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Take a free test, then self-study or private classes.

  1. Mark your learning goals

    Your course adapts to your goals and work schedule.

  2. Access your course program

  3. Book optional private classes

    Contact a teacher for a first trial class.

Course details

Learn French at A1 level with real-life learning materials

Who is this course for?

  • You want to use French naturally in everyday conversations and real-life situations
  • Professionals working in French-speaking environments
  • You have a busy and changing schedule
  • You are looking for a flexible and efficient way to improve your French
  • You want to prepare the DELF A1 exam and need targeted language practice

What you will learn

  • Listening: Understand basic spoken French
  • Speaking: Speak basic French
  • Reading: Identify familiar words and phrases in brief texts
  • Writing: Compose simple sentences and short texts
  • Culture: Discover French customs and traditions
  • Perfect for preparing for the DELF A1 exam

This course in short

  • French A1 course based on x grammar and vocabulary guidelines
  • You study with a mix of self study with assignments and speaking practice classes
  • A personal tutor supports you and organizes your learning schedule
  • You can monitor your progress through our online platform

Pricing

Start in the learning portal. Add a teacher when you are ready.

Self-study

Learn whenever you want, 30 minutes a day.

From €1.50/month

  • Progress tracking
  • Printed book for offline study
  • Audio, video and AI corrections
Start self-study
  • 1 month €14.99 €14.99/month
  • 3 months €24.00 €8.00/month Save €20.97 (47%)
  • 6 months €34.50 €5.75/month Save €55.44 (62%)
  • 12 months €45.48 €3.79/month Save €134.40 (75%)
  • 48 months €72.00 €1.50/month Save €647.52 (90%)

Course schedule

Study when you want, and book a teacher around your work.

  • Self-study 24/7, online and offline
  • Classes around your work schedule
  • No fixed group times
  • Book a class when you are ready

Curriculum

You reach 1 level in 12 weeks. Vocabulary and grammar are aligned with official exams (CEFR).

Learning objectives

  • Basic greetings and farewells.
  • Starting and ending a conversation.
  • Useful phrases to use during class (asking for clarification, repetition, etc.).

Video/audio

  • The presentation

Grammar

  • Personal pronouns: "je, tu, il/elle/on, nous, vous, ils/elles"

Learning objectives

  • Tell your name and ask for the name of somebody
  • Titles and ways of addressing people. (Mister, miss,...)
  • Introduce yourself

Video/audio

  • The first day of the French course

Grammar

  • The alphabet
  • Pronunciation

Learning objectives

  • Ask somebody where they are from
  • Say your nationality

Video/audio

  • The countries

Grammar

  • Definite and indefinite articles

Learning objectives

  • Learn to count
  • Numbers from 1-100

Video/audio

  • Counting the steps of the Eiffel Tower

Grammar

  • Numbers

Learning objectives

  • Introduce and tell about your family.
  • Ask someone about their family. (size, structure,...)

Video/audio

  • The family members

Grammar

  • Possessive adjectives

Learning objectives

  • Asking somebody's age
  • Say how old you are and when your birthday is

Video/audio

  • Happy birthday!

Grammar

  • Interrogative words: "Est-ce que" and "Quel"

Learning objectives

  • Describe your profession
  • Ask somebody's profession
  • Talk about studies

Video/audio

  • What is your profession?

Grammar

  • Nouns and their gender

Learning objectives

  • Asking for and giving contact details.
  • Tell and ask for addresses.

Video/audio

  • Send a letter

Grammar

  • The present indicative of -er verbs: 1st group

Learning objectives

  • Learn the parts of the day.
  • Learn the names of the 7 days of the week
  • Describe your weekly activities.

Video/audio

  • Change a working day

Grammar

  • The present indicative of -ir verbs: 2nd group

Learning objectives

  • Talk about the weather
  • Basic weather vocabulary

Video/audio

  • What's the weather like?

Grammar

  • Time prepositions: "En, À, Avant, Après"
  • The present indicative: regular verbs (3rd group)

Learning objectives

  • Learn the ordinal numbers.

Video/audio

  • The Tour of France

Grammar

  • Ordinal numbers: "Premier, Deuxième..."

Learning objectives

  • Learn the seasons and months.
  • Describe the weather in each season and month.
  • Tell what you do in what month of the year.

Video/audio

  • Holiday planning

Grammar

  • Agreement of adjectives

Learning objectives

  • Ask and tell the time
  • Read the clock

Video/audio

  • Journey to Marseille

Grammar

  • Expression of time: "Depuis, Jusqu'à, Pendant, etc..."

Learning objectives

  • The basic dates and holidays

Video/audio

  • The end-of-year celebrations with family

Grammar

  • How to express the date?

Learning objectives

  • Name the food that we consume daily.
  • Tell what you eat and drink.

Video/audio

  • What are we eating?

Grammar

  • Demonstrative adjectives: Ce, Cet, Cette, Ces

Learning objectives

  • Talk about your daily routine.
  • Talk about habits.

Video/audio

  • To shower

Grammar

  • Reflexive pronouns me, te, se, nous, vous

Learning objectives

  • Basic ingredients for cooking
  • Expressing obligations

Video/audio

  • Beef Bourguignon

Grammar

  • Negation

Learning objectives

  • Ask and answer questions.
  • Learn the question words.

Video/audio

  • The appointment

Grammar

  • Interrogative adverbs: "Où", "Pourquoi", "Combien", "Quand" and "Comment"

Learning objectives

  • Talk about money, currencies and payment methods.
  • Ask for and say the price in a shop.

Video/audio

  • At the shop during the sales

Grammar

  • Adverbs of quantity and intensity: "Bien", "Beaucoup", etc...

Learning objectives

  • Write a grocery list for daily food and drinks.
  • Ask a shop assistant about a product in the supermarket.

Video/audio

  • Saving money at the supermarket

Grammar

  • The partitive articles: "Du, De l', De la"
  • The contracted articles: "Au, Aux, Du, Des"

Learning objectives

  • Describe everyday clothing.
  • Ask for availability in a clothing shop.
  • Ask for your size.

Video/audio

  • Hiking clothes

Grammar

  • Direct object pronouns: me, te, le, la
  • Indirect object pronouns: me, te, lui, ...

Learning objectives

  • Get to know the basic body parts.
  • Basic phrases to describe your health.

Video/audio

  • Stretches

Grammar

  • The plural of nouns

Learning objectives

  • Describe people's physical appearance
  • Use adjectives to describe people.

Video/audio

  • The photo

Grammar

  • Adjectives: Agreement and placement

Learning objectives

  • Describe the colours of common objects.

Video/audio

  • Paint

Grammar

  • Coordinating conjunctions: "Et", "Ou", "Car", "Mais"

Learning objectives

  • Express your basic emotions.
  • Describe the emotions of others.

Video/audio

  • Talking about his/her emotions

Grammar

  • Adverbs of frequency: "Toujours, Jamais, Souvent, Rarement"

Learning objectives

  • Describe taste, smell, sight, sound and touch
  • Compare things

Video/audio

  • The 5 senses in hospitality

Grammar

  • Comparative adjectives: "Plus", "Moins", "Aussi"

Learning objectives

  • Describe forms and shapes.
  • Describe basic objects.
  • Express preferences.

Video/audio

  • The architecture of the Louvre

Grammar

  • Modal verbs: Devoir, Falloir, Pouvoir, Vouloir

Learning objectives

  • Learn to describe the character of people.
  • Talk about personalities.

Video/audio

  • The new colleague

Grammar

  • Superlatives: "Le plus, Le moins," etc...

Learning objectives

  • Express what you need.
  • Tell how your body feels.

Video/audio

  • The cold and the tiredness

Grammar

  • Stressed pronouns with prepositions (avec moi, pour toi, à toi, chez lui, …)

Learning objectives

  • Express sickness and pain.
  • Express your medical condition at the doctor's office.

Video/audio

  • The flu

Grammar

  • The near future: "Aller" + Infinitive

Learning objectives

  • Describe all the rooms and floors of a house.
  • Understand a house rental or sales ad.

Video/audio

  • The apartment viewing

Grammar

  • The impersonal form: "Il y a", "C'est"

Learning objectives

  • Describe the furniture in your house.

Video/audio

  • A sofa for the living room

Grammar

  • Prepositions of place: "À", "Dans", "Sur", "Sous", etc...

Learning objectives

  • Setting up the table to receive guests.

Video/audio

  • Set the table

Grammar

  • Adverbs of place "chez", "derrière", "devant", "loin"...

Learning objectives

  • Learn the names of common household and electrical appliances.
  • Daily situations with common household devices.

Video/audio

  • Clean the washing machine

Grammar

  • The locative object pronouns: y and en

Learning objectives

  • Learn the different types of accommodations.
  • Contact a landlord or agency to rent a house.

Video/audio

  • The apartment for rent

Grammar

  • The present progressive: "Être en train de"

Learning objectives

  • Learn the names of common plants and flowers in the house and in the garden.
  • Talk about plant care and routines at your home or office.

Video/audio

  • Plant a tree

Grammar

  • The imperative

Learning objectives

  • Learn the basic animals (pets).
  • Describe the routines, daily care and food of your pet.

Video/audio

  • At the vet

Grammar

  • Logical connectors: "Donc, Alors, Aussi..."

Learning objectives

  • Describe the location of services on a map.
  • Ask for the opening hours of a certain service.

Video/audio

  • The new village café

Grammar

  • Irregular verbs: "Faire", "Prendre", "Dire"

Learning objectives

  • Ask food from the menu.
  • Reserve a table in a restaurant.

Video/audio

  • A table for two

Grammar

  • The past participle

Learning objectives

  • Learn the sports
  • Talk about the sports you practice

Video/audio

  • Lose weight

Grammar

  • The passé composé with être
  • The passé composé with avoir.

Learning objectives

  • Talk about your hobbies
  • Describe activities that you enjoy

Video/audio

  • Painting on ceramic in Paris

Grammar

  • "Faire de", "Jouer à", "Jouer du" + definite article

Learning objectives

  • Describe the different types of transportation.
  • Buy a transport ticket.
  • Describe transportation between places.

Video/audio

  • Buy a ticket

Grammar

  • Indicate a precise moment

Learning objectives

  • Ask for directions in a city
  • Giving directions to a stranger
  • Ask for the existence of a building or service.

Video/audio

  • How do I get to Gare du Nord?

Grammar

  • The notion of time

Learning objectives

  • Make plans with your friends for the Friday evening.
  • Invite somebody for an event.

Video/audio

  • Are you going out on Friday night?

Grammar

  • The passive voice

Learning objectives

  • Talk about culture events in the city.
  • Go to the museum, an exposition, musical,...

Video/audio

  • The exhibition

Grammar

  • Reported speech: Il dit que...

Continue after A1

Same language path from A1 to C2. Pick the next level when you are ready.

French A2
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French B1
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Course certificate — Progress report of mastered topics. Teacher verification in classes. Aligned with DELF.

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Personalized tasks and hand-ins

Your teacher sets personalized tasks—and the app adapts exercises to your level and the areas you find hardest.

Learning portal

Study online or offline with PDF downloads, interactive exercises, audio, video, and AI-powered writing feedback.

Structured learning paths

Follow clear paths from A1 to C1, plus professional courses tailored to your goals.

Conversation classes

Every teacher is personally screened and trained to teach with our learning portal—so your classes match your course and progress.

Offline worksheets (PDF, translated)

Download the full e-book as PDF, or print any lesson as a translated worksheet.

Quality guarantee

We partner with universities and align every course with official learning programs—for reliable, recognized learning.

Learn with real content (news, podcasts…)

Practice with real news articles and podcasts—immersive content that prepares you for everyday language.

Full-skill training: listening, reading, writing, speaking

Train all four skills: listening and pronunciation with audio, reading with authentic texts, writing with AI feedback, and speaking in your classes.

Course materials trusted by official libraries and bookshops

Our books are sold in bookshops across Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Austria, and beyond—and approved by public libraries.

Academic collaboration with universities

Course plans are co-developed from our Valencian office with multiple European universities.

Student reviews of our French lessons

  • 4.6/5
4.6 out of 5 based on 12 ratings

Our HR team liked the activity reports. I study French self-paced and add conversation classes when travel allows.

Rachel E.
Helsinki, Finland
Self-study
  • 5/5

Moving to Belgium for work: the same levels in book and portal helped me join a class at the right stage.

Claire D.
Lyon, France
Blended learning
  • 4.8/5

Studying offline with the book, online for corrections. Works for EU adults who cannot attend fixed classroom hours.

David R.
Berlin, Germany
Blended learning
  • 4.5/5

Our partners

We thank our partners for the support we receive for developing our online school.

We proudly work with Lanzadera, a Spanish accelerator program in Valencia.

The university of Siegen helps us to develop and design our education systems and programs.

Our IT systems are powered and supported by the Google Cloud team

We collaborate with universities all across the European Union to develop our course materials, thanks to the Erasmus+ Program.

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