Getting started with French 1

Whether 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 acquire a knowledge of the basic structures of French along with key vocabulary to meet and greet people and to talk about yourself and others. This OpenLearn course is an extract from the beginning of the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course, LGXF001 Beginners French 1: eh oui! After completing this free course, you may wish to register for the full course to continue your learning!

• Introduction
• Introduction
• Open Centre for Languages and Cultures
• Acknowledgements
• Week1Week 1: Say hello: ‘Bonjour!’
• Introduction
• 1 Say hello: ‘Bonjour!’
• 2 Say goodbye: ‘Au revoir !’
• 3 Saying hello and goodbye
• 4 To kiss or shake hands?
• 5 Greeting or parting?
• 6 What would you say?
• 7 Recognising ‘u’ and ‘ou’ sounds
• 8 Practising ‘u’ and ‘ou’ sounds
• 9 Using ‘tu’ and ‘vous’
• 10 This week’s quiz
• 11 Summary of Week 1
• Acknowledgements
• Week2Week 2: Names and nationality
• Introduction
• 1 Tu t’appelles comment ? Tu es français/ française ? (What is your name? Are you French?)
• 2 Saying your name and nationality
• 3 Adjectives of nationality
• 4 Practising masculine and feminine forms
• 5 Practise adjectives of nationality
• 6 Focussing on pronunciation
• 7 Listening practice
• 8 Speaking practice
• 9 How to memorise vocabulary
• 10 This week’s quiz
• 11 Summary of Week 2
• Next steps
• Acknowledgements