French for Beginners 1

No prerequisites. If unsure of your skill level, before registration you can familiarise yourself with the course materials to compare them with your personal skill level or contact the course teacher or teacher tutor(Opens in a new tab) during their office hours, or Language Centre Student Advice(Opens in a new tab).

No prerequisites.

No prerequisites.

The course is aimed at familiarising students with the basics of French and training them to handle various simple everyday situations. After completing the course, students will

• Be able to use French in uncomplicated everyday situations
• Be able to express themselves in the present tense both orally and in writing
• Be somewhat familiar with French culture and customs, including the use of the most common courtesy phrases
• Understand simple texts and messages

Book version:

Hirschprung, Nathalie and Tricot, Tony: Cosmopolite 1 Méthode de français Niveau A1, Hachette 2017, IBSN 978-2-01-401597-3 (first half of the book, or dossiers 0–4)

Mater and Mathieu-Benoit: Cosmopolite 1 Cahier d’activités, Hachette 2017, IBSN 978-2-01-401598-0

The book includes a DVD-ROM, which contains, among other things, recordings for the dialogues in the textbook, while the workbook includes a CD.

OR

Digital version:

A textbook and a workbook, chapter recordings and parcours digital assignments. The product is in the form of a card, obtainable from bookstores, which contains a code for the digital version.

A chapter-specific glossary (French-Finnish-English), Finnish-language grammar presentations and dialogue recordings are available in Moodle to supplement both material options.

Please note:

The textbook, workbook and digital card are available in the Keskuskatu store of the Academic Bookstore (Keskuskatu 1) and in the Aleksanterinkatu store of Suomalainen Kirjakauppa (Aleksanterinkatu 15). Not for sale in webstores.

The course has a range of group-specific implementation and completion methods: in addition to attending teaching, students take an examination or complete a series of online review assignments (parcours digital, see group-specific information).

• Depending on the group, the course is organised as a combination of contact or online learning and independent study.
• 42–48 hours of real-time study in a classroom/Zoom and approximately 60–66 hours of independent study
• Active participation (roughly 75% attendance) in lectures and completion of agreed assignments in the time allotted
• Depending on the group, the classroom is traditional or flipped (classe inversée); new content is studied independently before lessons, while in class they are practised in small groups.
• End-of-course examination or a set of independently completed review assignments online
  
  

Depending on the group, the course includes a final examination or, instead, a set of independently completed online assignments, through which students review the course content (parcours digital, see group-specific information).

• Regular work at lessons
• A couple of writing or other assignments
  
  

Students of all faculties, students with a JOO flexible study right. The course can also be offered as open university education. Suitability for international students: see group-specific information

The course is intended for students who have not studied French before or have studied some French. For students who wish to review the basics, the Refresher Course in Basic French is recommended.

Autumn term (first and second teaching periods) and spring term (third and fourth teaching periods).