French by Michel Thomas

French is spoken by about 350 million people. It is an official language in 29 countries and commonly used in many others. French is one of the official languages of the United Nations and is the second most-studied foreign language in the world after English.

This 1-hour digital taster course is for beginners who are new to the Michel Thomas Method. Learn over 50 essential words at the heart of French and how to put them together to make yourself understood. From the very beginning you will be able to construct simple phrases by listening and thinking out answers for yourself. During the course, you will join Michel Thomas himself and 2 students in a live lesson.

This 8-hour beginner digital course will give you significant results in a remarkably short period of time, with no books, exercises, memorizing or homework. You will join Michel himself and 2 students as they learn in real time, becoming the third member of the class and experiencing the excitement of learning a language as if by magic. Within the first hour you will be able to construct simple sentences. By the end of the course, you will have the confidence to understand and speak basic French. You will learn at your own pace, pausing and repeating where necessary, and complete the course in about 20-30 hours.

For anyone who has already completed, and enjoyed, Foundation French, the Intermediate French course will take your language learning to the next level. Knowledge is structured and organized so that you assimilate the language easily and don’t forget it. As with the earlier levels, the Michel Thomas Method in Intermediate French breaks down the language into building blocks that are introduced sequentially in such a way that you create your response and move on to ever-more-complex sentences, improving your conversational French, as well as your grammar and vocabulary.