What’s Included in this course?

✔️ 6-week (€75) or 8-week (€95) French courses
Each course runs for 6 or 8 weeks. They are designed to build your confidence step by step. Expect a balance of vocabulary, speaking, listening, and grammar explained in a clear and practical way.

✔️ Weekly Classes (1 hour)
Small, friendly groups (max 14 learners) meeting in person once a week. Interactive activities keep the lessons dynamic while giving you the structure you need to progress.

✔️ Google Classroom Access
Stay organised and motivated between lessons with:

  • 🗂️ Weekly lesson notes

  • 📚 Helpful resources

  • 📝 Optional home practice

✔️ Printed Course Booklet
You will receive a beautifully prepared booklet on the first day of class, with exercises and space to follow along and practice at home.

✔️ Oral Practice in Class
Pair and group activities designed to get you talking. From greetings to real conversations, French is best learned by speaking, and you’ll do plenty of it!

✔️ Discount available
Once you have commited once to any French course, you get a returning student discount that you can use for any future French course.

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📅 Course Dates season 2026/2027:

– Sep/Oct 2025 → 16/09 to 21/10 (6 weeks)

– Nov/Dec 2025 → 04/11 to 09/12 (6 weeks)

– Jan/Mar 2026 → 20/01 to 10/03 (8 weeks)

– Apr/May 2026 → 07/04 to 26/05 (8 weeks)

Who Is This For?

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  • For the Beginner courses: Total beginners or learners who want to start from the beginning again.

  • For the Intermediate courses: Anyone with established French skills looking to build their existing knowledge and gain more confidence.

  • Adults who want a friendly, structured and easy-to-follow experience.

  • Anyone looking for a supportive and pressure-free learning environment.

How to join?

Our next course will start on Wednesday the 16th of September at the Avalon Centre in Sligo (eircode: F91 RF78)

Intermediate French: 6:15pm to 7:15pm

Beginner French: 7:25pm to 8:25pm 

Only 14 spots per group – so early booking is recommended.

Register (Beginner level) Register (Intermediate level)

What will you actually be learning?

Beginner French:

👋 Module 1 – Bienvenue (Welcome)

🗣 Communication – What you’ll be able to do:

  • Greet people in different situations
  • Introduce yourself and ask others to do the same
  • Give personal information (name, age, nationality, etc.)
  • Ask for personal information politely
  • Talk about your likes and dislikes

📚 Vocabulary – Words you’ll master:

  • Numbers from 1 to 99
  • How to say the date in French

✏️ Grammar – How you’ll say it:

  • Nationality adjectives
  • Prepositions for countries and cities
  • Definite articles (le, la, les)
  • Forming negatives (ne… pas)

🔊 Pronunciation – How to sound natural:

  • The French alphabet
  • Silent final consonants
  • The final e in words
  • The [e] sound

Intermediate French:

🌎 Module 11 – L’écologie (Ecology)

🗣 Communication – What you’ll be able to do:

  • Discuss recycling methods
  • Share your eco-friendly habits
  • Discuss wastefulness and how to reduce it
  • Explain the concept of a circula economy
  • Debate topics like meat consumption and veganism

📚 Vocabulary – Words you’ll master:

  • Waste and waste sorting
  • Wastefulness ans solutions to reduce it
  • Environmental issues ans solutions

✏️ Grammar – How you’ll say it:

  • The pluperfect tense (J’avais fait…)
  • Comparing, superiority and inferiority
  • Expressing opposition and concession (bien que…)
  • Adverbs ending in -ment
  • Three parts negation (ne…ni…ni, ne…pas du tout…)

🆕 Expression – Weekly oral practices such as:

  • Structured debates / discussions
  • Mini-news flash
  • Storytelling

FAQ

Do I need to know any French for the Beginners course?

Not at all! The French Beginners Course is perfect for complete beginners.


What if I already know a little?

That’s great, you’ll strengthen your foundation and gain confidence.


What about the Intermediate course?

For this course you would need to have already done French in the past. If you are not sure, check out the module objectives or get in touch.


What if I miss a class?

No problem, you will get the course slides, the session notes and the lesson summary each week.


How old do I need to be to join the course?

Anyone 18 or above can join the French lessons.

 

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Ready to Learn French?

Let’s make it fun, interesting, and rewarding together.


If you are not sure, see what others have to say about this course:

Julien is a great teacher. Very engaging. Makes the lessons so enjoyable that you don’t want it to be over. Very organised and follows up afterwards with reminders of the key learnings and supplementary material.

Jacqueline / Sligo

I have recently completed my first beginners French course with Julien  and highly recommend it. The course is very enjoyable and well paced. Julien teaches with great enthusiasm for the language and offers wonderful support through the online classroom.

Lorraine / Boyle

I highly recommend Julien as your French teacher. His teaching style brings enthusiasm, passion with a kind and gentle encouragement to his students. I learned more French in 4 weeks than I did 5 years in school!!

Noreen / Sligo