Level 6 • French language

Course Description

This course is the first step in the four-semester French language track of the pathway's Level 6 curriculum. Designed for complete beginners (A0), it develops French language skills to CEFR A1 with consistent focus on professional workplace contexts relevant to French-speaking Belgium. Students build foundational vocabulary for professional, professional and daily-life situations, develop basic receptive skills in listening and reading, and begin producing simple written and spoken French in predictable professional scenarios.

Course Objectives

Develop basic French receptive and productive skills at CEFR A1. Build a core professional vocabulary for greetings, introductions, office contexts and everyday Belgian workplace situations in French. Train students to read and write simple professional texts and to interact in basic French in predictable situations.

Key Concepts

1. French alphabet, pronunciation and key phonological rules
2. Greetings, introductions and personal information in a professional context
3. Core vocabulary: office, workspace, Belgian administration
4. Numbers, dates, times and the Belgian calendar in French
5. Basic sentence structure and subject pronouns
6. Present tense regular (-er, -ir, -re) verbs and common irregulars
7. Nouns, gender and articles in French
8. Simple questions (est-ce que, inversion basics) and short answers
9. Reading simple French notices, short emails and instructions
10. Basic professional writing: short messages and simple emails in French

Course Outline

Learning Outcomes

1. Understand and produce basic French greetings, introductions and personal information (CEFR A1).
2. Use core workplace vocabulary in simple French sentences with correct basic grammar.
3. Apply present tense verbs (regular and common irregulars) in professional sentences.
4. Read simple French notices, short messages and basic professional emails.
5. Write simple professional emails and short internal messages in French.
6. Interact in basic French in predictable Belgian professional situations.