
French level 2: building blocks of French welcomes learners with prior knowledge and guides them through nine flexible sections for weekly progression, with vocabulary building and Duolingo support.
Conduct a conversation review using guided prompts and brief response time, building on level one practice. The ten to eleven slides exercise uses prompts and a blue end bar.
Explore formal, semi-formal, and informal French letter greetings, using titles like monsieur and madame, 'cher', and addressing strangers, acquaintances, and loved ones.
This lecture explains French letter endings across three levels: formal closings as long equivalents of sincerely; common closings for strangers or acquaintances; and intimate closings for loved ones, like bisous.
Explore sample emails in French, including formal emails, emails to strangers, and emails to loved ones, focusing on openings, closings, salutations, and vocabulary through translations.
Explore essential vocabulary list 3 from the building blocks of French, including masculine and feminine noun forms, common phrases, and gendered adjective usage.
Explore the French relative pronouns qui and que, learn how they connect phrases, distinguish subject versus direct object, and compare with English equivalents like that, which, who, and where.
Explore vocabulary list 4 of French level 2, focusing on regular verbs. This week's vocabulary lesson covers regular verbs and related terms.
Explore the subject-verb-object order in French, identify direct objects as the first recipient of the action, and learn that indirect objects require à or pour in French.
Master direct and indirect object pronouns in French, identify primary and secondary receivers, and place object pronouns before the verb with examples like je la mange.
Explore vocabulary list 5, focusing on animals and how to use animal names in French, reinforcing the building blocks of French for level 2 learners.
Explore pronominal verbs in French—reflexive, reciprocal, and expressions—conjugated like regular verbs with reflexive pronouns, plus the body-part rule for specifying parts after the verb.
Explore reciprocal pronominal verbs in French level 2 and learn to express actions done to and from each other.
Explore expressions of verbs in pronominal and reciprocal forms, with examples like to get going, to go away, to be named, to wonder, and to get lost.
Learn how to form the French passé composé using subject pronouns with the auxiliary être or avoir and the past participle, including regular and irregular forms with examples.
Master time expressions in French, including there is or there are, and for and since, with examples like four hours ago and we have been eating for three hours.
Read this article about bilingualism in Canada to test your knowledge of reading about French in the past.
French Level 2 is the second part to the introductory French course. Learners will be learn ways to make more complex sentences and be introduced to the past tense. By the end of the course, successful learners will be able to build more complex sentences, respond to spoken questions with more precision, and be able to talk about events in the past, present, and future. The only prerequisite for this course is to have taken French Level 1 OR be able to ask questions and introduce oneself in French.
This course is comprised of video lectures and learning activities (quizzes) to help solidify your learning.
French is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world and is the official languages of countries all across the world. Learning a second language will make you more marketable for future employment. Being able to speak a second language will make travelling easier as well. There are also a number of cognitive benefits to learning a second language. Some studies suggest that learning a second language is a great way to keep your mind in shape.
It is recommended that learners focus on one lesson per week. Thus, ideally, the course should take each learner about 9 weeks to complete. Learners are able to progress at their own speed and are able to finish the course before or after the 9 week suggested period.
This course is a self-directed course and the instructor is present to act as a guide to foster learning and answer any questions that the learner may have. This format allows more convenience for the learner to progress at their own speed.