French 2 (Near Beginners Mondays)
Enrolment deadline
Courses starting in October 2023
- 8 October 2023
French 2 (Near Beginners)
Mondays 18:00 - 20:00
20 weeks | October - March
Fees from £270
Tutor: Emilie Hauzay
Classroom course at South Kensington
For applicants who already have some experience of speaking French at a basic level, and those who have completed a Beginner’s course at Imperial College or a similar course elsewhere
This course will provide you with a general foundation in the language and culture of French speaking countries so that you can deal with a range of predictable, everyday communicative situations, interacting at a basic level, orally and in writing.
Upon completion of this course you should be able to perform at Level A1+ of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Our approach following communicative and active learning methodologies ensures that you engage with a wide range of tasks and activities covering all four skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking). These activities will include pair work and groupwork; discovery and formulation of grammatical rules; work with texts and audio-visual material.
You will be able to respond to and produce a beginner’s range of spoken language in very familiar contexts, answer to and produce simple written texts such as messages and emails. You will be able to talk about yourself, to describe your home, work environment, interests and to express opinions and preferences, making comparisons and suggestions and using present, future, past, and conditional tenses. In addition, you will demonstrate intercultural awareness in your handling of simple everyday social interactions in French.
On this course, you will cover the following linguistic structures: present tense; imperative; future; introduction to conditional; past tense (perfect); personal and object pronouns; articles; possessives; agreement of nouns and adjectives; prepositions; expressions of quantity; impersonal forms.
These linguistic structures will be applied to the following topics: simple social interactions; everyday life and objects; work and professions; the home and the family; holidays and leisure time, travel, eating and drinking; giving and understanding information; opinions; features of modern life; selected cultural areas and personalities of the French-speaking countries.
The lecturer will inform you of any recommended textbooks and useful resources at the start of the course.
Level advice
We advise you to take the French placement test pre-enrolment and contact Dr Tatiana Codreanu t.codreanu@imperial.ac.uk (Assistant French Coordinator) for a brief assessment to ensure you are taking the appropriate level of French.
Class Recordings
These classes are not recorded
Attendance Certificate
Successful completion of this course leads to the award of an Imperial College attendance certificate
Terms and conditions apply to all enrolments to this course. Please read them before enrolment
Course Information
Your Tutor
Emily Hauzay recently completed an MA in Education at Oxford Brookes University. She has been teaching French as a foreign language for over fifteen years in the UK and abroad. Her career today is evolving around Oxford Brookes University, Oxford University and Imperial College London where she has been teaching in the Undergraduate and Adult Education Programmes for the past six years.
Emily endeavours to provide well-structured and dynamic classes using a range of audio-visual resources and interactive activities, along with her own original teaching materials. Her knowledge of the French language, history and culture make her lessons informative and engaging.
What course level should I choose?
Choosing the right course level
It is very important to book onto a course which is a good match for your level of ability, and we aim to make the process of deciding which is the right course level for you as simple as possible.
We advise you to take the French placement test pre-enrolment and contact Dr Tatiana Codreanu t.codreanu@imperial.ac.uk (Assistant French Coordinator) for a brief assessment to ensure you are taking the appropriate level of French.
Course Fees and Discounts
| Weeks | Standard Rate | Internal Rate | Associate Rate | ||
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| 20 | Early Bird: £453 Full price: £503 |
Early Bird: £270 Full price: £300 |
Early Bird: £356 Full price: £396 |
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| All fee rates quoted are for the whole 2-term course. Early Bird rates available 1 August to 30 September 2023 only. Part-payments are not possible. | |||||
Rate Categories and Discounts
Standard Rate
- Available to all except those who fall under the Internal Rate or Associate Rate category.
Internal Rate
- Current Imperial College students and staff (incl. Imperial NHS Trust, Imperial Innovations, ancillary & service staff employed on long-term contracts at Imperial College by third-party contractors)
- People enrolling under our Friends & Family scheme
- Alumni of Imperial College and predecessor colleges and institutes, including City & Guilds College Association members
- Students, staff and alumni of the Royal College of Art, Royal College of Music and City, UAL and the City and Guilds of London Art School
- Students, staff and Governors of Woodhouse College and the IC Mathematics School
Associate Rate
- Austrian Cultural Forum staff
- Co-operative College members
- Francis Crick Institute staff, researchers and students
- Friends and Patrons of the English Chamber Orchestra
- Friends of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens
- Friends of Leighton House/ Sambourne House
- Friends of the Royal College of Music
- Harrods staff
- Historic Royal Palaces staff
- Lycee Charles de Gaulle staff
- Members of the Friends of Imperial College
- Members of the Kennel Club
- Members of the London Zoological Society
- Members of the South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
- Members of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
- National Health Service (NHS) employees
- Natural History Museum staff
- Residents of postcodes SW3, SW5, SW7, SW10 and W8
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council staff
- Royal Geographical Society staff
- Science Museum staff
- Staff of Exhibition Road Cultural Group (Discover South Kensington) organisations
- Students (non-Imperial College)
- Teachers and other staff of UK schools
- Tutors and other staff of institution members of the Association of Colleges
- Tutors and other staff of other universities and higher education institutions
- Victoria and Albert Museum staff
Late enrolment
It is possible to enrol on many of our adult education courses after the course has already started. For non-language courses this is subject entirely to agreement by the tutor. For language courses it is subject to agreement by the language coordinator conducting level assessment. If you want to join a course late do bear in mind there might be work you will need to catch up on, particularly in language courses.
Friends and Family Scheme
This course is eligible for allowing Imperial College students and staff to share their discount with their friends and family.
Term Dates 2023-2024
| Weeks | Autumn term | Spring term | Summer term | |
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| 20 | Week commencing 16 October to week ending 16 December 2023 (9 weeks) | Week commencing 8 January to week ending 23 March 2024 (11 weeks) | n/a | |
| Term 1 and 2 are separated by the Christmas break | ||||
Enrolment Process
Web enrolment starts 1 August 2023. Early bird discounts are available from 1 August to 30 September 2023
Enrolment and payment run through the Imperial College eStore. When enrolling:
- Do check on the drop down menu above called "Course Fees and Rate Categories" to see if you are eligible for a discounted rate and also do make sure you select that rate when enrolling on the eStore
- If you are a first-time eStore user you will need to create an account before enrolling. You can do this by entering an email address and password. This account can then be used for any future enrolments via the eStore.
When you have enrolled you will be sent the following email notifications:
| What is sent | When is it sent | What does it contain | |
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| 1. Payment confirmation | Is sent straight away following submission of your online application |
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| 2. Enrolment confirmation | Is usually sent within 10 working days. Please treat your payment confirmation as confirmation that your applicant details and payment have been received |
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| 3. Programme information | Is usually sent on Friday late afternoon the week before term starts |
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Any Questions?
If you have any questions about the academic content or teaching of this course please contact the Assistant French Coordinator, Dr Tatiana Codreanu, t.codreanu@imperial.ac.uk
If you have any questions about your enrolment or payment processes please contact the Programme Administrator, Christian Jacobi, eveningclass@imperial.ac.uk