French

Classes start week beginning Monday September 15th 2025

Cost and Enrolment

The cost for classes is £169 per ten-week term for returning students and £199 for new students.

Fees are non-refundable, but students are very welcome to swap between levels and language if appropriate.

Places are on a first come first served basis. If you would like to enrol please contact us.
We recommend you email Susan to get an idea as to exactly what the best level is for you.

French

Wednesday 13.30-14.15 French Stage 1

Thursday 17.45 -18.30 French Stage 2

Wednesday 08.45-09.30 French Stage 3

Thursday 12.00 – 12.45 French intermediate

Tuesday 08-8.45 French Advanced/higher intermediate

Thursday 13-.30-14.15 French Advanced

French Stage 1

This starts completely from scratch.

We will be looking at subjects like your family, work, where you live, leisure activities, learning to make basic conversation, listening to recordings and covering basic grammar. We will look at the present tense, and the genders masculine and feminine. We will learn basic conversation, saying who you are, where you live etc.

French Stage 3

This is aimed at people who have done a few years of French at school or did a few stages with me in previous terms. We use BBC material to chat about subjects like eating out in restaurants, travel, jobs and family. We listen to dialogues and cover grammar such as present, past, and future tenses.

French Intermediate at 12 oclock on Thursdays GCSE level

This is aimed at people who have done a few years of French, perhaps the GCSE or completed a few terms in one of my classes. We will be covering subjects like your family, work, where you live, and leisure activities learning to make basic conversation, listening to CD and covering basic grammar.

French Higher Intermediate/advanced

This is for people who have done a few years French at school, maybe many years ago up to O-level or GCSE, or perhaps A-level. We read newspaper articles together and discuss them . As far as the grammar is concerned we'll revise the present tense, and masculine and feminine, singular and plural, and then look at the past and possibly future, and conditional tenses in detail. We look at slang, and colloquial expressions.K

We'll also have a go at reading magazine excerpts, and writing short essays.

French Advanced

This is suitable for people who have A-level or possibly degree level French, and/or have spent some time in France. The class will be entirely in French. We will revise all grammar right through from the present tense to the subjunctive. We will look at articles from the French news. For example we might look at the French medical or education system if it is in the news and see how it compares with what is happening here.