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Getting started with French 1
Learn more to access more details of Getting started with French 1Whether you want to visit, work or live in a French-speaking environment, you will get more out of the experience if you can communicate effectively with people. In this short course you will begin to develop your reading and listening skills in French and learn to speak and write the language to communicate in everyday situations. You will...
Level: 1 Introductory
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Getting started with French 2
Learn more to access more details of Getting started with French 2This two-week course offers you the opportunity to discuss food, your likes and dislikes as well as to shop or order food. Little by little, you will improve your ability to make more sophisticated conversations and to understand more complex language in a variety of different scenarios. You will also find out facts about France and French ...
Level: 1 Introductory
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Getting started with French 3
Learn more to access more details of Getting started with French 3In this course you will learn how to ask for directions in French. Along the way, you will build up your vocabulary so little by little you will be able to have more complex conversations and understand more French language in a variety of different scenarios.This OpenLearn course is an extract from the beginning of the Open Centre for Languages...
Level: 1 Introductory
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Beginners’ French: food and drink
Learn more to access more details of Beginners’ French: food and drinkImprove your language skills by learning to communicate more easily and effectively in French. In this free course, Beginners' French: food and drink, you will also gain an insight into French societies and cultures through focusing on food and drink. You will listen to French speakers in a variety of situations, and you will be provided with ...
Level: 1 Introductory
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Beginners’ French: A trip to Avignon
Learn more to access more details of Beginners’ French: A trip to AvignonThis free course, Beginners’ French: A trip to Avignon, helps you to acquire the basic language to find your way around a French town. You will learn how to understand and give directions, ask about accommodation, book a hotel room at the tourist information office and get information about what to see and do in the local area. You will visit ...
Level: 1 Introductory
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Intermediate French: 14 July
Learn more to access more details of Intermediate French: 14 JulyThis free course, Intermediate French: 14 July, is taken from Ouverture, a language module that concentrates on French as a tool for communication, but it also provides some insights into French society and culture through authentic printed, audio and video materials. It will be of interest to all those who want to improve their language skills ...
Level: 2 Intermediate
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Intermediate French: Understanding spoken French
Learn more to access more details of Intermediate French: Understanding spoken FrenchThis free course, Intermediate French: Understanding spoken French, is aimed at intermediate learners of French with an interest in language and culture. It is designed to develop your understanding of spoken French through six video portraits of people living in the Touraine region in France and in Brussels in Belgium. It introduces you to ...
Level: 1 Introductory
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Intermediate French: Holiday plans
Learn more to access more details of Intermediate French: Holiday plansThis free course, Intermediate French: Holiday plans, is taken from Ouverture, a language course that concentrates on French as a tool for communication, but it also provides some insights into French society and culture through authentic printed, audio and video materials. The course will be of interest to all those who want to improve their ...
Level: 2 Intermediate
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Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema
Learn more to access more details of Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinemaThis free course, Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema, will help you discover aspects of French and francophone cinema. At the same time, you will also focus on grammatical points, such as expressing a comparison in French or understanding the structure of a sentence in the infinitive.
Level: 2 Intermediate
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Advanced French: At the science museum in Paris
Learn more to access more details of Advanced French: At the science museum in ParisUsing the topic of science and technology in France, this free course, Advanced French: At the science museum in Paris, will show you how to structure arguments, write a summary, use the subjunctive, report numbers and express wishes in French.
Level: 3 Advanced
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