A1 Everyday French

20 min

Family and home

Describe who lives with you, what kind of home you have, and one everyday routine in connected A1 French.

• Build one short home portrait that sounds connected rather than list-like.
• Add one room or household detail that makes the description feel lived-in.

22 min

Describing people and things

Use adjective agreement to describe people, places, and everyday objects.

• Talk about descriptions and adjective agreement in short complete French rather than isolated words.
• Use adjective agreement to add one clear detail about descriptions and adjective agreement without losing control.

20 min

Daily routine and frequency

Describe your everyday routine with common time phrases and frequency words.

• Place daily routine and frequency inside a simple timeline that the listener can follow easily.
• Use routine verbs and frequency expressions to keep time, order, or routine markers stable.

18 min

Food and cafe orders

Order food and drinks, talk about preferences, and manage short cafe exchanges.

• Manage a short food and orders exchange with a clear opening, a useful detail, and a calm closing line.
• Use request patterns and food vocabulary without overbuilding the sentence.

20 min

Shopping and prices

Ask about size, price, color, and simple buying choices in a shop.

• Talk about shopping and prices in short complete French rather than isolated words.
• Use questions for price, size, and color to add one clear detail about shopping and prices without losing control.

20 min

Questions, negation, and preferences

Ask preference questions, say what you do or do not like, and respond simply.

• Talk about questions and negation in short complete French rather than isolated words.
• Use questions and simple negation to add one clear detail about questions and negation without losing control.

22 min

Basic travel and directions

Handle a station, a bus stop, or a city center question with simple direction language.

• Place travel and directions inside a simple timeline that the listener can follow easily.
• Use place questions and movement expressions to keep time, order, or routine markers stable.

20 min

Invitations and simple plans

Invite someone, accept or refuse politely, and suggest a basic time or place.

• Place invitations and plans inside a simple timeline that the listener can follow easily.
• Use invitation phrases and simple planning language to keep time, order, or routine markers stable.

24 min

Present-tense verb patterns

Stabilize the most useful present-tense patterns for daily action and communication.

• Talk about present tense and verb patterns in short complete French rather than isolated words.
• Use high-frequency present tense patterns to add one clear detail about present tense and verb patterns without losing control.

20 min

Hobbies and free time

Talk about hobbies, weekend activities, and what you like doing after work or study.

• Talk about preferences and everyday actions in short complete French rather than isolated words.
• Use present tense for free-time activities to add one clear detail about preferences and everyday actions without losing control.

20 min

Weather and clothing

Describe simple weather conditions and choose clothes for the day with basic reasons.

• Talk about descriptions and everyday nouns in short complete French rather than isolated words.
• Use describing the weather and simple choices to add one clear detail about descriptions and everyday nouns without losing control.

22 min

Your neighborhood and town

Describe your neighborhood, mention useful places, and explain where people go in town.

• Talk about home and directions in short complete French rather than isolated words.
• Use place description and neighborhood language to add one clear detail about home and directions without losing control.

22 min

Adjective agreement in daily life

Use adjective agreement more confidently when describing people, rooms, food, and everyday objects.

• Talk about descriptions and grammar in short complete French rather than isolated words.
• Use adjective agreement in common a1 contexts to add one clear detail about descriptions and grammar without losing control.

20 min

Common prepositions of place

Place people and objects more clearly with the prepositions that return across home, town, and travel tasks.

• Talk about home and directions in short complete French rather than isolated words.
• Use common prepositions of place to add one clear detail about home and directions without losing control.

20 min

Imperative basics and classroom actions

Understand and use simple imperative forms for instructions, reminders, and daily action language.

• Talk about classroom survival and interaction in short complete French rather than isolated words.
• Use imperative basics for everyday instructions to add one clear detail about classroom survival and interaction without losing control.

22 min

Grocery shopping and quantities

Ask for everyday food items, quantities, and simple alternatives in a market or grocery setting.

• Manage a short shopping and food exchange with a clear opening, a useful detail, and a calm closing line.
• Use quantity phrases and shopping questions without overbuilding the sentence.

22 min

Simple emails and text messages

Write short messages that give the main information clearly, then reformulate that message for another person.

• Talk about writing and mediation in short complete French rather than isolated words.
• Use short message structure and practical detail order to add one clear detail about writing and mediation without losing control.

22 min

Town services and opening hours

Ask about local services, opening hours, and basic administrative help with clearer routine language.

• Manage a short town and services exchange with a clear opening, a useful detail, and a calm closing line.
• Use questions for service information and schedules without overbuilding the sentence.

20 min

Getting ready and daily chores

Describe getting ready, small chores, and home responsibilities in simple present-tense French.

• Place routine and home inside a simple timeline that the listener can follow easily.
• Use routine verbs and household actions to keep time, order, or routine markers stable.

20 min

Weekend plans and calendar language

Use dates, weekends, and calendar language to make and confirm short social plans.

• Place planning and invitations inside a simple timeline that the listener can follow easily.
• Use calendar language and simple plan negotiation to keep time, order, or routine markers stable.

22 min

Feelings, energy, and simple problems

Explain how you feel, what is going wrong, and what kind of help you need in everyday situations.

• Manage a short health and everyday communication exchange with a clear opening, a useful detail, and a calm closing line.
• Use simple feeling statements and problem explanations without overbuilding the sentence.

24 min

Listening transcripts and message relay

Use slow transcripts to catch the point of a message, then relay the key information in simpler language.

• Talk about listening and mediation in short complete French rather than isolated words.
• Use message structure and key-detail extraction to add one clear detail about listening and mediation without losing control.

20 min

Speaking confidence mini lab

Build short spoken answers, follow-up questions, and repair moves for real A1 conversation practice.

• Talk about speaking and interaction in short complete French rather than isolated words.
• Use short answer-building and follow-up structure to add one clear detail about speaking and interaction without losing control.

20 min

Dictation with everyday notices

Use short notices, opening-hour lines, and invitation messages to strengthen A1 dictation and decoding.

• Talk about dictation and reading in short complete French rather than isolated words.
• Use notice-style sentence patterns to add one clear detail about dictation and reading without losing control.

24 min

A1 revision: everyday life

Review A1 through short scenes about family, shopping, routine, and travel.

• Talk about revision and everyday life in short complete French rather than isolated words.
• Use combining a1 patterns in context to add one clear detail about revision and everyday life without losing control.

26 min

A1 checkpoint

Check whether you can manage family, routine, food, shopping, and travel basics with confidence.

• Talk about checkpoint and a1 review in short complete French rather than isolated words.
• Use stable a1 sentence building to add one clear detail about checkpoint and a1 review without losing control.

16 min

A1 completion and A2 bridge

Close A1 with a review of your strongest everyday skills and a plan for A2 practical French.

• Talk about completion and a2 bridge in short complete French rather than isolated words.
• Use carrying a1 habits into a2 to add one clear detail about completion and a2 bridge without losing control.

Listening lab: slow transcripts for beginners

Build confidence with transcript-based listening routines before moving to faster French.

Dictation lab: A1 everyday announcements

Practice beginner dictation with notices, schedules, and everyday message-style French.

Speaking lab: first conversations and repair

Build short interaction confidence with opening lines, follow-ups, and polite repair phrases.

Vocabulary bank: high-frequency starter French

Recycle the everyday French words and mini-phrases that support almost every beginner lesson.

Phrasebank: help, clarification, and politeness

Keep the rescue phrases, polite formulas, and clarification moves that make beginner French usable.