French - Improver
This course is ideal for:
French Improvers 3:
This course is suitable for people who have completed our Beginners Programme and/or Improvers 1, or who have a good knowledge of basic French but would like to develop their confidence, vocabulary and speaking and listening skills for ordinary situations before progressing to more challenging grammar. By the end of this course you will be able to:
Chat about Electrical devices, Food, Gastronomy, and Hotels
Use natural, authentic interjections in your speech such as “really?”, “gosh” etc.
Conjugate regular present tense verbs with more confidence and fluency
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My first taste of language learning came early in life when I’d eavesdrop on my bilingual Mum’s conversations in French with her Belgian cousins. Although I wasn’t brought up to be bilingual myself, I was lucky enough to have lots of family holidays in Belgium, which definitely helped when I started learning French and Spanish at school.
Later in life I went on to study Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Edinburgh. With a lot of hard work and a little bit of luck I graduated with a 1st class degree in 2006. I later gained a PGCE in Spanish and French at KCL, and became a qualified teacher working in London secondary schools.
I have taught (and learnt) languages all over the world including Chile, Argentina, Portugal, Vietnam, and Hong Kong - and more locally in Oxford, Banbury, and London. I have lots of experience of working with children, teenagers, and adults and just love teaching and learning languages.
As well as speaking Spanish, French, and Portuguese I have dabbled in learning Cantonese, Russian, Japanese, Georgian, and Samoan! My current language obsession is Greek - and I plan to stick with this one. It’s so helpful to be reminded how overwhelming learning a new language can seem at first - and the importance of keeping it fun.
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