IMPROVERS French Courses in Auckland & Wellington (A 2 - Post beginners)

Learn French in Auckland and Wellington with our fun 10 week immersion French language classes for Improvers (A2) taught by expert native French teachers from France and start speaking French today! In these French A2 language courses you will learn to talk about families, shopping, jobs, relationships, describe people, countries, travel plans and give opinions... Furthermore every lesson will include something about French Culture and People.

Our French Language Course Program follows the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and ranges from Level A1 to C2.

• Improvers French A2 = Ncea Level 2 French and the following University 100 level courses (University of Auckland French 102 and Victoria University Fren102)

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Prerequisites

• To enrol in the Improvers French A2 you must have completed Beginners French A1, Ncea Level 1 French, University of Auckland French 101 or Victoria University Fren101...

French Course objectives for A2 are :

• Ask questions; talk about past events; talk about seasons and the weather; talk about one's hobbies and cultural activities; call someone on the phone and answer the phone; express feelings
• Talk about one's food; describe clothes; give a function to an object; precise quantities
• Make a comparison; talk about memories; suggest an outing; react; understand and set up rules

Vocabulary Skills:

• Describe someone physically; weather forecast and climate; travel
• Food; clothes and fashion; lodging; daily consumerism
• Lodging; cuisine (gastronomy); daily life

Grammar Skills:

• Syntaxic structure of questions; introduction to passé composé (past tense); near future, recent past and progressive present
• Basic use of simple future; partitive articles; Direct Object and Indirect Object; basic use of "imparfait" tense
• Expressions used for comparison; "Il faut" + infinitive and imperative; negation and restriction; expressions used for quantity; "Depuis / Il y a"; "Devoir / Il faut que"
• Simple relative pronouns; passé composé tense / imparfait tense / plus - perfect tense; indirect speech in the present tense; comparison; time markers ("il y a, dans, pendant, depuis"), advice using imperative tense and mode; subjunctive to express necessity

Optional Course Textbook:

• Cosmopolite 2 . Readily available at online bookstores and downloadable pdfs

Duration:

• Each evening course is made of 10 x 1 1/2 hour weekly classes running for over 2 months at the same time and day of the week as its listed course start date. There are no classes on Public holidays.

Benefits of taking your French courses with the French Institute:

• You will learn French with qualified and experienced professional French teachers from France
• Progress in a friendly French immersion environment
• Benefit from a small class sizes which maximises your student and teacher interactions
• Follow a structured curriculum following the Common European Framework of Reference A1-C2 (CEFR - www.coe.int)
• Work toward internationally recognised exams (DALF/DELF)
• Free materials based on the Cosmopolite series of textbooks used in Universities and schools worldwide such as the University of Auckland, Monash University, University of Singapore, University of Lucknow, University of Texas, University of Sydney, Oxford University, Alliance Francais and many more...
• Back up your learning with resources from our media-library

Further reading:

• Working Holidays Visas: Learn about 1 year Working Holiday Visas for France, Belguim and Canada.
• French Language Exams for Residence: Learn about the language requirements for Residence and Citizenship in France
• Why learn with the French Institute: 15 reasons to learn at the French Institute today...

French School Locations:

• Auckland Central - Outhwaite Hall, 53 Carlton Gore Road, Graftonace, Auckland
• North shore - Northcote Memorial Hall, 2 Rodney St, Northcote
• Meadowbank - Tahapa Crescent Hall, 22 Tahapa Crescent, Meadowbank
• West Auckland - Point Chevalier Community Centre, 18 Huia Road, Point Chevalier, Auckland
• Wellington - Aro Valley Community Hall, 48 Aro St, Wellington

Price:

• $190, includes 10 weeks of classes, an expert teacher from France, free materials and small class sizes. There are no hidden membership fees or contracts.

French courses start all year round - Enrol today!

French courses for Improvers 1 (A2-1)

A2.1: Cosmopolite 1 Units 6-8, Cosmopolite 2 Units 1-4

French courses for Improvers 2 (A2-2)

A2.2: Cosmopolite 2 Units 5-8