French resources for self-learning & teaching

Practice Beginner plus level with Francoise

Here’s an overview of my Beginner Plus courses.

I’ll guide you through each one in my on‑demand video tutorials to help you reach a solid upper‑beginner (A2) level. You can use the test to see where you currently stand.

Courses Topics

Course 1

Travelling (Buying tickets, asking information, comparing journey, time) / Accommodations (Booking over the phone, finding the best deal, interacting with the hotel staff, opinion on hotels)

Travelling

Buying tickets, asking information, comparing journey, time

Accommodations

Booking over the phone, finding the best deal, interacting with the hotel staff, opinion on hotels

Course 2

Giving directions in French, health in French, body parts in French, car breakdown in French

On the road

The imperative form

Directions on motorway and in town, car breakdown, road signs

Giving/asking directions inside a building


Health problems

Body parts, describing symptoms, booking an appointment at the doctor’s, advising someone, understanding medicine doses and the chemist’s instructions.

Consolidation / Refresher Course

This 10h course revisits and consolidates the Beginner level and Beginner Plus Courses 1 and 2. It is supported with varied activities and open discussions.   

It has also been proven valuable for students who learnt French a long time ago. It allows to freshen up the linguistic knowledge in a fun and practical manner before carrying on with the other Beginner plus courses.

Course 3

Describing an environment (town, villages, seaside, mountain and countryside) / Giving an opinion on a place / Describing an image

Describing an environment

Comparing life in towns, in villages, on the seaside, in the mountain and in the countryside

Giving an opinion on a place

Describing an image

Course 4

French celebrations, French perfect tense, passé composé

The perfect tense (Le passé composé)

How to translate ‘did / have done’ in French

Festivals and traditions in France:

Describing activities during non-religious and religious festivals

Talking about a particular festival

Course 5

Healthy living

Revision of health problems, describing drinking and eating habits, describing sport habits, describing how to stay healthy