Intensive French Course
This course is eligible for financial support through the Chèque Annuel de Formation (CAF).
More detailsThis course is aimed at participants who wish to acquire a basic knowledge of French focusing on activities that are important for ‘surviving’ in a French-speaking country; learners who can already communicate in a simple way and who wish to improve their oral and/or written communication and interaction skills and develop their self-confidence; participants who wish to work on the complexity of their exchanges.
The activities offered allow participants to work on oral and/or written communication, linguistics, phonetics, autonomy, vocabulary, everyday social interactions, everyday socio-professional life, as well as various activities such as debates and presentations.
Eligible for the Chèque annuel de formation (CAF)
Course overview
In this course, you will :
- Discover the French language and discover Geneva
- Understand the sounds and pronunciation of French
- Learn basic expressions
- Understand familiar words, common expressions and simple questions related to everyday life
- Recognise common names, expressions and words
- Communicate in a simple way
- Fill in a form
- Understand and take part in a conversation related to immediate areas of priority
- Express an impression, a feeling, a taste, agreement or disagreement
- Understand the general content of personal letters, emails, advertisements and simple articles
- Place events in time and recount past events
- Participate, without preparation, in a conversation on familiar and personal topics related to everyday life
- Express a personal point of view, express agreement or disagreement, express reactions and explain them
- Present a problem, develop an opinion and make a clear and precise request
- Express yourself on topics related to current events
- Interact effectively in different everyday situations
- Acquire appropriate and natural speech and pronunciation
- Strengthen general language skills
- Implement effective communication strategies
- Develop vocabulary related to current events and everyday situations
- Adapt speech to a given situation
- Use articulators, connectors and text organisers effectively
Be challenged and supported.
Our unique learning approach – The Bell Way – is core to everything we do at Bell Language School. It was developed by our academic team alongside an Emeritus Professor from the University of Cambridge. It is based on six core principles that shape all our programmes. The combination of your hard work, regular practice and commitment to lessons – and our 65 years of teaching expertise – is guaranteed to see you aim high, exceed your expectations and become a confident user of English.
Personalise your programme
Our language course can be complemented with other solutions to ensure that you will have the perfect programme to achieve your goals, and remain in control of your learning journey.
AT THE END OF THIS COURSE, PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE :
- developed and consolidated their general language skills
- achieved objectives defined in accordance with the CEFR
- used the target language in a variety of situations
- gained confidence
REGULAR 1-to-1 feedback
Support at every step.
You will have regular 1-to-1 tutorials with your teacher to review your progress, highlight your achievements and discuss anything you are finding difficult. This way, we can ensure your course is updated with clear and relevant objectives, and you are always being challenged to take the next step in your study plan.
learning management system
Practise with Bell Online
On this course, you will be given access to your own digital learning environment. All your learning resources, teachers’ notes, interactive exercises and progress data are all personalised to you.
You may be asked to upload homework, contribute to group discussions, or receive direct audio feedback from your teachers. You will also be able to interact with your other classmates, and carry on practising your skills virtually!
