French Beginners 3 - Daily life, Leisure and Holidays - COURSE CANCELLED (OL12L23E)

Course overview

A real-time online French language course for beginners which will focus on the theme of daily activities, leisure and tourism

This course is the third of three online beginners courses each focusing on a different theme. Each course is a 10-week stand-alone course which can be taken together if you wish to complete a full year-long beginner's course.

Where This is an online course.

When Thursday, 6:30pm - 8:30pm from 22nd April 2021 until 1st July 2021 for 10 weeks.

3rd June (Half Term)

Cost The full fee is £127.00. The concessionary fee is £63.00.

What you already need to know

This is a beginners course. You do not need to have any knowledge of French.

What you will learn

Topics will include:

• How to describe a routine day: times, daily routine and talking about your personal interests and activities
• How to ask for and follow directions
• Travelling on public transport: how to ask for information and buy a ticket
• How to book a hotel room and key vocabulary to describe the accommodation
• Potential further topics; tourism information and researching sites of interest
• In order to cover these topics, you will learn some basic grammar, language structure and pronunciation rules, specifically:
  • How to conjugate regular verbs in the present tense, and how to build the past tense (recounting past holidays)
  • How to make polite requests (I would like)
  • Pronunciation tips to make your speech more fluent
  • Numbers, in relation to time and money

By the end of the course, you will have more confidence when staying and travelling in a French-speaking country.

How you will learn it

This online course is taught in real-time so that you can learn directly from your tutor Julie Marrel as well as through presentations, videos and online resources. You will have an opportunity to develop your conversational skill and Julie will give you guidance and feedback.

Bring to the first session

This course is taught online in real-time using a video platform (usually Google Meet), supported by other online resources.

To ensure you get the most out of the course and can fully participate in the sessions you will interact with your tutor and other students through speaking, listening and the chat function, as well as being able to see each other via the video links, though you can turn off your camera and microphone at any time.

You will need to have access to either a laptop, computer or portable device (e.g tablet) (this ideally needs to be less than 5 years old), with a camera / webcam and microphone, as well as a good broadband / Wi-Fi connection.

Though not a prerequisite, we would advise that you create a separate email account for your online learning prior to the start of the course and let the ACRES' Office and your tutor know the address. This will be more secure and also allow you to share your email address with other students on the course to enhance your learning experience, without disclosing your personal information.

You will be sent more information about your course, including how to join your online sessions, in due course.


Additional items needed to do the course

• Pen and paper
• French dictionary (optional)

Extra study or practice

Practise between the sessions is encouraged - the tutor may give suggestions for follow-up activities but is optional.

How to enrol

You can enrol by phoning ACRES' House on 01825 761820 on Monday to Friday between 9:30 am and 4 pm. Alternatively, to register your interest in a course please email adultlearning@acres.org.uk with the course title and your contact details and a member of the team will call you back to enrol you on your chosen course.

Next steps within this subject with ACRES

ACRES Beginner Plus courses starting September 2021

Please check the ACRES website for up to date information on all upcoming ACRES courses.

Future steps beyond ACRES

Find out about other courses with the National Careers Service for opportunities to extend your skills and knowledge.

Further information

Please visit the ACRES website, see our brochure, or alternatively call a member of the team on 01825 761820 or email adultlearning@acres.org.uk