Central London School of Languages

French Beginners Courses

Previous knowledge:

• No previous knowledge of the language other than a few key words and expressions.

Learning outcomes:

• How to formulate basic phrases and expressions used to satisfy concrete basic needs
• Basic understanding of familiar and every day expressions
• Ability to introduce yourself, greet people, excuse yourself and carry out simple conversation topics.

French Beginners Plus Courses

Previous knowledge:

• Basic ability to communicate; find complicated to understand the language when spoken fluently
• Capable of expressing basic information and the use of basic greetings
• Limited capability to converse at a higher linguistic structure and restricted vocabulary in traveller-like situations

Learning outcomes:

• Express in simple terms, the immediate world around you
• Enquire and answer questions about personal details, such as where you live, people you know and things you do
• Competence to understand the language spoken slowly, clearly and directly
• Facility to sustain short conversations using mainly the present tense, along with some standard phrases for the past

French Elementary Courses

Previous knowledge:

• Be able to create simple sentences and can express and respond to simple questions
• Capable to deal with situations necessary to survive in an environment where the target language is spoken e.g. travel, accommodation, shopping, socialising
• Have a basic knowledge of grammatical structures, including different tenses and word’s order
• Have enough vocabulary to carry out simple conventions

Learning outcomes:

• Talk about familiar matters related to the past and the future
• Interact in a simple manner, mostly if the interlocutor talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help
• Communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a clear and direct exchange of information on habitual matters
• Basic knowledge of different grammatical structures

French Elementary Plus Courses

Previous knowledge:

• Can understand and use simple structures fairly consistently 
• Have a practical idea of how the syntactic system works, and have a vocabulary of about 700 words
• Can express yourself in a familiar context, even if you still make a number of syntactic or grammatical mistakes

Learning outcomes:

• Deal with most situations encountered at work, school, leisure activities, etc.
• Describe experiences & events and give explanations for opinions and plans
• Explain dreams, hopes, ambitions and other abstract concepts (together with the point above)
• Read simple literature texts as well as write letters and compositions about general areas of daily life

French Intermediate Courses

Previous knowledge:

• Possess a good understanding of all the essential structures and can use them with a reasonable degree of precision.
• Can communicate effectively and appropriately in most situations, including the discussion of unfamiliar topics.
• Can interact at a good degree of fluency and spontaneity. You also make regular communication with native speakers reasonably clearly and without great misunderstandings from either party

Learning outcomes:

• Capability to generate well-structured, detailed written letters or short essays on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns and organized procedures
• Deal with more complex grammatical structure and read contemporary texts without particular difficulty
• Understanding of how to use idiomatic expressions and other stylistic resources
• Produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain different viewpoints of a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options

French Intermediate Plus Courses

• Possess a good understanding of all the essential structures and can use them with a reasonable degree of precision.
• Have some language gaps and makes some errors. However, you can communicate effectively and appropriately in most situations, including the discussion of unfamiliar topics.
• Can interact at a good degree of fluency and spontaneity. You also make regular communication with native speakers reasonably clearly and without great misunderstandings from either party

Learning outcomes:

• Capability to generate well-structured, detailed written letters or short essays on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns and organized procedures
• Deal with more complex grammatical structure and read contemporary texts without particular difficulty
• Understanding of how to use idiomatic expressions and other stylistic resources
• Produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain different viewpoints of a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options

French Advanced Courses

Previous knowledge:

• Have a good understanding and knowledge of an extensive range of language structures and functions.
• Should express yourself fluently and spontaneously without much strain of expressions
• Prepared to learn different ways of expressing ideas, work on the restrained nuances of the language, and expand the range of what you can say and write

Learning outcomes:

• Communicate spontaneously and precisely with least accent defects
• Take part in any conversation or discussion and recognise idioms, sayings and colloquial expressions
• Review information from different spoken and written sources, reconstructing arguments and accounts in a consistent presentation.
• Comprehend virtually everything heard or read and write in suitable style with a logical structure and efficacy
• Express spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning