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Course details

Learn how to express yourself at A2 level

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 A2 exam and need targeted language practice

What you will learn

  • Speaking: Engage in simple conversations and express your thoughts and opinions
  • Listening: Understand basic spoken French
  • Reading: Easily find specific information in everyday material
  • Writing: produce coherent texts on familiar topics or matters of personal interest
  • Use key grammar structures and build practical vocabulary for daily life
  • Know French culture and traditions to enhance communication effectiveness

This course in short

  • French A2 course based on FEI 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

  • Describe different types of holidays and activities.
  • Discuss the different ways you travelled to your holiday destination
  • Know the most popular holiday destinations in your guests’ home country.

Video/audio

  • The 7 natural wonders of France

Grammar

  • Feminine adjectives: -el, -er, -f, -eux

Learning objectives

  • Name and describe common items to pack and different types of luggage.
  • Packing for a business trip
  • Check the baggage rules and restrictions at the airport.

Video/audio

  • Little tips for packing your suitcase

Grammar

  • Pronouns: celui, celle, ceux, celles

Learning objectives

  • Book a room – by phone, email or online.
  • Know common types of hotels and room categories.

Video/audio

  • Where to sleep in Paris?

Grammar

  • Adjectives: special agreements

Learning objectives

  • Checking in for your flight: at the airport and online.
  • Ask for information on flight times and terminals.
  • Go through security screening and understand the safety procedures.

Video/audio

  • Collect items confiscated at airport security checks

Grammar

  • Irregular comparatives and superlatives

Learning objectives

  • Hire a car, a bike or a scooter.
  • Manage your car insurance and your deposit
  • Collect and return your vehicle.

Video/audio

  • Tip for car rental insurance

Grammar

  • Movements + prepositions: Aller à, venir de , partir à

Learning objectives

  • Check in and out of the hotel.
  • Ask for changes or additional services during your stay.
  • Please report any problems with your stay to reception.

Video/audio

  • Dealing with an unhappy guest at the hotel

Grammar

  • Cause and purpose (à cause de, pour)

Learning objectives

  • Typical activities on a city break.
  • Ask for information at the tourist office.
  • Learn essential tourist survival phrases to help you get around the city.

Video/audio

  • What to do in Montmartre?

Grammar

  • Negations (jamais, rien, personne)

Learning objectives

  • Report any stolen or lost items at the police station.
  • Ask for help with paperwork at the embassy or consulate.
  • Call the emergency services.

Video/audio

  • Make a pre-complaint online

Grammar

  • Double pronouns (me le, me la)

Learning objectives

  • Navigating National Insurance, work permits and other administrative procedures.
  • Know your obligations and how to handle the country’s administrative formalities.

Video/audio

  • Register for National Insurance

Grammar

  • The recent past

Learning objectives

  • Talk about something you saw on TV or heard on the radio.
  • Time expressions for recent events
  • Get to know the most popular media channels in your host country.

Video/audio

  • The press review at ESJ Paris

Grammar

  • Passé composé: irregular verbs

Learning objectives

  • Learn the names of the emergency services in your new country.
  • Calling for help and giving advice in emergencies.

Video/audio

  • Emergency numbers

Grammar

  • Imperfect: regular verbs

Learning objectives

  • Discover the education system in this country.
  • Talk about your time at school and childhood memories.

Video/audio

  • Back-to-school memories

Grammar

  • Imperfect: irregular verbs

Learning objectives

  • Open a bank account.
  • Shop online and get used to common payment methods.
  • Discover the biggest banks in the country.

Video/audio

  • Changes to bank transfers

Grammar

  • Imperfect vs passé composé

Learning objectives

  • Talk about your degree or your goals.
  • Learn the vocabulary of higher education.
  • Understand the higher education system and universities in your new country.

Video/audio

  • How is the first year at university going?

Grammar

  • Temporal markers: il y a, depuis que, lorsque

Learning objectives

  • Get to know the country’s main government institutions.
  • Elections and voting

Video/audio

  • How to vote in France

Grammar

  • Past: passé composé, passé récent imparfait

Learning objectives

  • Buy tickets (online) for a festival, concert, musical, etc.
  • Talk about musical instruments and your favourite genre of music.
  • Get to know the common festivals in your new country.

Video/audio

  • Les Francofolies de la Rochelle

Grammar

  • The simple future: regular cases

Learning objectives

  • Invite friends round and welcome them into your home.
  • Host a dinner, a games night, or another activity.
  • Get to know the typical evening activities in your new country.

Video/audio

  • The best family board games

Grammar

  • Near future vs simple future

Learning objectives

  • Talk about village life and the countryside.
  • Learn the names of farm animals.
  • Discover the best-known rural areas in your host country.

Video/audio

  • The sanctuary of the future

Grammar

  • The simple future: irregular cases

Learning objectives

  • Going camping and things to do in nature.
  • Navigate using a map or GPS.
  • Learn about the most popular camping regions in your new country.

Video/audio

  • The most beautiful spot to sleep facing Mont Blanc

Grammar

  • Conjunctions of consequence: ainsi, si bien que, par conséquent

Learning objectives

  • Describe different landscapes and animals.
  • Planning a family outing to a theme park.
  • Discover famous zoos and protected natural areas in your host country.

Video/audio

  • The 10 best zoos to visit in France

Grammar

  • The relative pronouns: qui, que, où, dont

Learning objectives

  • Invite friends and family to go on a hike or a short walk.
  • Vocabulary for landscapes and hiking
  • Explore the best-known hiking spots in your host country.

Video/audio

  • Essentials for starting hiking

Grammar

  • The compound relative pronouns (lequel, laquelle, lesquels, lesquelles)

Learning objectives

  • Talking about hygiene products and daily routines.
  • Explain which personal hygiene products you’d like in the shop.

Video/audio

  • Make space in your bathroom with this product

Grammar

  • Possessive pronouns (le mien, le tien, le sien, le nôtre, le vôtre, le leur)

Learning objectives

  • Search for and find private lessons.
  • Sign up with a local academy you’re interested in.

Video/audio

  • Creative workshops to do in Paris

Grammar

  • Linking words: d'abord, ensuite, enfin, de même que, autant que...

Learning objectives

  • Ask for a particular menu.
  • Order takeaway food.

Video/audio

  • Test of La Kazdalerie by Zack Nani

Grammar

  • Indefinite adjectives: tout, chaque, aucun

Learning objectives

  • Talk about your diet and (un)healthy habits.
  • Plan your weekly menu.

Video/audio

  • The best starchy foods for a balanced diet

Grammar

  • The pronoun on: nous, ils, quelqu’un

Learning objectives

  • Talk about how you get around each day.
  • Discuss different types of transport.

Video/audio

  • There are hold-ups on the trams in Bordeaux

Grammar

  • Adverbs ending in ment: formation and placement

Learning objectives

  • Talk about your favourite outfit.
  • Describe your outfit and personal style.

Video/audio

  • My favourite vintage shops in Paris

Grammar

  • Prepositions of place: près de, au bord de, devant, ...

Learning objectives

  • Discuss the benefits of exercise and sport
  • Talk about your daily exercise routine

Video/audio

  • The benefits of sport

Grammar

  • Adverbs of frequency

Learning objectives

  • Discuss a house or flat listing you’ve just viewed.
  • Discussing buying a new house or flat

Video/audio

  • How much is your rent in Paris?

Grammar

  • The present conditional: regular forms

Learning objectives

  • Talk about a book, a fairy tale or a poem you’ve read.
  • Ask for a book or an author in the library.
  • Borrow books and join the library as a new member.

Video/audio

  • 4 book recommendations for those who want to read more

Grammar

  • The conditional present: irregular forms

Learning objectives

  • Talk about your bucket list and your plans for the future

Video/audio

  • The bucket list, the things to do in one’s life

Grammar

  • The conditional of politeness: "Je voudrais, J’aimerais, On pourrait"

Learning objectives

  • Talking about future plans and ambitions
  • Talk about relationships and family plans

Video/audio

  • €250 per month for each child

Grammar

  • Prepositional verbs: arrêter de, penser à, continuer à

Learning objectives

  • Discuss plans to start a business.
  • Talk about day-to-day accounting responsibilities.

Video/audio

  • The most profitable businesses

Grammar

  • Ça fait que and Il faut

Learning objectives

  • Talk about activities and lifestyle changes after retiring.
  • Talking about future actions in progress.

Video/audio

  • How to prepare well for retirement

Grammar

  • The gerund of time, manner, condition

Learning objectives

  • Know the names of local services and shops.
  • Discuss what you can find in the shopping centre.

Video/audio

  • The largest shopping centre in France

Grammar

  • Ni...ni, ou...ou

Learning objectives

  • Send and receive messages.
  • Email and internet.

Video/audio

  • Send a letter or parcel without leaving home

Grammar

  • The imperative: affirmative form

Learning objectives

  • Create and send your CV.
  • Use job websites to find a job.

Video/audio

  • 3 tips to take your CV to the next level

Grammar

  • The imperative: object pronouns

Learning objectives

  • Conduct a job interview
  • Indirect object

Video/audio

  • How to introduce yourself in a job interview

Grammar

  • The imperative: negative form

Learning objectives

  • Vocabulary for teams and roles
  • Giving commands using an indirect object

Video/audio

  • The 5 mistakes to avoid as a team manager

Grammar

  • Expressing possibility and necessity (pouvoir, devoir, il faut)

Learning objectives

  • Learn basic debate vocabulary
  • Express agreement and disagreement

Video/audio

  • How to run meetings effectively

Grammar

  • Agreement or disagreement (moi aussi, pas du tout)

Learning objectives

  • Share your opinion
  • Learn key phrases for discussing viewpoints

Video/audio

  • A tip for convincing someone

Grammar

  • Expressing an opinion (je pense que, à mon avis)

Learning objectives

  • Vocabulary for organisational hierarchy
  • Giving orders

Video/audio

  • How to delegate a task well

Grammar

  • Indirect speech with the imperfect

Learning objectives

  • Everyday office vocabulary
  • Remote work vocabulary

Video/audio

  • How to work efficiently while teleworking

Grammar

  • The passive form: passé composé

Continue after A2

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

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

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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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