Beginners French Classes in Auckland and Wellington (A1 Basic FRENCH)

Learn French in Auckland and Wellington with our fun 10 week French language classes and lessons taught by expert native French teachers from France and start speaking French today. In these French A1 language courses you will learn French Pronunciation, Greetings, Questions, Colors and Directions. Furthermore every lesson will include something about French Culture and People.

Our French Language Course Program follows the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and ranges from Level A1 to C2.

• Beginners French A1 = Ncea Level 1 French and the following University 100 level courses (University of Auckland French 101 and Victoria University Fren101)

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French Course objectives for A1 are :

• Greetings, taking leave; introduce oneself; ask and give personal information; talk about one's hobbies; talk about one's city; ask and give explanations; understand an itinerary's simple directions; give simple directions for an itinerary; ask closed questions, eating out and shopping
• Talk about one's job; describe a person; talk about one's family; talk about one's daily activities; talk about one's projects

Vocabulary Skills:

• Greetings; identity; moments in a day; tastes; foods; verbs and directions; how to be polite: simple formulas
• Most common professions; masculine and feminine for profession-based adjectives; physical and psychological descriptions; family relationships; daily activities

Grammar Skills:

• To have & to be (avoir & être); possessive adjectives; negation (ne…pas); numbers up to 100; definite and indefinite articles; present tense of verbs ending in -ER; preposition (places); "Pourquoi? Parce que" (Why? Because); interrogative adjective: "Quel"?; closed questions: "Est-ce que..."?
• Prepositions (places); demonstrative adjectives; stressed pronouns; qualifying adjectives; possessive adjectives; reflective verbs; near future; imperative mode and tense

Optional Course Textbook:

• Cosmopolite 1 Units 0-5. Readily available at online bookstores and downloadable pdfs

Duration:

• Each evening course is made of 10 x 1 1/2 hour weekly classes running for over 2 months at the same time and day of the week as its listed course start date. There are no classes on Public holidays.

Benefits of taking your French courses with the French Institute:

• You will learn French with qualified and experienced professional French teachers from France
• Progress in a friendly French immersion environment
• Benefit from a small class sizes which maximises your student and teacher interactions
• Follow a structured curriculum following the Common European Framework of Reference A1-C2 (CEFR - www.coe.int)
• Work toward internationally recognised exams (DALF/DELF)
• Free materials based on the Cosmopolite series of textbooks used in Universities and schools worldwide such as the University of Auckland, Monash University, University of Singapore, University of Lucknow, University of Texas, University of Sydney, Oxford University, Alliance Francais and many more...
• Back up your learning with resources from our media-library

Further reading:

• Working Holidays Visas: Learn about 1 year Working Holiday Visas for France, Belguim and Canada.
• French Language Exams for Residence: Learn about the language requirements for Residence and Citizenship in France
• Why learn with the French Institute: 15 reasons to learn at the French Institute today...

French School Locations:

• Auckland Central - Outhwaite Hall, 53 Carlton Gore Road, Graftonace, Auckland
• Takapuna - Mary Thomas Centre, 3 Gibbons Rd, Takapuna, North Shore Auckland
• North shore - Northcote Memorial Hall, 2 Rodney St, Northcote
• Meadowbank - Tahapa Crescent Hall, 22 Tahapa Crescent, Meadowbank
• West Auckland - Point Chevalier Community Centre, 18 Huia Road, Point Chevalier, Auckland
• Wellington - Aro Valley Community Hall, 48 Aro St, Wellington

Price:

• $190, includes 10 weeks of classes, an expert teacher from France, free materials and small class sizes. There are no hidden membership fees or contracts.

French courses start all year round - Enrol today!