Course description
This diploma language course is designed for anyone who wants to learn how to speak basic French. We lay down the foundations of spoken foreign language skills by introducing you to the pronunciation of words and phrases through text and audio, reinforced with videos featuring interviews with French speakers.
The course focuses on topics like introductions, greetings, your studies, the holiday, television or looking for a job. We cover core language skills, such as understanding numbers, time, dates and the weather. We also examine key terms used around the workplace for various occupations. The course supplies the French vocabulary you need to discuss your home, household chores, shopping, how you spend your vacations and what you do in your spare time. We cover the pronunciation of the alphabet, French accents, accentuation, oral comprehension, written comprehension and vowels.
This diploma course also uses a grammar reference guide to ground your new conversational skills in a formal understanding of the ‘bones’ of the language. We can help anyone who wants to learn to speak French for use in business or social occasions. This might interest those planning a trip to any French-speaking country or region and suits anyone who wants to expand their horizons and communicate in ‘the Language of Love’.
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Training content
French Language Studies - Introduction
Description: Learn basic introductions, numbers, dates and alphabet pronunciation in French.
- Learning Outcomes
- Introductions
- College Subjects
- Phonetics - The French Alphabet
- Lesson Summary
Saying 'Hello' And Classroom Basics
Description: Learn greetings and introductions, classroom basics, numbers and dates, and phonetics in French.
- Learning Outcomes
- Hello and Introductions
- Classroom Basics
- Numbers and Dates
- Phonetics - The Accents
- Short Interviews
- Lesson Summary
About Yourself, Your Family And Friends
Description: Learn to describe yourself, your family and friends.
- Learning Outcomes
- About Myself
- Telling Time
- Pastimes and Activities
- Continents, Countries and Nationality
- Phonetics - The Phonetic Symbols
- Short Interviews
- Lesson Summary
Holidays In France
Description: Learn how to talk about your holidays in France from describing the weather, the geography, activities, and transport.
- Learning Outcomes
- The Weather
- French Geography
- Activities and Transport
- Phonetics - Accentuation
- Short Interviews
- Lesson Summary
Learn French - Describing People
Description: Learn French online for describing people and your daily routine.
- Learning Outcomes
- Describing People
- Daily Routine
- Phonetics - The French R
- Short Interviews
- Lesson Summary
Learn French - Bon Appétit - Dining Out
Description: Learn about shopping for groceries, buying coffee in a cafe, popular dishes in a French restaurant, and syllables in French.
- Learning Outcomes
- Food Shopping
- Eating Out
- Quantities and Verbs
- Phonetics - Les Syllabes
- Short Interviews
- Lesson Summary
Learn French - Describing the City
Description: Learn how to describe the city features, ordinal numbers and verbs, and French phonetics.
- Learning Outcomes
- The City
- Ordinal Numbers and Verbs
- Les Voyelles i/y/u
- Short Interviews
- Lesson Summary
Diploma in French Language Studies - First Assessment
Description: You must score 80% or more to pass this assessment.
- Assessment: Diploma in French Language Studies - First Assessment
French Language - National Holidays And How You Celebrate Them
Description: Learn about vocabulary and grammar for describing holidays, including national holidays, how you celebrate them and what your traditions are, and phonetics for the semi-vowel as used in the French language.
- Learning Outcomes
- The Holidays
- Phonetics - The Semi-Vowel
- Short Interviews
- Lesson Summary
French Language - Domestic Chores Done in the Home
Description: Learn more about describing the domestic chores done in the home.
- Learning Outcomes
- At Home
- Domestic Chores
- Phonetics - The Middle Vowels
- Short Interviews
- Lesson Summary
French Language - The Media and What You Look at, Listen to and Read
Description: Learn more about describing what goes on in media and communications in French.
- Learning Outcomes
- The Media
- Communications
- Phonetics - Les Voyelles /i/ /o/
- Short Interviews
- Lesson Summary
French Language Studies - Fashion, Health and Fitness
Description: Learn more about discussing fashion styles, health and fitness matters effectively in French.
- Learning Outcomes
- Fashion, Health and Fitness
- Adjectives, Verbs and Expressions
- Phonetics - The Nasal Vowels
- Short Interviews
- Lesson Summary
French Language Studies - School and University
Description: Learn more about about describing school and university experiences and subjects in French.
- Learning Outcomes
- School and University
- Adjectives and Verbs
- Phonetics - The Silent e
- Short Interviews
- Lesson Summary
French Language Studies - Professional Life
Description: In this module, you will be introduced to topics understanding vocabulary used in professional life, some adjectives and verbs that are related to professional places, some phonetic links especially with vowels and sample of some interviews.
- Learning Outcomes
- Professional Life
- Adjectives and Verbs
- Phonetics - Links
- Short Interviews
- Lesson Summary
French Language Studies - Finances and Relationships
Description: In this module, you will be introduced to various topics on finance and relationships, the rhythmic groups in the French phonetics and some short interviews showing the use of the finance and relationship vocabulary.
- Learning Outcomes
- Finances
- Relationships
- Phonetics - Rhythmic Groups
- Short Interview
- Lesson Summary
Diploma in French Language Studies - Second Assessment
Description: You must score 80% or more to pass this assessment.
- Assessment: Diploma in French Language Studies - Second Assessment
Course assessment
- Assessment: Diploma in French Language Studies - Course Assessment
Certification / Credits
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Describe your personality and physical characteristics
- Outline your leisure tastes
- Analyze your profession
- Indicate how to greet people and introduce yourself
- Explain how to talk about your family and friends
- Identify how to pronounce the letters of the French alphabet
- State the ways of referring to French numbers, dates and times
- Outline how to use French accents correctly
- Describe how to buy groceries or order coffee
- List how to give basic directions
- Discuss your home, fashion style and clothes
- Explain how to tell people about your studies at the university
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