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Continue developing your beginner French fluency and confidence with our Beginner French: A1 Conclusion course, suitable for learners who have completed our Beginner French: A1.3 Course or have approximately 60 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 tell the time, talk about your daily activities and working day, discuss habits and routines, and get information about outings. You will also practise proposing an outing, inviting someone, and accepting or refusing invitations politely. Grammar and vocabulary are taught in context, including covering time connectors, different ways to tell the time, pronominal verbs, expressing habits and frequency, the pronoun on, and the present tense of common verbs such as pouvoir, devoir, vouloir, lire, écrire, choisir, and sortir, as well as asking questions and using the present imperative. Phonetics is integrated throughout, with practice on intonation, telling the time clearly, and mastering sounds such as [ø], [ɔ̃], and [y].

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

• Telling the time and indicating a timetable
• Talking about our everyday activities and habits
• Talking about our working day
• Getting information about outings, talking about our outings
• Proposing an outing, inviting, accepting, and refusing an invitation

Grammar

• Time connectors
• Different ways to tell the time
• Pronominal verbs
• The verbs lire and écrire in the present tense
• Expressing habits and frequency
• The pronoun on
• The verbs pouvoir, devoir and vouloir in the present tense
• The verbs choisir and sortir in the present tense
• Asking questions
• The present imperative

Phonetics

• Telling the time
• The intonation to express distinct actions
• The sound [ø] to say on veut
• The sound [ɔ̃], [y]

Vocabulary

• Formal time and informal time
• Timetables
• Everyday habits
• Habits and frequency
• Work activities and timetables
• Proposing/Accepting/Refusing outings

LEARNING OUTCOMES

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

1. Communicate confidently about daily life and leisure, including telling the time, talking about everyday activities and work routines, asking for and giving information about outings, and proposing, accepting, or refusing invitations naturally.
2. Use essential A1 grammatical structures accurately, including time expressions and connectors, pronominal verbs, the present tense of key verbs such as pouvoir, devoir, vouloir, lire, écrire, choisir, and sortir, the pronoun on, expressing habits and frequency, asking questions, and using the present imperative.
3. Improve pronunciation and expand practical vocabulary, focusing on telling the time clearly, using appropriate intonation for different actions, mastering sounds such as [ø], [ɔ̃], and [y], and developing vocabulary related to timetables, work activities, daily habits, and social outings.