Learn French

Beginners Level 6

Communication Skills 1:

• Being able to make contact with somebody, to greet them, to apologize, to spell
• Knowing when and how to use tu or vous
• Understanding and being able to use some non-verbal communicative gestures French people use
• Getting familiar with genders (masculine and feminine) of inanimate words

Communication Skills 2:

• Being able to introduce yourself or others and ask somebody else to introduce themselves.
• Knowing how to fill in a form
• Knowing the definite articles: le, la, les
• Knowing the subject personal pronouns: je, tu, il, elle, vous
• Knowing how to ask and answer questions related to name, age, address, telephone number
• Knowing how to use the verbs (conjugate), être, avoir, s'appeler, habiter, travailler, apprendre in the present tense
• Knowing adjectives of nationality
• Knowing how to count from 1 to 69

Communication Skills 3:

• Being able to deliver personal information both orally and in written French
• Being able to express an opinion
• Being able to express what we like and dislike
• Being able to talk about our hobbies/pastimes
• Being able to ask somebody else to talk about themselves
• Being able to deliver personal information about somebody else
• Being able to express possession
• Knowing when to use possessive adjectives: mon, ton, son, ma, ta, sa
• Knowing when to use du/de la in faire de la natation or faire du tennis
• Knowing when to use on/nous
• Knowing how to use negation: ne.... pas, pas... de
• Knowing how to conjugate -er verbs in the present tense
• Knowing vocabulary related to the family, to status (célibataire, marié/e, etc)
• Knowing names of sports, jobs
• Knowing numbers after 69
• Knowing when to use on, c'est/il est
• Knowing when to use si versus oui/non

Communication Skills 4:

• Being able to speak about what you did in the past using verbs ending in -er, aller included
• Knowing how  to conjugate le passé composé

Communication Skills 5:

• Being able to talk about routines: being able to say how often you do something
• Being able to ask somebody how often they do such or such thing:
• Knowing the expression combien de fois and when to use it
• Knowing when and how to use jamais, parfois, souvent,  toujours
• Knowing how to ask questions:

Communication Skills 6:

• Being able to ask somebody to do something in a formal or informal manner
• Knowing when to use: j'aimerais, pourriez-vous? puis-je?

Communication Skills 7:

• Being able to talk about one's own plans and to ask somebody else about their own plans in a near future
• Knowing when/how to use the immediate future: aller+ infinitive
• Knowing how to use the imperative to give orders: va/allez, etc
• Knowing how to form the plural of nouns
• Knowing when/how to use il y a
• Knowing all the subject pronouns: je/tu/il/elle/on/nous/vous/ils/elles
• Knowing how to conjugate pouvoir, vouloir, aller, and reflexive verbs, e.g s'appeler, in the present tense