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French Toast uses methods and syllabus which follow the CEFR ( Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment ):
- Beginner modules will bring you to A1 level
- Elementary modules to A2 level
- Intermediate modules to B1 level
- Advanced modules to B2 level
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| Level | General | Conjugation | Grammar |
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| Beginner 1 | - How to ask and say your name and firstname. - Recognize French words in a written text. - Recognize the singular and the plural at speaking. - How to introduce oneself : say one’s age, situation in family, job. - How to tell a date, spoken languages, place of origin, home. - How to ask questions on identities and contact details. | - “S’appeler” in present tense. - “Etre” and “Avoir” in present tense. - Verbs in –er in present tense. (for ex. “parler”) - “Appeler / s’appeler”. | - Personal pronouns – subjects. - Tonic pronouns (for ex. “moi”) -The definite article. - Masculine / feminine, singular / plural at speaking. - Prepositions (“en”, “au”, “aux”) + countries names. - Possessive adjective in singular form. |
| Beginner 2 | -How to order at the restaurant. - How to ask questions. - How to describe a city. - How to suggest an outing. - How to tell time. - Organising an appointment. - Situating in space. - Buying in a shop. | - “Prendre”, “Faire”, “Aller”, “Venir” in present tense. | - Indefinite and definite articles. - “Est-ce que / qu’est-ce que” - Plural form of nouns. - The “on” personal pronoun. - The negation “ne…pas”. - Place prepositions (“devant, derrière, sous, sur, à côté). - Interrogative adjective “Quel”. - Subject-Verb inversion. - Demonstrative adjectives. |
| Beginner 3 | - How to indicate a quantity. - How to tell someone to do something. - Shopping, making errands. - How to make a positive / negative commentary. - How to get information / talk about tastes. - How to situate in time, situate an action in the future. - How to describe someone. | - The imperative tense. - “Vouloir” and “pouvoir” in the present tense. - “Je voudrais”. - Near future tense. - “Se lever” in present tense. - “Passé composé”. | - Determined quantity. - Partitive articles. - Presentatives. - The answer to a negative question. - Pronominal verbs. - Place and concordance of adjectives. - Possessive adjectives in the plural. - Time indicators |
| Beginner 4 | - How to tell an event. - How to situate an action in the past. - How to express duration, surprise. - How to talk about one’s studies. - How to tell memories. - Indicating chronology and frequency. - How to give advice, instructions. - Telling one’s needs. | - “Passé composé” (for ex. Se promener) - “Imparfait” (For ex. Aller). - “Devoir” and “Falloir” in present tense. - Continuous present. | - The negation in “passé composé”. - COD pronouns. |
| Elementary 1 | - How to say what sport you practice. - How to talk about future. - How to give advice. - How to explain a decision. - How to talk about frequency. - How to talk about and compare flats, premises. - How to tell your itinerary. - Justify some choice. | - Future. - Imperative of pronominal verbs, and with negation. - “Devoir”, “boire”, “falloir” in present tense. - Present. | - Hypothesis in the future. - Cause and goal. - “depuis” - Relative pronouns “qui” and “que”. - Comparative and superlative forms. |
| Elementary 2 | - How to describe, and describe a situation in the past. - How to make a commentary on a past event. - How to situate in time. - How to indicate the chronology. - Understand a biography. - Tell a change of life. - How to tell what you like or dislike. - How to announce some news (bad or good). - How to present some problem and give solutions. - How to give your opinion. | - “Imparfait” and “passé composé”. - “s’installer” in “passé composé”. | - Chronology (“avant de”+ infinitif, “après + determiner + noun.) - “Il y a”. - “pendant”. - “Ce que… c’est / Ce qui.. c’est”. - Cause. - Consequence. - Words in “–al” in the plural form. - “Penser que / trouver que” + indicative form. - COD pronouns. |
| Elementary 3 | - How to qualify an action. - How to avoid repetitions. - How to give advice. - How to give your opinion. - How to express certainty and wishes. - How to qualify a place. - Describe a living environment. - How to talk about a group. - How to organise your speech. | - Imperative form + complement pronoun. - Indicative / subjunctive forms. - Subjunctive of irregular verbs. - Conditional. | - COD and COI pronouns. - Adverbs with “-ment” endings. - Complement pronoun “y” and relative pronoun “où”. - Indefinite adjectives : “tout, toute, tous, toutes, chaque, quelques”. - Indefinite pronoun : “tout, toute, tous, toutes”. - Opposition / Concession : “mais”. |
| Elementary 4 | - How to ask questions on an object. - How to designate an object, and the matter. - Understand a written or an audio ad, and how to praise the qualities of an object. - How to give your opinion. - Understand a tract. - How to claim something. - How to describe, designate, and situate. | - Indicative / Subjunctive. | - Interrogative pronoun “lequel”. - Demonstrative pronouns. - Gerund. -“Nominalisation”. - “Troncation”. - Pronoun “en”. - Negation (“ne… rien / personne / jamais / plus) - Language registers. - Simple / Complex sentences. - Complex sentences with infinitive proposition. - Place, manner, verbal, prepositions. |
| Intermediate | coming soon | ||
| Advanced | How to write a cover letter How to prepare for a job interview How to talk about the past How to express time How to talk about one’s past history and path Learn how to make a biography | Passé Composé Imparfait Plus que Parfait Passé Simple Passé Antérieur | Agreement of the past participle Simultaneity, Anteriority, Posteriority Street language & expressions |
| How to describe your health condition How to express feelings Discuss about the roles in a couple | Subjonctif Présent Subjonctif Passé | Express certainty and doubts Subjonctive or Indicative ? |
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| Describe a house, a space, objects Bring up an issue with a house Discuss the urban life and changes | Passive form | Cause & Consequence Concession & Opposition Prefixes and suffixes Composed nouns |
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| Ask informations on internet courses Ask informations on the works of a school Express interest, wishes, intentions Discuss travelling as a mean to build oneself and learn | Subjonctif Imparfait Plus que Parfait | Expressions to show accomplishments Exressions of wish and objectives |
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| Give informations on the job’s conditions and the contract Write a formal request to an employer Report others’ words Discuss the job’s conditions and mobility | Conditionnel Présent Conditionnel Passé | Polysemy of the verbs mettre & prendre | |
| How to signify one’s appreciation of food Give your advice on a restaurant Write a critic Identify tastes and flavours | Express conditions and hypothesis Metaphores & comparaisons Definite, indefinites & partitive articles The “NE” with “à moins que” |
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| How to convince Express a political point of view Express nuances of opinions How to defend one’s point of view Debate on humanitarian actions | Gérondif Participe Présent | Euphemisms Place of the adjectives Homonyms |
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| Revendicate one’s rights Express disagreement, hostility Debate on states and cultures | Pronouns : indefinites, possessives, of demonstration, and relatives Cause & Consequence Hypothesis |
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| Express an opinion on societies Compare facts and numbers Talk about future inventions | Futur Futur simple Futur proche | Words borrowed from other languages Evolution & change Comparaison |