The detailed syllabus of our level courses, module by module. Each module is 5 or 6 hours and follows the CEFR competence descriptors. Prices and lengths for each course are in the catalogue.
A1: beginner (60 hours, 12 modules)
What you can do at the end: handle everyday greetings, introduce yourself, order food, shop and ask for directions; understand simple notices; write short messages and postcards.
| Module | Hours | Grammar | Communication task | Vocabulary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | 5 | Alphabet, pronunciation rules, stress and liaison | Greeting, introducing yourself, saying goodbye | Greetings, countries and nationalities |
| M2 | 5 | Numbers, dates, telling time | Giving a phone number, making an appointment, saying your birthday | Numbers, days, months |
| M3 | 5 | Articles, gender and number of nouns, être / avoir | Introducing your family and job | Family, professions |
| M4 | 5 | First-group verbs (-er) in the present tense | Talking about your daily routine and hobbies | Daily activities, hobbies |
| M5 | 5 | Negation, simple questions, question words | Ordering food, shopping, asking prices | Food, shops |
| M6 | 5 | Adjective agreement and position | Describing the appearance of people and things | Appearance, colours, clothing |
| M7 | 5 | Prepositions of place, il y a | Asking directions, describing where you live | City, housing |
| M8 | 5 | Near future (aller + infinitive) | Talking about plans, giving and accepting invitations | Outings, leisure |
| M9 | 5 | Passé composé (with avoir) | Telling what you did yesterday | Time markers |
| M10 | 5 | Stressed pronouns, possessive adjectives | Talking about family, friends and your address | Personal relationships |
| M11 | 5 | Simple written formats | Writing a postcard or text message, filling in a form | Written phrases |
| M12 | 5 | General review | A1 end-of-level assessment (with DELF A1 sample tasks) | — |
A2: elementary (60 hours, 12 modules)
What you can do at the end: handle common situations (travel, medical visits, renting, errands), describe experiences and plans, and write a short email.
| Module | Hours | Grammar | Communication task | Vocabulary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | 5 | Passé composé (with être), pronominal verbs | Telling about a trip or a move | Travel, moving |
| M2 | 5 | Imperfect (imparfait) | Describing past habits and scenes | Childhood, memories |
| M3 | 5 | Combining past tenses (passé composé vs imparfait) | Telling a story with background | Narrative connectors |
| M4 | 5 | Simple future | Talking about your plans for the next five years | Study and career planning |
| M5 | 5 | Imperative | Giving advice and instructions, reading a user manual | Health, medical care |
| M6 | 5 | Pronouns en / y | Avoiding repetition, saying “some” and “there” | Shopping, quantities |
| M7 | 5 | Direct and indirect object pronouns | Reporting what someone said | Everyday conversation |
| M8 | 5 | Comparatives and superlatives | Comparing cities, homes and products | Housing, city life |
| M9 | 5 | Present conditional (politeness) | Making polite requests, giving advice | Service situations |
| M10 | 5 | Expressing cause and consequence | Explaining why, describing consequences | Work, study |
| M11 | 5 | Format and register of emails and short texts | Writing an appointment email, a complaint, a thank-you | Written phrases |
| M12 | 5 | General review | A2 end-of-level assessment (with DELF A2 sample tasks) | — |
B1: intermediate (72 hours, 12 modules)
What you can do at the end: express your opinion in a connected way on familiar topics, cope with unexpected communication at work and in daily life, write a short, clearly structured text, and have the language base needed for an exam sprint.
| Module | Hours | Grammar | Communication task | Vocabulary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | 6 | Overview of the tense system (comparing the three past tenses) | Telling a full experience and explaining its impact | Personal experience |
| M2 | 6 | Combining future and conditional | Talking about hypotheses and intentions | Career planning |
| M3 | 6 | Present subjunctive (basics) | Expressing necessity, wishes, doubt | Emotions and attitudes |
| M4 | 6 | Relative pronouns qui / que / où / dont | Describing complex things without choppy sentences | Definitions and explanations |
| M5 | 6 | Logical connectors by level | Organizing a statement around a main argument | Language of argument |
| M6 | 6 | Passive voice | Describing processes, rules and news | Institutions, procedures |
| M7 | 6 | Reported speech | Retelling news, reporting other people’s views | Media, current affairs |
| M8 | 6 | Written vs spoken style | Writing a formal email vs a chat message | Registers |
| M9 | 6 | Participles and gerund | Making sentences more compact | Written expression |
| M10 | 6 | Expressing quantity and adverbs of degree | Describing degree and quantity precisely | Data, trends |
| M11 | 6 | Structured writing (three-part structure) | Writing an opinion piece, a complaint letter, a cover letter | Argumentative texts |
| M12 | 6 | General review | B1 end-of-level assessment (with DELF B1 sample tasks) | — |
B2: upper intermediate (72 hours, 12 modules)
What you can do at the end: argue about abstract topics, read long and specialized texts, write a well-built argumentative essay, and move straight on to a TEF, TCF or DELF B2 sprint.
| Module | Hours | Grammar | Communication task | Vocabulary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | 6 | Subjunctive (all tenses) | Expressing concession, hypothesis, evaluation | Opinion and judgment |
| M2 | 6 | Complex conditional sentences | Making multi-level hypotheses and inferences | Social issues |
| M3 | 6 | Impersonal structures and advanced sentence patterns | Writing academic and formal texts | Academic expression |
| M4 | 6 | Nominalization and concise expression | Shortening long sentences, enriching short ones | Written language |
| M5 | 6 | Concession and rebuttal structures | Writing an argument that takes on opposing views | Debate texts |
| M6 | 6 | Control of register and tone | Persuading without offending | Communication strategies |
| M7 | 6 | Strategies for reading long texts | Reading a 1,500-word article and extracting its structure | Current affairs, social sciences |
| M8 | 6 | Listening and note-taking | Following a lecture and taking structured notes | Lecture texts |
| M9 | 6 | Structure of an oral presentation | Giving a logical 10-minute presentation | Presentation language |
| M10 | 6 | Interaction and spontaneous replies | Handling follow-up questions and defending a position | Debate texts |
| M11 | 6 | Argumentative essay writing (B2 standard) | Writing a 250-word argumentative essay within a time limit | Argumentative texts |
| M12 | 6 | General review | B2 end-of-level assessment (with DELF B2 sample tasks) | — |
Rules for all levels
- Taught entirely in French, from the first A1 lesson. You may ask questions in English; the teacher answers in French, then confirms once in English.
- Placement test at admission (free, 40 minutes: 30 minutes written and 10 minutes oral): classes are not formed in order of registration. You do not need to be enrolled to take it.
- One class hour = 60 minutes, online or on site, at the same price. Classes run on weekdays from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; a new group starts every month.
- A stage assessment every 12 hours. If you don’t pass, you can retake the module once for free.
- Class size: 4 to 8 students. A class opens as soon as 4 students have enrolled. If you join a level part-way through, you pay for the remaining hours.
- The textbook ($84 per level) includes printed handouts and an online exercise bank for one year.
