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What is the difference between your different types of classes?
We offer 4 types of classes, each with its own pace, rhythm and schedule.

- General French: it means 3 hours per week (either 1h30 twice a week OR 3h in a row on one day).
You would use a textbook that would guide your progression. This type of classes focuses on quick
(but rather more intensive) progression.
- Club: 2 hours a week (mostly on mornings and early afternoon) in a class focused on maintening your
level and practice your French, braoden your knowledge of French culture.
- Workshop: 1h30 per week for advanced level focused on perfecting certain skills (extension of
vocabulary, debate and structure of your discourse).
- Lunch Hour: 1h per week at Lunch of conversation (no grammar or rigid structure). Maintain your level
and

The present document explains the progression of the General French classes but can help you identify your
level should you want to enrol in a class or workshop.

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A1 Level Summary
In A1, you will be able to:
✓ understand and use common expressions and basic phrases aimed at satisfying basic needs;
✓ introduce yourself and others;
✓ ask and answer questions about personal details such as where you live, people you know and things
you have;
✓ interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.

A1.1 Course Details

Prerequisites
No prerequisite. This is the entry point for people with no prior knowledge of French at all.
Indicative course contents
Learn how to greet, introduce yourself and ask basic questions on identity or location.

ACTIONS GRAMMAR THEMES & VOCABULARY

To introduce oneself – 1 (names,
age, languages...)
To greet and take leave in formal
and informal ways
Ask simple questions (1)
Present tense for verbs “être,
avoir”, verbs ending in -ER
Present tense for some irregular
verbs “aller, prendre…”
Simple questioning
Alphabet (pronounciation)
Numbers, months and days of the
week
Identity (names, phone,
nationalities…)

Easy ways to ask for buying Close future and recent past shops, hotels and cities

Ask and give simple directions Articles (definite & indefinite), Directions and weather
gender and numbers.

Our method
We use Immersion in French as we try to avoid at maximum English in the classroom.
Since we focus on Communication French, our method is based on pair/group works in actual situations
through task-based activities.
Tutors will display/provide extra materials (videos, handouts, texts…) as needed in the class.
Textbook and Workbook used
► Edito 1 (A1) - Livre de l’élève (DVD-Rom included) / Ed. Didier 2016
ISBN: 9782278083183 / ISBN-13: 978-2278083183

► Workbook : Edito 1 (A1) – Cahier d’exercices A1 / Ed. Didier 2016

ISBN: 2278083619 / ISBN-13: 978-2278083619

► A1.1 classes cover dossiers 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Edito A1 text book

Please note that the books are not included and are available at our partner
Blackwell’s Library with a 10% discount at the till.

Questions and contact

Still unsure this is the right class for you? Please contact us and we will help you decide with a 10-minute free
assessment either over the phone or in person at the Institute.
Classes availability
Check our catalogue of available A1.1 classes

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A1 Level Summary
In A1, you will be able to:
✓ understand and use common expressions and basic phrases aimed at satisfying basic needs;
✓ introduce yourself and others;
✓ ask and answer questions about personal details such as where you live, people you know and things
you have;
✓ interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.

A1.2 Course Details

Prerequisites
Having done A1.1 OR being a “false beginner” ie. having done a bit of French in the past, remembering the
usual greetings and words but needing to consolidate that knowledge.
Content of Course
Introduce yourself and your family. Learn how to say what you like or don't. Talk about your daily routine.

ACTIONS GRAMMAR THEMES & VOCABULARY

To introduce oneself – 2 (family, Frequency (jamais, souvent, Body parts and traits (words and
tastes, hobbies…) toujours…) adjectives)

Suggest an activity/invite Pronominal verbs (reflexive) Family

Accept/refuse an invitation Time and chronology Daily activities, sports and

hobbies
Describe a typical day, describe Passé composé (compound
simply holidays past), and introduction to imparfait Invitation
and imperative
Say how you are/how you feel
Comparisons with adjectives

Our method
We use Immersion in French as we try to avoid at maximum English in the classroom.
Since we focus on Communication French, our method is based on pair/group works in actual situations
through task-based activities.
Tutors will display/provide extra materials (videos, handouts, texts…) as needed in the class.
Textbook and Workbook used
► Edito 1 (A1) - Livre de l’élève (DVD-Rom included) / Ed. Didier 2016
ISBN: 9782278083183 / ISBN-13: 978-2278083183

► Workbook : Edito 1 (A1) – Cahier d’exercices A1 / Ed. Didier 2016

ISBN: 2278083619 / ISBN-13: 978-2278083619

► A1.2 classes cover dossiers 5, 6, 7 and 8 of Edito A1 text book

Please note that the books are not included and are available at our partner Blackwell’s
Library with a 10% discount at the till.

Questions and contact

Still unsure this is the right class for you? Please contact us and we will help you decide with a 10-minute free
assessment either over the phone or in person at the Institute.
Classes availability
Check our catalogue of available A1.2 classes

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A2 Level Summary
In A2, you will be able to:
✓ understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance
(e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment);
✓ communicate according to simple and routine tasks requiring simple and direct exchanges of
information on familiar and routine matters;
✓ describe, in simple terms, aspects of your background, immediate environment and matters in areas of
immediate need.

A2.1 Course Details

Prerequisites
Having done A1.2 OR having passed a A1 DELF diploma. You can join this course if you have a good command
of the present tense and master the goals outlined in the description of the A1 level above.
Content of Course
Talk about past events. Talk about the weather. Make an itinerary, plan your visit.

ACTIONS GRAMMAR THEMES & VOCABULARY

Tell a story in the past or future
tense (about holidays)
Describe places and persons
Ask questions (2)
Give advices
Passé composé (pronominal)
Obligation (falloir, devoir)
Condition (si + present)
Relative pronouns (qui/que)
COD and COI
Physical description
Nature and countrylife
Travels (weather, seasons and
activities)
Universities and companies
Foreign languages and press

Our method
We use Immersion in French as we try to avoid at maximum English in the classroom.
Since we focus on Communication French, our method is based on pair/group works in actual situations
through task-based activities.
Tutors will display/provide extra materials (videos, handouts, texts…) as needed in the class.
Textbook and Workbook used
► Edito 1 (A1) - Livre de l’élève (DVD-Rom included) / Ed. Didier 2016
ISBN: 9782278083183 / ISBN-13: 978-2278083183

► Workbook : Edito 1 (A1) – Cahier d’exercices A1 / Ed. Didier 2016

ISBN: 2278083619 / ISBN-13: 978-2278083619

► A2.1 classes cover dossiers 9, 10, 11 and 12 of Edito A1 text book

Please note that the books are not included and are available at our partner Blackwell’s
Library with a 10% discount at the till.

Questions and contact

Still unsure this is the right class for you? Please contact us and we will help you decide with a 10-minute free
assessment either over the phone or in person at the Institute.
Classes availability
Check our catalogue of available A2.1 classes

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A2 Level Summary
In A2, you will be able to:
✓ understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance
(e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment);
✓ communicate according to simple and routine tasks requiring simple and direct exchanges of
information on familiar and routine matters;
✓ describe, in simple terms, aspects of your background, immediate environment and matters in areas of
immediate need.

A2.2 Course Details

Prerequisites
Having done A2.1. You can join this course if you do not need to revise present tense and have a good idea of
how future and past work.
Content of Course
Describe what you are wearing. Learn how to order food, make your everyday shopping and more basic
transactions in shops. Talk about your memories.

ACTIONS GRAMMAR THEMES & VOCABULARY

Chose a gift and give options
Getting by with daily activities
(ordering food, shopping)
Describe how something was
before in the past
Rent a flat/describe your home
L’imparfait and revision of passé Fashion and clothing
composé
Food and restaurants
Relative pronouns “qui, que, où”
Gifts and parties
Pronoun “en” and “y” for place
Housing and Renting
Adjectives to nuance tastes and
opinions (+possessive pronouns)

Our method
We use Immersion in French as we try to avoid at maximum English in the classroom.
Since we focus on Communication French, our method is based on pair/group works in actual situations
through task-based activities.
Tutors will display/provide extra materials (videos, handouts, texts…) as needed in the class.
Textbook and Workbook used
► Edito 2 (A2) - Livre de l’élève (DVD-Rom included) / Ed. Didier 2016
ISBN: 9782278083190 / ISBN-13: 978- 9782278083190

► Workbook : Edito 2 (A2) – Cahier d’exercices A2 / Ed. Didier 2016

ISBN: 2278083651 / ISBN-13: 978-2278083657

► A2.2 classes cover dossiers 1, 2 and 3 of Edito A2 text book

Please note that the books are not included and are available at our partner Blackwell’s
Library with a 10% discount at the till.

Questions and contact

Still unsure this is the right class for you? Please contact us and we will help you decide with a 10-minute free
assessment either over the phone or in person at the Institute.
Classes availability
Check our catalogue of available A2.2 classes

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A2 Level Summary
In A2, you will be able to:
✓ understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance
(e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment);
✓ communicate according to simple and routine tasks requiring simple and direct exchanges of
information on familiar and routine matters;
✓ describe, in simple terms, aspects of your background, immediate environment and matters in areas of
immediate need.

A2.3 Course Details

Prerequisites
Having done A2.2 or mastering the skills and competencies explained in the A2.2 description.
Content of Course
Imagine the future. Being connected. Getting treated/health. Discuss environmental matters.

ACTIONS GRAMMAR THEMES & VOCABULARY

Tell an anecdote Simple future (parler, prendre) Technology and sciences

Tell agreement and disagreement Adverbs -ment Health and hospitals

Giving advices Introduction to subjunctive after “il Food and restaurants

faut que”
Express intentions
Structure to give advice like “Si..”

Superlatives

Our method
We use Immersion in French as we try to avoid at maximum English in the classroom.
Since we focus on Communication French, our method is based on pair/group works in actual situations
through task-based activities.
Tutors will display/provide extra materials (videos, handouts, texts…) as needed in the class.
Textbook and Workbook used
► Edito 2 (A2) - Livre de l’élève (DVD-Rom included) / Ed. Didier 2016
ISBN: 9782278083190 / ISBN-13: 978- 9782278083190

► Workbook : Edito 2 (A2) – Cahier d’exercices A2 / Ed. Didier 2016

ISBN: 2278083651 / ISBN-13: 978-2278083657

► A2.3 classes cover dossiers 4, 5 and 6 of Edito A2 text book

Please note that the books are not included and are available at our partner Blackwell’s
Library with a 10% discount at the till.

Questions and contact

Still unsure this is the right class for you? Please contact us and we will help you decide with a 10-minute free
assessment either over the phone or in person at the Institute.
Classes availability
Check our catalogue of available A2.3 classes

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A2 Level Summary
In A2, you will be able to:
✓ understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance
(e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment);
✓ communicate according to simple and routine tasks requiring simple and direct exchanges of
information on familiar and routine matters;
✓ describe, in simple terms, aspects of your background, immediate environment and matters in areas of
immediate need.

A2.4 Course Details

Prerequisites
Having done A2.3 or mastering the skills and competencies explained in the A2.3 description.
Content of Course
Talk about someone and its personality traits. Read and listen to media. Discover collaborative consumption.

ACTIONS GRAMMAR THEMES & VOCABULARY

Describe someone
Make a positive/negative review
Structure thoughts and speech
Express desires
Talk about imaginary situation
Indefinite pronouns and adverbs Physical and moral description
“partout, tout, tous, chaque…”
Media: press, radio and TV
Gérondif en -
Consumption : shops and DIY
Conditionnal present
COD and COI
Interrogative pronouns Lequel

Our method
We use Immersion in French as we try to avoid at maximum English in the classroom.
Since we focus on Communication French, our method is based on pair/group works in actual situations
through task-based activities.
Tutors will display/provide extra materials (videos, handouts, texts…) as needed in the class.
Textbook and Workbook used
► Edito 2 (A2) - Livre de l’élève (DVD-Rom included) / Ed. Didier 2016
ISBN: 9782278083190 / ISBN-13: 978- 9782278083190

► Workbook : Edito 2 (A2) – Cahier d’exercices A2 / Ed. Didier 2016

ISBN: 2278083651 / ISBN-13: 978-2278083657

► A2.4 classes cover dossiers 7, 8 and 9 of Edito A2 text book

Please note that the books are not included and are available at our partner Blackwell’s
Library with a 10% discount at the till.

Questions and contact

Still unsure this is the right class for you? Please contact us and we will help you decide with a 10-minute free
assessment either over the phone or in person at the Institute.
Classes availability
Check our catalogue of available A2.4 classes

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B1 Level Summary
In B1, you will be able to:
✓ understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work,
school, leisure, etc.;
✓ deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken;
✓ produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest;
✓ describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and
explanations for opinions and plans.

B1.1 Course Details

Prerequisites
Having done A2.4 OR having passed a A2 DELF diploma. You can also have mastered the skills and
competencies explained in the A2.4 description.
Content of Course
Prepare a trip and visit a location. Talk about your initial training and professional career. Answer a job offer.
Commit to a cause/charity.

ACTIONS GRAMMAR THEMES & VOCABULARY

Book a trip Imperfect and compound past Feelings and opinions

Talk about your career Demonstrative pronouns: celui, Humanitarian action

celle, ceux, celles
Write a formal letter Professional and personal life
Emphasis in speech : ce que… (desires and regrets)
Explain a choice
Indirect speech (present) and Education systems
passive form
Environment
Past infinitive for successive
events

Our method
We use Immersion in French as we try to avoid at maximum English in the classroom.
Since we focus on Communication French, our method is based on pair/group works in actual situations
through task-based activities.
Tutors will display/provide extra materials (videos, handouts, texts…) as needed in the class.
Textbook and Workbook used
► Edito 2 (A2) - Livre de l’élève (DVD-Rom included) / Ed. Didier 2016
ISBN: 9782278083190 / ISBN-13: 978- 9782278083190

► Workbook : Edito 2 (A2) – Cahier d’exercices A2 / Ed. Didier 2016

ISBN: 2278083651 / ISBN-13: 978-2278083657

► B1.1 classes cover dossiers 10, 11 and 12 of Edito A2 text book

Please note that the books are not included and are available at our partner Blackwell’s
Library with a 10% discount at the till.

Questions and contact

Still unsure this is the right class for you? Please contact us and we will help you decide with a 10-minute free
assessment either over the phone or in person at the Institute.
Classes availability
Check our catalogue of available B1.1 classes

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B1 Level Summary
In B1, you will be able to:
✓ understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work,
school, leisure, etc.;
✓ deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken;
✓ produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest;
✓ describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and
explanations for opinions and plans.

B1.2 Course Details

Prerequisites
Having done B1.1. You can also have mastered the skills and competencies explained in the B1.1 description.
Content of Course
Discuss in length your origin and family. Talk about your job. Object to an argument.

ACTIONS GRAMMAR THEMES & VOCABULARY

Give advice Relative pronouns: Qui, que, Food and Housing
dont, où
Express obligation, permission, Family
negation Privative prefix: il- in- im- ir-
Work (market and place)
Tell an anecdote (past and Time markers for duration
present)
Past tenses: how do they work
Talk about your job together

Express an Aim

Our method
We use Immersion in French as we try to avoid at maximum English in the classroom.
Since we focus on Communication French, our method is based on pair/group works in actual situations
through task-based activities.
Tutors will display/provide extra materials (videos, handouts, texts…) as needed in the class.
Textbook and Workbook used
► Edito 3 (B1) - Livre de l’élève (DVD-Rom included) / Ed. Didier 2018
ISBN: 9782278087730 / ISBN-13: 978- 9782278087730

► Workbook : Edito 3 (B1) – Cahier d’exercices B1 / Ed. Didier 2018

ISBN: 9782278090037 / ISBN-13: 978- 9782278090037

► B1.2 classes cover dossiers 1, 2 and 3 of Edito B1 text book

Please note that the books are not included and are available at our partner Blackwell’s
Library with a 10% discount at the till.

Questions and contact

Still unsure this is the right class for you? Please contact us and we will help you decide with a 10-minute free
assessment either over the phone or in person at the Institute.
Classes availability
Check our catalogue of available B1.2 classes

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B1 Level Summary
In B1, you will be able to:
✓ understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work,
school, leisure, etc.;
✓ deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken;
✓ produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest;
✓ describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and
explanations for opinions and plans.

B1.3 Course Details

Prerequisites
Having done B1.2. You can also have mastered the skills and competencies explained in the B1.2 description.
Content of Course
Read newspapers headlines and give your opinion on the news. Learning languages.

ACTIONS GRAMMAR THEMES & VOCABULARY

Write journal articles and debate Difference in expressing opinion: Consumption
on current affairs indicative vs subjunctive tense
Social relations and diversity
Pros and cons of learning Comparative and superlative
languages Media: Press and journalism
Plusperfect tense
Tell a chronology
Time markers: anteriority,
Introduce a subject and degree of posteriority and simultaneity
certainty
Nominalisation

Our method
We use Immersion in French as we try to avoid at maximum English in the classroom.
Since we focus on Communication French, our method is based on pair/group works in actual situations
through task-based activities.
Tutors will display/provide extra materials (videos, handouts, texts…) as needed in the class.
Textbook and Workbook used
► Edito 3 (B1) - Livre de l’élève (DVD-Rom included) / Ed. Didier 2018
ISBN: 9782278087730 / ISBN-13: 978- 9782278087730

► Workbook : Edito 3 (B1) – Cahier d’exercices B1 / Ed. Didier 2018

ISBN: 9782278090037 / ISBN-13: 978- 9782278090037

► B1.3 classes cover dossiers 4, 5 and 6 of Edito B1 text book

Please note that the books are not included and are available at our partner Blackwell’s
Library with a 10% discount at the till.

Questions and contact

Still unsure this is the right class for you? Please contact us and we will help you decide with a 10-minute free
assessment either over the phone or in person at the Institute.
Classes availability
Check our catalogue of available B1.3 classes

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B1 Level Summary
In B1, you will be able to:
✓ understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work,
school, leisure, etc.;
✓ deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken;
✓ produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest;
✓ describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and
explanations for opinions and plans.

B1.4 Course Details

Prerequisites
Having done B1.3. You can also have mastered the skills and competencies explained in the B1.3 description.
Content of Course
Make an interview. Take part in a debate. Tell what you like and dislike and explain why in depth.

ACTIONS GRAMMAR THEMES & VOCABULARY

Describe a trip, give itineraries Future (present, proche and Cleanliness of cities
simple)
Regret and desires Travel: transport, housing and
Conditional (past) and weather
Interview someonestructure your assumptions
speech Recycling and environment
Verbs and adjectives with
Report a speech prepositions

Write a letter of complaint Indirect speech (past and

present)

Our method
We use Immersion in French as we try to avoid at maximum English in the classroom.
Since we focus on Communication French, our method is based on pair/group works in actual situations
through task-based activities.
Tutors will display/provide extra materials (videos, handouts, texts…) as needed in the class.
Textbook and Workbook used
► Edito 3 (B1) - Livre de l’élève (DVD-Rom included) / Ed. Didier 2018
ISBN: 9782278087730 / ISBN-13: 978- 9782278087730

► Workbook : Edito 3 (B1) – Cahier d’exercices B1 / Ed. Didier 2018

ISBN: 9782278090037 / ISBN-13: 978- 9782278090037

► B1.4 classes cover dossiers 7, 8 and 9 of Edito B1 text book

Please note that the books are not included and are available at our partner Blackwell’s
Library with a 10% discount at the till.

Questions and contact

Still unsure this is the right class for you? Please contact us and we will help you decide with a 10-minute free
assessment either over the phone or in person at the Institute.
Classes availability
Check our catalogue of available B1.4 classes

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B2 Level Summary
In B2, you will be able to:
✓ understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical
discussions in your field of specialization;
✓ interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers
quite possible without strain for either party;
✓ produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving
the advantages and disadvantages of various options.

B2.1 Course Details

Prerequisites
Having done B1.4 OR having passed a B1 DELF diploma. You can also have mastered the skills and
competencies explained in the B1.4 description.
Content of Course
Express your opinion. Express feelings, certitudes and doubts.

ACTIONS GRAMMAR THEMES & VOCABULARY

Cause and consequences Compound relative pronouns Studies and knowledge

Exchange on a philosophical Present participle Free-time and leisure

subjects
Order of double pronouns Literature and arts
Confirm a point of view
Anterior future
Appreciation of arts
Passé simple
Write a biography

Our method
We use Immersion in French as we try to avoid at maximum English in the classroom.
Since we focus on Communication French, our method is based on pair/group works in actual situations
through task-based activities.
Tutors will display/provide extra materials (videos, handouts, texts…) as needed in the class.
Textbook and Workbook used
► Edito 3 (B1) - Livre de l’élève (DVD-Rom included) / Ed. Didier 2018
ISBN: 9782278087730 / ISBN-13: 978- 9782278087730

► Workbook : Edito 3 (B1) – Cahier d’exercices B1 / Ed. Didier 2018

ISBN: 9782278090037 / ISBN-13: 978- 9782278090037

► B2.1 classes cover dossiers 10, 11 and 12 of Edito B1 text book

Please note that the books are not included and are available at our partner Blackwell’s
Library with a 10% discount at the till.

Questions and contact

Still unsure this is the right class for you? Please contact us and we will help you decide with a 10-minute free
assessment either over the phone or in person at the Institute.
Classes availability
Check our catalogue of available B2.1 classes

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B2 Level Summary
In B2, you will be able to:
✓ understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical
discussions in your field of specialization;
✓ interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers
quite possible without strain for either party;
✓ produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving
the advantages and disadvantages of various options.

B2.2 Course Details

Prerequisites
Having done B2.1. You can also have mastered the skills and competencies explained in the B2.1 description.
Content of Course
Discuss, debate, give your opinions. Read and understand media.

ACTIONS GRAMMAR THEMES & VOCABULARY

Comprendre la presse Indicatif ou subjonctif ? Humour

Rediger un court article de presse Indirect speech (past) and Les institutions de la Vème
passive form République
Débattre et temoigner
Les mots de liaison L’Académie française

Expression de la cause et La presse francophone

conséquence

Our method
We use Immersion in French as we try to avoid at maximum English in the classroom.
Since we focus on Communication French, our method is based on pair/group works in actual situations
through task-based activities.
Tutors will display/provide extra materials (videos, handouts, texts…) as needed in the class.
Textbook and Workbook used
► Edito 4 (B2) - Livre de l’élève (DVD-Rom included) / Ed. Didier 2015
ISBN: 9782278080984 / ISBN-13: 978- 9782278080984

► Workbook : Edito 4 (B2) – Cahier d’exercices B2 / Ed. Didier 2015

ISBN: 9782278081127 / ISBN-13: 9782278081127

► B2.2 classes cover dossiers 1, 2 and 3 of Edito B2 text book

Please note that the books are not included and are available at our partner Blackwell’s
Library with a 10% discount at the till.

Questions and contact

Still unsure this is the right class for you? Please contact us and we will help you decide with a 10-minute free
assessment either over the phone or in person at the Institute.
Classes availability
Check our catalogue of available B2.2 classes

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B2 Level Summary
In B2, you will be able to:
✓ understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical
discussions in your field of specialization;
✓ interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers
quite possible without strain for either party;
✓ produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving
the advantages and disadvantages of various options.

B2.3 Course Details

Prerequisites
Having done B2.2. You can also have mastered the skills and competencies explained in the B2.2 description.
Content of Course
Travel, History, Health: discuss in depth those matters…

ACTIONS GRAMMAR THEMES & VOCABULARY

Create a narrative about travelling Places and locations Migration

Write a biography Past tenses Geography

Comment numbers and statistics Temporal propositions Statistics

Our method
We use Immersion in French as we try to avoid at maximum English in the classroom.
Since we focus on Communication French, our method is based on pair/group works in actual situations
through task-based activities.
Tutors will display/provide extra materials (videos, handouts, texts…) as needed in the class.
Textbook and Workbook used
► Edito 4 (B2) - Livre de l’élève (DVD-Rom included) / Ed. Didier 2015
ISBN: 9782278080984 / ISBN-13: 978- 9782278080984

► Workbook : Edito 4 (B2) – Cahier d’exercices B2 / Ed. Didier 2015

ISBN: 9782278081127 / ISBN-13: 9782278081127

► B2.3 classes cover dossiers 4, 5 and 6 of Edito B2 text book

Please note that the books are not included and are available at our partner Blackwell’s
Library with a 10% discount at the till.

Questions and contact

Still unsure this is the right class for you? Please contact us and we will help you decide with a 10-minute free
assessment either over the phone or in person at the Institute.
Classes availability
Check our catalogue of available B2.3 classes

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B2 Level Summary
In B2, you will be able to:
✓ understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical
discussions in your field of specialization;
✓ interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers
quite possible without strain for either party;
✓ produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving
the advantages and disadvantages of various options.

B2.4 Course Details

Prerequisites
Having done B2.3. You can also have mastered the skills and competencies explained in the B2.3 description.
Content of Course
Discuss artworks, environment and your way of life.

ACTIONS GRAMMAR THEMES & VOCABULARY

Appreciation and feelings Revision on relative pronouns Art and cuisine

Understand and write a recipe Expressing quantities Daily routine

Talk about your life and Conditions and assumptions Weather and environment
encounters

Our method
We use Immersion in French as we try to avoid at maximum English in the classroom.
Since we focus on Communication French, our method is based on pair/group works in actual situations
through task-based activities.
Tutors will display/provide extra materials (videos, handouts, texts…) as needed in the class.
Textbook and Workbook used
► Edito 4 (B2) - Livre de l’élève (DVD-Rom included) / Ed. Didier 2015
ISBN: 9782278080984 / ISBN-13: 978- 9782278080984

► Workbook : Edito 4 (B2) – Cahier d’exercices B2 / Ed. Didier 2015

ISBN: 9782278081127 / ISBN-13: 9782278081127

► B2.4 classes cover dossiers 7, 8 and 9 of Edito B2 text book

Please note that the books are not included and are available at our partner Blackwell’s
Library with a 10% discount at the till.

Questions and contact

Still unsure this is the right class for you? Please contact us and we will help you decide with a 10-minute free
assessment either over the phone or in person at the Institute.
Classes availability
Check our catalogue of available B2.4 classes

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C1 Level Summary PLEASE NOTE
In C1, you will be able to: At this level of fluency, you are
✓ understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and not expected to progress in one
recognise implicit meaning term to the next “natural” class.
✓ express yourself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious You will discuss with the
searching for expressions administration and the tutors to
✓ use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and see what is your best way to
professional purposes progress and improve depending
✓ produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, on your goal.
showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and
cohesive devices.

C1.1 Course Details

Prerequisites
Having done B2.4. You can also have mastered the skills and competencies explained in the B2.4 description.
Content of Course
Perfect your grammar (oral and written uses). Deepen your skills in debates and discussions. Work on the 4
competencies (Speaking, hearing, reading and writing).

At this level, there is not a clear defined programme.

The tutor will follow the needs and aspirations of the students and chose the subjects according to
current affairs and news.

Our method
We use Immersion in French as we try to avoid at maximum English in the classroom.
Since we focus on Communication French, our method is based on pair/group works in actual situations
through task-based activities.
Tutors will display/provide extra materials (videos, handouts, texts…) as needed in the class.
Learning materials used
Tutor will provide native materials in classes. The following books are indicative.

Edito 5 (C1) - Livre de l’élève (DVD-Rom included) / Ed. Didier 2018

ISBN: 2278090969 / ISBN-13: 978- 2278090969

► Workbook : Edito 5 (C1) – Cahier d’exercices C1 / Ed. Didier 2015

ISBN: 312529519X / ISBN-13: 978-3125295193

Questions and contact

Still unsure this is the right class for you? Please contact us and we will help you decide with a 10-minute free
assessment either over the phone or in person at the Institute.
Classes availability
Check our catalogue of available C1.1 classes

LATER ON, WE WILL CREATE A C1.2 CLASS AS A FOLLOW-UP TO THIS ONE.

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C2 Level Summary PLEASE NOTE
In C2, you will be able to: At this level of fluency, you are
✓ understand with ease virtually everything heard or read. Can not expected to progress in one
summarise information from different spoken and written term to the next “natural” class.
sources, reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent You will discuss with the
presentation administration and the tutors to
✓ express yourself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, see what is your best way to
differentiating finer shades of meaning even in more complex progress and improve depending
situations. on your goal.

C2 Course Details
Prerequisites
Having done a C1 class. You can also have mastered the skills and competencies explained in the C1
description.
Content of Course
Work on fluency for all the competencies. Fine tuning of your French skills. Browsing French culture.

At this level, there is not a clear defined programme.

The tutor will follow the needs and aspirations of the students and chose the subjects according to
current affairs and news.
Our method
We use Immersion in French as we try to avoid at maximum English in the classroom.
Since we focus on Communication French, our method is based on pair/group works in actual situations
through task-based activities.
Tutors will display/provide extra materials (videos, handouts, texts…) as needed in the class.

Questions and contact

Still unsure this is the right class for you? Please contact us and we will help you decide with a 10-minute free
assessment either over the phone or in person at the Institute.
Classes availability
Check our catalogue of available C2 classes

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