French for Beginners
We proudly present a one-of-a kind educational program for beginners that includes vocabulary, grammar, exercises, dialogue, and much more in the form of a theatrical performance! (https://www.newsinslowfrench.com/series/guts/1/opening)
The plot of the play is simple. Valerie, our French tutor, gives one-on-one lessons to beginner students. Valerie has three rules for her students:
1. Complete the assigned lesson on the website and memorize new vocabulary on the flashcards before coming in for one-on-one studies.
2. You can talk about anything, as long as you employ grammar introduced in the lesson.
3. Don't be afraid to switch to English if you don’t know how to say something in French - but switch back to French as soon as you can!
Follow our heroes from Act 1, with conversation mostly in English, to Act 30, where they speak mostly French!
Together with Valerie's colorful students, you will learn the fundamentals of French grammar and expressions. Your vocabulary will expand rapidly and naturally, and your comprehension skills will improve dramatically.
Enjoy the characters, their secrets, desires, and motivations to learn French! Follow the 3 Valerie’s rules and learn with our students, Michelle, Jack, and Kevin! Bon voyage!
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 21 minutes
- Episodes
- 30
- Years Active
- 2012
French for Beginners: Lesson 10 - License to speak
Topics Covered:
- DIRE (to say), LIRE (to read), ÉCRIRE (to write)
- Alternate forms of negation
- Dis donc ! Dites donc !
Bienvenue mes amis ! Today, we meet with Kevin again. As you might have noticed,…
French for Beginners: Lesson 9 - It’s going South
Topics Covered:
- Modal verbs vouloir, pouvoir, devoir
- Demonstrative determiners
- À mon avis..
Bonjour mes amis ! Bienvenue ! Today, for Act IX, we’ll be joined by Michelle who is still making plans f…
French for Beginners: Lesson 8 - Keep on asking and you will receive
Topics covered:
- Introduction to questions
- Faire in the present
- Faire et expressions idiomatiques
- Ça ne fait rien / Cela ne fait rien
Bonjour et bienvenue ! C’est moi, Jean-Paul ! I’m glad to introd…
French for Beginners: Lesson 7 - To be or not to be… speaking French ?
Topics covered:
- RE verbs in the present
- Possessive determiners
- Tu te rends compte !
- Tu ne te rends pas compte !
Bonjour les amis, c’est Jean-Paul ! Bienvenue ! Today, I introduce to you Act VII and…
French for Beginners: Lesson 6 - Calorie Count
Topics covered:
- Adverbs
- -IR verbs in the present
- Être en train de
Bonjour les amis and welcome to Act VI. Today, we meet with Michelle for the third time. Valérie has been continuing the lessons …
French for Beginners: Lesson 5 - Parlez-vous Restaurantien ?
Topics covered:
- Adjectives
- Avoir and idiomatic expressions (part 2)
- Qu’est-ce que c’est ?
- C’est, ce n’est pas
- Ce sont, ce ne sont pas
Bonjour les amis ! I’m glad to welcome you to Act V. Did you …
French for Beginners: Lesson 4 - Low-fat croissants
Topics covered:
- Prepositions with aller
- Aller in the present
- Ça va
Bonjour ! C’est moi Jean-Paul, your host for Act IV. Oui, Act IV already! We hope that following Jacques and Michelle in their e…
French for Beginners: Lesson 3 - Old Dream
Topics covered:
- Introduction to French verbs
- -ER verbs in the present
- Definite articles
- Voilà and Voici
Bonjour ! I’m glad to welcome you today to Act III of our play. I am sure you, like all of …
French for Beginners: Lesson 2 - Backward Investors
Topics covered:
- Basic verb negation
- Indefinite articles
- Avoir in the present
- Avoir and idiomatic expressions
- Il y a
Welcome to the Language Theater! Bienvenue! Do you remember my name? That’s righ…
French for Beginners: Lesson 1 - Does Roast Beef mean “I’m ready to settle down?”
Topics covered:
- Un and une
- Tu and vous
- Personal pronouns
- Être in the present
- Ah bon !
Bienvenue ! Welcome to the Language Theater! Come in, come in! Take your seat and get ready for a unique exper…