By the end
What you'll build
- Conjugate and use the present tense of the verbs that carry everyday conversation
- Talk about the past with the passé composé, including the avoir/être split
- Talk about the future with 'aller + infinitive', the form French speakers actually use
- Ask questions three different ways and know which register each belongs to
- Negate, disagree and give opinions without sounding blunt
- Hold a five-minute unscripted conversation about your day, your work and your plans
Curriculum
What's inside
6 modules · 36 lessons
- 01
The Verb Engine — Present Tense
6 lessons- The Eight Verbs That Carry Everything
- Build It: Present-Tense Sentencessentence builder
- Which Form of the Verb?fill blank
- Listening: Catching the Verblistening lab
- Build It: Describing Your Lifesentence builder
- + 1 more lesson
- 02
Talking About Time — Past and Future
6 lessons- The Past Tense You Actually Need
- Build It: The Passé Composésentence builder
- avoir or être?fill blank
- The Everyday Future
- Build It: Plans and Intentionssentence builder
- + 1 more lesson
- 03
Questions and Answers
6 lessons- Three Ways to Ask, and When to Use Each
- Build It: Asking Questionssentence builder
- Which Question Word?fill blank
- Listening: Catching the Questionlistening lab
- Speaking Lab: Ask Me Five Questionsspeaking lab
- + 1 more lesson
- 04
Negation, Opinions and Disagreeing Politely
6 lessons- Saying No — and Softening It
- Build It: Negative Sentencessentence builder
- Which Negative?fill blank
- Word Power: Giving an Opinionword power
- Speaking Lab: Agree, Disagree, Hedgespeaking lab
- + 1 more lesson
- 05
Small Talk, Plans and the Telephone
6 lessons- The Shape of a French Conversation
- Build It: Small Talksentence builder
- Listening: A Real Conversationlistening lab
- Word Power: Fillers and Connectorsword power
- Flashcards: The Conversation Kitflashcard sr
- + 1 more lesson
- 06
Conversation Capstones
6 lessons- Listening: The Unscripted Momentlistening lab
- Build It: The Full Toolkitsentence builder
- Capstone: Five Minutes About Your Lifespeaking lab
- Final Checkpoint: Daily Conversationquiz
- Picture It & Speak — AI Image Studioimage lab
- + 1 more lesson
The shape of it
How this course works
Short lessons
36 lessons across 6 modules, each small enough to finish in one sitting.
Practice as you go
Every lesson ends with a small space for what you noticed — the doing is the learning.
A certificate at the end
Finish the course and earn a certificate anyone can verify with a link.
Ready when you are.
Make an account and this course opens up — your progress is saved from the very first lesson.
