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French Online: Use Past Tenses in French like a Native -1

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  • Updated 3/2019
4.5
(30 Ratings)
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Course Information

Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
1 Hour(s) 6 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
Learn French Online with Dr. Olga Manakina
Rating
4.5
(30 Ratings)

Course Overview

French Online: Use Past Tenses in French like a Native -1

Passé Composé vs Imparfait - PART 1: Learn French Past Tenses. 100% practical Course. Captioned in ENG & FR.

Objective

This course explains how to use 2 most common past tenses in French language and makes you talk about any of your past experiences.

In less than 1 hour you will learn the basics of the French language system of past tenses and you will feel confident talking about any of your past experiences, such as professional and academic background, your childhood and anything you want to share in French about your past.

100% of language practice

This French language class itself is a training for all essential language skills

  • listening - the course is entirely in French

  • reading - all videos are captioned in French and include reading activities

  • writing - the Exercise File (to be downloaded) includes various writing activities with provided answers

  • speaking - the course is given in an easy speaking French and uses everyday life vocabulary that is why it is accessible to beginners (A1-A2)

This course is for you if

  • you study French and you are starting using past tenses (A1-A2 level)

  • you have an intermediate level in French  but you are still confused about the choice between "j'ai parlé" and "je parlais"

  • you are a beginner French teacher and you need tips for your grammar classes

Structure

The course consists on 12 videos  with detailed explanations, simple examples,  lots of practical exercises and a final test.

In the end of each video there is a practical exercise with answers and comments.

Exercise File

The Exercise File (in French - Fichier d'exercices) is attached to the  Lecture 3. It is to be dowloaded or printed before starting the course. Here are the possible ways to do exercises:

  • The best way to work on this course is to print the Exercise File and to write all exercise in there.

  • If you use a tablet with a stylus pen, download your Exercise File and write your exercises on your tablet.

  • If you can't print the file and don't use a tablet, open the pdf file on your screen and write your exercises on a sheet of paper.

Progress guarantee

The course is a product of 20 years experience of successful work with adults students all over the world, in classroom and online.

It combines all the best techniques and activities of offline and online teaching.

You are guided from theory to practice, from one activity to another, you just can not not to progress.

Part 2

The Part 2 of the course is available in my profile. It contains more practice with particular verbs and prepositions pendant, depuis, il y a, etc.

Coming features

  • Russian captions

  • Mandarin captions

Course Content

  • 7 section(s)
  • 21 lecture(s)
  • Section 1 About the course
  • Section 2 Facts and descriptions.
  • Section 3 Descriptions with Imparfait.
  • Section 4 Facts and results with Passé composé
  • Section 5 Telling a story in the past
  • Section 6 Final test and next steps
  • Section 7 Révisions

What You’ll Learn

  • You will learn to use 2 most common past tenses in French
  • You will speak about your results and achievements
  • You will be able to build up a logical and interesting story including facts and descriptions
  • You will improve your listening skills in French because the course is is entirely in French.
  • You will improve your reading and your writing skills in French because you will do a lot of practical exercices
  • No matter what past tenses exist in your mother tongue, you will understand the French language logic

Skills covered in this course


Reviews

  • K
    Kathi Whitten
    5.0

    So far it is good.

  • C
    Charles Grebe
    5.0

    Very clear French pronunciation and organized structure.

  • S
    SRI ADITYA VUPPALA
    5.0

    it's good

  • K
    Kevin McKenzie
    5.0

    excellent

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