
Master French pronunciation by learning which sounds are easy or hard, practicing at home, and using the bicycle analogy to build confident, lasting pronunciation of vowels and consonants.
Read the bakery dialogue in English to understand what’s happening, then analyze it in French in the next section; the lesson centers on contextualization and reading in English.
Explore a bakery and pastry shop dialogue in French, including je voudrais, un croissant, pain au chocolat, and the use of à la versus au for feminine and masculine nouns.
Practice French pronunciation by repeating slowly with me, then sharpen listening skills through native-speed dialogue audios set in a bakery, featuring phrases like bonjour madame and je voudrais croissant.
Identify masculine, feminine, and plural forms using un for masculine and une for feminine. Add d before plural nouns, and practice flavor phrases like au chocolat and à la fraise.
Explore bakery and pastry shop vocabulary, from baguette and pain au chocolat to croissant and eclair. Memorize core terms and practice pronunciation as you revisit expressions later.
Discover how to order pastries in French using expressions such as je voudrais and je vais prendre, with examples like croissant, tart, and millefeuille, plus s'il vous plaît.
Master the French alphabet and accents, learn pronunciation rules for letters, cedilla and apostrophe usage, and practice with two simple exercises.
Learn to contextualize and read a post office dialogue in English, covering sending a package to the United States, choosing priority service, completing a customs form, and selecting stamps.
Breaks down the post office dialogue word by word, showing how alla and o mark at for feminine or masculine nouns, with pronunciation tips and pricing and stamps.
Practice pronunciation by reading a fully French dialogue aloud, repeating phrases such as à la poste, bonjour monsieur, et s'il vous plaît, with mentions of stamps and France's monuments.
Master three French question forms—formal inversion, normal form, and familiar form—with examples like do you have stamps and do you live in Lyon.
Learn core post office French vocabulary, including tariff, normal rate, priority, coli, timbre, envoyer, recevoir, une lettre, and postal card, plus when to use tariff versus pre.
Learn to ask for things in french with je voudrais envoyer, and use donne moi to request stamps or a carnet de timbres.
Test your French to A2 by learning ten basic words with examples, including un événement, la tradition, le quartier, rendez-vous, loisirs, paysage, itinéraire, ambiance, patrimoine, bois.
Read a market dialogue in English to understand key shopping phrases, then contextualize and practice the same dialogue in French for practical communication.
Breaks down a French market dialogue word by word, teaching gender agreement and er-verb endings, then shows using je voudrais and je vais prendre to order.
practice pronunciation by reading a french dialogue with the instructor, mastering phrases like bonjour madame, je voudrais, s'il vous plaît, et voilà, while noting basic foods and quantities.
Learn how to express quantities in French using de and du, including contractions before vowels, and examples like one kilo de tomates, un peu de persil, and beaucoup d'amis.
Learn a practical French vocabulary for vegetables, fruits, and herbs through a market-inspired dialogue, including pomme de terre, courgette, tomate, abricot, pamplemousse, and les herbes de Provence.
Learn to express quantities in French using expressions like un kilo de, un litre de, and une dizaine de, and practice pairing de with the noun.
Practice contextualized dialogue at a grocery store by reading the dialogue in English and examining its details in French to request ham, cheese, eggs, and water.
Practice a grocery store dialogue in French, mastering l'épicerie articles (du, de la, des), contractions before vowels, and expressions like il faut, je voudrais, and je vais prendre.
Practice reading the full French dialogue with guided pronunciation, using two voice audio dialogues to listen and repeat, improving accuracy and confidence in spoken French.
Learn how to express some in French using du, de la, des, or de l' for masculine, feminine, or plural nouns, and remember nouns always require a determiner.
Explore comprehensive grocery store vocabulary in French, covering base products, staples, dairy, produce, meats, fish, beverages, and condiments, with emphasis on essential terms and memorization.
Learn to request items in French using je voudrais, il faut, donne-moi, and je vais prendre, with examples like biscuits, cream, cheese, ham, and oil.
Contextualize and read a stationery store dialogue in English, exploring price questions, item options, and gift purchases through fountain pen pricing.
Break down a French dialogue word by word, showing how to form questions, use verbs like pouvoir and vouloir, and how to ask prices and express euros.
Practice your pronunciation by reading the dialogue in French with me, listen to the two-person audios for faster, native-like speech, and repeat aloud to improve fluency.
Learn that in French, after a conjugated verb the second verb stays in the infinitive, as in je voudrais voir and pour savoir, with pour introducing infinitives.
Learn essential stationery vocabulary in French and English, including fountain pens, ballpoint pens, paper, envelopes, dossier, and binder.
Learn price-related idioms in French, including how to ask for a price and say how much it is, with the placement of combien at the end.
Read an English dialogue at the fishmonger about ordering seafood, compare the classic platter and mixed platter options, and prepare to interpret the phrases in French with detailed word-by-word analysis.
Analyze a fishmonger dialogue where a customer orders a plateau de fruits de mer and learns how to ask what, which, and how many with combien, using chez and à.
Read the fishmonger dialogue in French, repeat aloud to practice pronunciation, and listen to the audios related to the dialogue to boost listening comprehension, with two speakers guiding pronunciation.
Master the French preposition pour, using it for or to, learn when and how to use qui/quoi for questions, and practice with dates, nouns, and in‑favor expressions.
Learn essential French seafood vocabulary, including fish names such as sole, tuna, sardine, and shellfish like mussels and shrimp, plus phrases for preparing fish and removing bones.
Explore a long coffee shop dialogue to learn new vocabulary and expressions, starting with understanding the English conversation about ordering, desserts, and billing, then context for French discussion.
Explore a practical French cafe dialogue, teaching how to navigate masculine and feminine forms, order food, and ask for items like the menu, drinks, and desserts.
Practice reading a French cafe dialogue, repeating phrases for ordering and preferences, including menu items, desserts, drinks, and requesting the bill.
This grammar lesson covers the present tense conjugation of three common French verbs: avoir, prendre, and aller, with subject pronouns and everyday usage.
Explore drinks and cafe terms like beer, lemonade, Bordeaux wine, and water. Learn un café, un deca, un café crème, croque monsieur, crudité, entrecôte, la carte, du jour, and dessert.
Explore essential idiomatic expressions for coffee shop interactions, including ordering with je vais prendre or je voudrais, asking about starters, and requesting a carafe of water.
Explore a hotel dialogue in English, learning phrases for booking a room, choosing a double or single bed, rates, breakfast, and confirmation via fax or email.
Explore a hotel check-in dialogue in French, from asking for a room to bed options. Note the €62 room price and €8 breakfast, with phrases like bonjour and vous avez.
Read the dialogue in French, repeat after me, and practice hotel conversations—from asking for a room and preferences to breakfast and confirmation by fax or email.
Master how to qualify adjectives in French by forming masculine, feminine, and plural forms, including regular endings and key irregulars like beau to belle and nouveau to nouvelle.
Master essential hotel vocabulary in French, including trois étoiles, chambre simple, chambre double, avec salle de bain, douche, wc séparée, vue sur la mer, le petit déjeuner compris.
Learn popular hotel expressions in French, such as vous avez une chambre libre. Use je voudrais réserver, je vais prendre la chambre, sous le nom de Rafa.
Contextualize and read an English dialogue set at a Paris train station to book round-trip tickets, covering destinations, dates, times, class, smoking preference, and price.
Master a practical French train station dialogue by using je voudrais, s'il vous plaît, and au départ de Paris to book a round trip on a TGV with horaires.
Develop reading skills in a French dialogue about booking train tickets, asking for destinations, checking schedules, and discussing TGV departures from Paris with possible discounts.
Explore how the interrogative adjective quel adapts to gender and number, with examples using livre, activité, and ami; learn pronunciation and common question forms in French.
Explore essential French train vocabulary, including the TGV and grande vitesse, gendered nouns and articles do/la, and phrases for boarding, train schedules, tickets, and class options.
Learn French idioms for making requests, starting with je voudrais réserver to say I would like to book, and extend to ordering anything, including train tickets and morning departure times.
Hello,
I’m Rafa, I'm French, and I have a degree in engineering in France. Today, I’ve been working in Paris as a Quantitative Analyst at a bank, and I also teach private French courses, which is the thing I most love doing.
In this course, I use a method that is based on everyday dialogues, from a pedagogically organized textbook. For each dialogue, we will have the following lessons:
Contextualization lesson in English. In this lesson, I read the dialogue in English to help us familiarize ourselves with the context and avoid getting lost in the upcoming lessons. PDF dialogues are provided.
Dialogue comprehension lesson in French. In this lesson, I explain the dialogue in French, word by word! By the end of this lesson, you’ll be able to understand the entire dialogue in French.
Dialogue breakdown lesson. Here, I clarify all those little details of the language that appear in the dialogue.
Reading practice lesson in French. I read the entire dialogue again in French. You can use this lesson to repeatedly listen and practice the dialogue, reinforcing new words.
Grammar lesson. I explain French grammar in a simple and intuitive way. After all, it’s not worth memorizing endless grammar rules that we’ll never have time to recall when speaking or even writing in French, right?
Vocabulary lesson. In this lesson, we learn new words related to the dialogue’s context. For example, if the dialogue takes place in a clothing store, we’ll cover vocabulary related to shopping and clothing.
Idiomatic expressions lesson. Here, we learn expressions that native speakers love to use. For example: “How’s it going?” or “Would you like anything else?”
Practice exercises lesson. Now it’s time to practice! At the end of each dialogue, you’ll find some reinforcement exercises to ensure you’ve learned everything. And of course, all the answers are provided.
See you in the course!
Kind regards,
Rafa