French - Intermediate
This course is ideal for:
Intermediate 2 – J’ai Inventé
Ever had a problem in a restaurant or being understood?
Want a holiday recommendation or to buy at the market like a local? Want to hire a bike or chat to the taxi driver? Get ready to practise your perfect tense and perfect your pronouns to enable you to talk about anything from local excursions to finding parking spaces! This course is suitable for people who can get by in most simple situations and are starting to develop confidence using the past tense. By the end of this course you will be able to:
use the present perfect “I have been, I have done” to talk about your experiences
Use object pronouns to say things like “I told her”, “I bought it”
Discuss the weather in the past, present and future
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Course Teacher
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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