French resources for self-learning & teaching

Practice Intermediate plus level with Francoise

Here’s an overview of my Intermediate Plus courses.

My on‑demand tutorials take you through each lesson and help you grow into a strong upper‑intermediate (B2) level. You can use the test to see your current level.

Courses Topics

Course 1

French course: suggesting activities, inviting/replying to invitations, meeting people (first contact: small talks), being a host/guest

Socialising

Suggesting activities, inviting/replying to invitations, meeting people (first contact: small talks), being a host/guest

Course 2

 immediate tenses

 How sound more fluent by translating has just done, was about to do…

The work place

showing someone around, comparing workplace conditions

Giving an opinion on a place-person-event

Business lunches, letters of thanks

Course 3

The conditional (would)

Shopping

Dealing with a  shop assistant, discussions on products, introduction to instruction manuals jargon

Major grammar point

What is the passive form and how to form it

Report someone’s speech

Course 4

The pluperfect (e.g. had done)

subjunctive (present)

introduction: regular verbs, avoir, être

Facing problems

Explaining a problem in detail: accommodation, travel, health, theft

Asking for a compensation

Course 5

Explore the French mindset

The past conditional (e.g.would have done).

The art of debating

Major grammar point

Avoid repetitions with DONT or use one or several pronouns (y, en, me, lui, la, …)