French resources for self-learning & teaching

Practice Advanced level with Francoise

Here’s an overview of my Advanced courses.

I’ll guide you through each one in my on‑demand video tutorials to help you reach a solid advanced (C1) level. You can use the test to see where you currently stand.

Courses Topics

Course 1

Subjunctive (present)

a progressive approach is used to teach this tense

Understanding a survey

Healthy living

(eating habits, work-life balance, alcohol, smoking)

Course 2

Healthy living: factors influencing participation to sport, links between sport and health.../ fashion and trends: how can we alter our image, cult of celebrity

Healthy living

Factors influencing participation to sport, links between sport and health…

Fashion/trends

(How can we alter our image, cult of celebrity)

Major Grammar point

Reflexive verbs consolidation in all 9 tenses seen so far

Course 3

communication and technology, influence of media, understanding a long speech, presenting statistics

Communication and technology

(Popularity of electronic gadgets, advantages vs benefits of internet, …)

The influence of media

Understanding a long speech

Presenting statistics

Course 4

advanced course French society

The French society

French multiculturalism and its challenges

World of work in France

(Attitudes towards work, trade unions, French strikes, volunteering)

Major Grammar point

Focus on the passive form: what is it and how to form it in all tenses (with devoir & pouvoir)?

Course 5

Francophone music and French films. French advanced course

Subjunctive (past)

Contemporary francophone music

Cinema: the 7th art form

Major Grammar point

agreement of preceding direct object pronouns

Course 6

Past historic tense

(Recognising and understanding the past historic tense used in novels in French)

French heritage

A French culture proud of its heritage

National, regional and local French heritage

How heritage reflects culture

Heritage and tourism