes.

Students do not need to be experienced language learners to take this standard course.

It is compulsory for students to watch the beginners course guide video, available in the Language Centre website, or attend one of the information sessions.

.Course Aim:

• To develop the ability to use French effectively for purposes of practical communication and reading comprehension.
• To establish the skills, language and attitudes required to promote and facilitate further study of French.
• To bring students to level A1 of CEFR.

Communicative Content:

• Greet people.
• Introduce yourself and others.
• Giving and receiving information.
• Taste, likes and dislikes.
• Ask, give directions.
• Describe a place.
• Talk about your daily routine.
• Time, date.
• Ask a price, purchasing, ordering goods.

Structural Content:

• To be and to have.
• Definite, indefinite articles.
• First, second conjugation verbs + some common irregular verbs.
• Possessives adjectives. Negative forms.
• Prepositions.
• Numbers.
• Imperative.
• Forming questions.

16 hours of classes in the AT. 22 hours of classes in the WT. 2 hours of classes in the ST.

This is a 40 hour-course. Please refer to the LSE timetable for course teaching arrangements.

The students will be required to complete weekly language exercises.

• Textbook and exercise book as recommanded by your teacher
• A dictionary as recommended by your teacher

Continuous assessment (70%) in the AT, WT and ST.
Oral examination (30%) in the WT.