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French for Beginners

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Language: French

Level: A1

Created on: : 30 September 2025

Summary

Discover how accessible French can be with this personal introduction course designed specifically for you. You'll begin with the French alphabet and sounds, mastering the unique pronunciation rules that make French both musical and logical - including silent letters, nasal sounds, and liaison. Through five comprehensive lessons, you'll master essential greetings, the most important verbs like 'être' and 'avoir', and the three main verb patterns that unlock hundreds of words. You'll build confidence with grammatical fundamentals including articles, gender patterns, and numbers, then dive into action verbs, descriptions, and family vocabulary.

The course teaches you practical connecting words and story expressions that appear in every French text. You'll learn the rhythm of French sentences, how to form questions, and essential everyday phrases that French speakers actually use. By the end, you'll have mastered the 100 most essential French words that make up 50% of any text, plus gained proven reading strategies to understand your first French story. With clear examples, helpful memory tricks, pronunciation guides, and a practice story to test your skills, you'll be reading French with confidence in no time!

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Drills

Practice your language skills with interactive exercises. Choose a mode and a number of questions.

Writing — answer in English

See a sentence in French and type the meaning of the highlighted phrase in English.

Writing — answer in French

See a sentence in French and type the sentence in French.

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Listen to the sentence in French and fill in the missing meaning in English.

Audio — answer in French

Listen to the sentence in French and fill in the missing word or phrase in French.

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A balanced mix of all four drill types. The ultimate test of writing and listening skills.