A2 Practical French

22 min

Travel plans and tickets

Handle tickets, transport choices, and practical travel planning in French.

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

20 min

Invitations and arrangements

Arrange meetings, change plans, and negotiate a simple social outing.

• Manage a short invitations and arrangements exchange with a clear opening, a useful detail, and a calm closing line.
• Use arranging and adjusting plans without overbuilding the sentence.

22 min

Health and pharmacy basics

Explain a simple health problem, ask for help, and understand basic advice.

• Manage a short health and advice exchange with a clear opening, a useful detail, and a calm closing line.
• Use health phrases and practical advice without overbuilding the sentence.

20 min

Work and study routine

Talk about work, study habits, deadlines, and practical responsibilities.

• Place work and study inside a simple timeline that the listener can follow easily.
• Use routine language for work and study to keep time, order, or routine markers stable.

24 min

Recent past with passe compose

Use passe compose to report a recent action or a short completed event.

• Place past experiences and passe compose inside a simple timeline that the listener can follow easily.
• Use passe compose for recent completed actions to keep time, order, or routine markers stable.

20 min

Near future plans

Use aller + infinitive to talk about near-future intentions and plans.

• Place near future and plans inside a simple timeline that the listener can follow easily.
• Use aller plus infinitive to keep time, order, or routine markers stable.

22 min

Describing past experiences

Tell a simple travel or life experience with a beginning, a detail, and a reaction.

• Place past experiences and narration inside a simple timeline that the listener can follow easily.
• Use short narrative structure in the past to keep time, order, or routine markers stable.

20 min

Comparison and choice

Compare two options and explain which one seems better or easier.

• Talk about comparison and choice in short complete French rather than isolated words.
• Use comparative structures to add one clear detail about comparison and choice without losing control.

24 min

Object pronouns in context

Use direct object pronouns in short practical sentences and replies.

• Talk about object pronouns and practical speech in short complete French rather than isolated words.
• Use direct object pronouns to add one clear detail about object pronouns and practical speech without losing control.

22 min

Service calls and appointments

Make simple service calls, confirm appointments, and explain a practical problem clearly.

• Place practical life and planning inside a simple timeline that the listener can follow easily.
• Use appointment language and practical clarification to keep time, order, or routine markers stable.

22 min

Memories and childhood routines

Describe childhood habits, compare them with the present, and tell a short memory more smoothly.

• Place past experiences and daily routine inside a simple timeline that the listener can follow easily.
• Use past description with simple time contrast to keep time, order, or routine markers stable.

20 min

Obligations and advice

Say what someone must do, should do, or needs to remember in practical situations.

• Talk about obligation and advice in short complete French rather than isolated words.
• Use devoir and practical advice language to add one clear detail about obligation and advice without losing control.

22 min

Transport problems and delays

Explain a travel problem, ask for an alternative, and react to delays in practical French.

• Place travel and interaction inside a simple timeline that the listener can follow easily.
• Use problem explanation and practical follow-up questions to keep time, order, or routine markers stable.

22 min

Renting and housing issues

Describe a housing need or problem and make a clear practical request to solve it.

• Manage a short housing and services exchange with a clear opening, a useful detail, and a calm closing line.
• Use practical complaint and request structure without overbuilding the sentence.

22 min

Doctor visits and symptoms

Explain simple symptoms, answer basic medical questions, and understand common advice.

• Talk about health and interaction in short complete French rather than isolated words.
• Use symptom description and simple advice language to add one clear detail about health and interaction without losing control.

22 min

Restaurant problems and polite complaints

Handle mistakes in a restaurant politely and keep the exchange productive instead of confrontational.

• Manage a short services and interaction exchange with a clear opening, a useful detail, and a calm closing line.
• Use polite complaint language and solution requests without overbuilding the sentence.

20 min

Rescheduling appointments and services

Reschedule appointments, explain changes, and confirm the new arrangement clearly.

• Place services and planning inside a simple timeline that the listener can follow easily.
• Use rescheduling language and practical confirmation to keep time, order, or routine markers stable.

22 min

Work, study, updates, and short emails

Write short update emails about study or work situations with clearer sequencing and purpose.

• Talk about writing and work and study in short complete French rather than isolated words.
• Use short update writing with sequence and purpose to add one clear detail about writing and work and study without losing control.

22 min

Simple online messages and forum posts

Write short online messages, ask for practical help, and summarize your problem for another reader.

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

22 min

Retelling weekend events

Use recent past language more flexibly to retell short events with sequence and reaction.

• Place narration and past experiences inside a simple timeline that the listener can follow easily.
• Use passe compose sequencing and short event narration to keep time, order, or routine markers stable.

22 min

Reformulating service information

Hear or read a service message, then reformulate the essential information for another person.

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

24 min

Listening repair and message relay

Repair weak listening points in practical announcements, then relay the message in clearer French.

• Talk about listening and mediation in short complete French rather than isolated words.
• Use announcement decoding and practical relay language to add one clear detail about listening and mediation without losing control.

22 min

Comparison of options and recommendations

Compare two practical options and give a short recommendation with reasons.

• Talk about comparison and opinions in short complete French rather than isolated words.
• Use comparison and recommendation frames to add one clear detail about comparison and opinions without losing control.

22 min

A2 to B1 reason and opinion bridge

Start linking short experiences to reasons and simple opinions so the move toward B1 feels natural.

• Talk about opinions and narration in short complete French rather than isolated words.
• Use reason-giving and short opinion organization to add one clear detail about opinions and narration without losing control.

26 min

A2 revision: practical life

Review A2 through trips, invitations, health, work, and short past-future narration.

• Place revision and practical life inside a simple timeline that the listener can follow easily.
• Use mixing a2 structures in one sequence to keep time, order, or routine markers stable.

28 min

A2 checkpoint

Check whether you can manage practical A2 life: invitations, travel, health, work, and short narration.

• Talk about checkpoint and practical french in short complete French rather than isolated words.
• Use stable practical a2 communication to add one clear detail about checkpoint and practical french without losing control.

16 min

A2 completion and B1 bridge

Finish A2 and prepare for the longer opinions, stories, and service interactions of B1.

• Talk about completion and b1 bridge in short complete French rather than isolated words.
• Use carrying practical control into b1 to add one clear detail about completion and b1 bridge without losing control.

Mediation lab: relay basic information

Practice passing on simple French information without copying every word.

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.

Study system: beginner review routine

Turn A0 to A2 study into a repeatable weekly loop with retrieval, spacing, and repair.

Placement guide: A0 to A2 chooser

Use honest self-placement questions to choose the right beginner starting point.