Group courses for adults

Objectives - Part 1

• Basic notions
• Personal pronouns
• Past tenses
• Adverbs
• The subjunctive
• Relative pronouns
• Negatives
• if possible : verbs such as devoir, pouvoir, savoir, connaître

Objectives - Part 2

• Basic notions (continued)
• Articles and demonstratives
• The comparative
• The possessive
• The infinitive mode / tense
• Direct questioning
• Direct vs. indirect speech
• Indefinite words
• Prepositions

Objectives - Part 3

• Basic notions (continued)
• Indicative and present imperative 
• Numbers, dates and time
• Reflexive verbs
• Adjectives
• Future and conditional tenses
• Present participles and gerunds
• Sequence of tenses

• This course aims to help parents whose children are in French school or French immersion to get even more involved in their school community.
• Through conversational, reading and listening practices, parents develop abilities to follow up their children's school life.

New students are invited to take a placement test before registering. Students can also take the certificate examination for the International French Diploma DELF (information available at your registration department or ask for more information from your teacher).

• Introduce myself, spell my name, tell my nationality, tell which language I speak
• Ask people to introduce themselves
• Count
• Communicate in the context of the class
• Greet someone
• Ask and give someone some personal information
• Talk about my hobbies and my dreams

New students are invited to take a placement test before registering. Students can also take the certificate examination for the International French Diploma DELF (information available at your registration department or ask for more information from your teacher).

• Talk about your town
• Ask for and give explanations
• Get information and book an accommodation
• Understand and give simple route
• Indicate the way of traveling
• Write a postcard
• Give impressions about place
• Request and indicate the country where we come from/where we are going to
• Talk about the weather
• Talk about your tastes, interest and activities  
• Talk about your profession
• Characterize a person

New students are invited to take a placement test before registering. Students can also take the certificate examination for the International French Diploma DELF (information available at your registration department or ask for more information from your teacher).

• Speak about your family
• Understand and announce a family event
• React to a family announcement and congratulate the person
• Understand, ask for and give news about someone
• Understand, ask for and give time and schedule information
• Express an obligation
• Understand and describe daily activities and schedule
• Propose, accept, and refuse an invitation to go out
• Schedule a meeting
• Speak about future plans
• Relate and refer to past events

New students are invited to take a placement test before registering. Students can also take the certificate examination for the International French Diploma DELF (information available at your registration department or ask for more information from your teacher).

• Understand a questionnaire
• Ask questions
• Talk about celebrations and traditions
• Call someone and answer the phone
• Give advice
• Refer to past events
• Understand biographical information
• Describe someone's physical appearance and mention similarities
• Talk about the seasons
• Express sensations, perceptions and feelings
• Understand simple weather information
• Situate an event in the year
• Give information about the weather
• Locate a place geographically
• Present and describe a location
• Talk about outdoor activities

New students are invited to take a placement test before registering. Students can also take the certificate examination for the International French Diploma DELF (information available at your registration department or ask for more information from your teacher).

• Understand/write a tour itinerary
• Talk about hobbies and cultural activities
• Write a holiday letter
• Talk about personal tastes and diet
• Understand/write a menu
• Describe an outfit
• Make a positive
• Ask for/specify the size of clothing
• Give advice
• Choose a gift for someone
• Characterize an object, indicate its function

New students are invited to take a placement test before registering. Students can also take the certificate examination for the International French Diploma DELF (information available at your registration department or ask for more information from your teacher).

• Make a shopping list and characterize food
• Make purchases and express precise quantities
• Suggest an outing and react (2)
• Characterize a restaurant and understand a presentation before ordering
• Order and express satisfaction/dissatisfaction in a restaurant
• Evoke memories
• Locate an event in time
• Compare old and current situations
• Understand the description of a typical/atypical home
• Describe housing and transformations
• Describe the function of a room
• Understand a real estate ad
• Understand/seek clarification for housing and rental conditions
• Talk about a relationship with roommates
• Understand/express rules (restriction, prohibition and recommendation)

New students are invited to take a placement test before registering. Students can also take the certificate examination for the International French Diploma DELF (information available at your registration department or ask for more information from your teacher).

• Converse about a friendly relation
• Describe an individual (character, qualities, flaws)
• Speak of my neighbourhood relations
• Tell what someone said
• Talk about changes and compare
• Relate a meeting
• Relate a university and/or professional experience

New students are invited to take a placement test before registering. Students can also take the certificate examination for the International French Diploma DELF (information available at your registration department or ask for more information from your teacher).

The program provides them with abilities for enhancing their communication in French with francophone patients/customers or pairs.
Each class includes oral communication practices (comprehension and expression), lexical work, and grammar reviews.
Minimum Level Required: A2.4
New students are invited to take a placement test before registering.
Program sponsored by the Ministry of Health and LongTerm Care. This course meets the requirement for tuition reimbursement as part of the French Language Training. More information available here.

Students can also take the certification examination for the international French Diploma DELF A2 (information available at your registration department or ask for more information from your teacher).

• Understand a job posting
• Indicate qualities for a job
• Understand and write a resume and cover letter
• Present yourself in a professional context and describe work experience
• Give advice and warning
• Indicate necessary changes
• Talk about a country and its people, cultural differences
• Discover stereotypes
• Understand and express percentage and statistics
• Ask about / discuss a lifestyle change
• Express feelings about a lifestyle change
• Understand uses and rules of know-how

New students are invited to take a placement test before registering. Students can also take the certificate examination for the International French Diploma DELF (information available at your registration department or ask for more information from your teacher).

• Understand a comparative study/a ranking
• Speak about your place in life and justify choices
• Give an account of an event
• Make a suggestion, inspire action
• Understand headlines in the press
• Respond and give your opinion about a television program
• Understand events reported in the media
• Give your account of an event
• Recount various events

• Becoming familiar with each of the four components of the exam - reading, listening, writing and speaking - through a variety of exercises and mock exams;
• Providing you with key insights and advice to optimize your success rate at the exam.

• Study the author’s style and vocabulary;
• Analyze the character and plot development;
• Analyze the semantic fields;
• Discuss the themes of your reading for the week.

New students are invited to take a placement test before registering. Students can also take the certificate examination for the International French Diploma DELF (information available at your registration department or ask for more information from your teacher).

New students are invited to take a placement test before registering. Students can also take the certificate examination for the International French Diploma DELF (information available at your registration department or ask for more information from your teacher).

This course aims to develop French conversational and communication skills through role-play and other oral activities adapted to your level.

New students are invited to take a placement test before registering. Students can also take the certificate examination for the International French Diploma DELF (information available at your registration department or ask for more information from your teacher).

New students are invited to take a placement test before registering. Students can also take the certificate examination for the International French Diploma DELF (information available at your registration department or ask for more information from your teacher).

• Understand a film presentation and critical comments
• Express appreciation
• Engage in an activity
• Talk about hobbies and social life
• Select a tourism service
• Make a reservation
• Get information on a route/itinerary
• Consider the future: express wishes/hopes
• Make suggestions

New students are invited to take a placement test before registering. Students can also take the certificate examination for the International French Diploma DELF (information available at your registration department or ask for more information from your teacher).

• Talk about personal interests, commitments
• Express purpose and goals
• Submit a project
• Imagine ahypothetical orunrealsituation
• Present/summarizea book
• Expresscauseand effect
• Give an opinion, justify your choice
• Express agreement/disagreement
• Evokea lifestyle change
• Understanda biography
• Reportspeech in the past tense
• Reportan exceptional event, a feat