This course is designed for learners preparing for the DELF A1 Junior exam and aims to develop confident, practical, and accurate communication in basic French. It focuses on the four language skills — listening, speaking, reading, and writing — while helping students communicate in familiar everyday situations, introduce themselves, talk about their family, school, hobbies, preferences, and daily activities. The course also provides focused preparation for the DELF A1 Junior exam format, task types, and expectations.

Course Objectives

• Develop the four key French skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing at A1 level.
• Build essential vocabulary related to personal information, family, school, friends, hobbies, food, shopping, daily routines, time, places, and leisure activities.
• Develop accurate use of essential A1 grammar, including present tense, articles, adjectives, basic questions, negation, and common verbs.
• Develop confidence in introducing oneself, describing people and places, talking about daily activities, expressing likes and dislikes, and making simple requests.
• Improve the ability to understand simple information and key details in short spoken and written texts.
• Develop basic oral and written communication using simple and understandable sentences.
• Build strategies for interacting in familiar situations, asking and answering simple questions, and participating in short conversations.
• Familiarize students with the DELF A1 Junior exam format, task types, assessment criteria, and effective exam strategies.

By the End of the Course

Students will be able to understand simple spoken and written French related to familiar everyday topics. They will be able to introduce themselves, give and ask for personal information, describe people and places, talk about their family, school, hobbies, daily routines, likes and dislikes, and communicate in basic everyday situations.

Students will also be able to produce simple and clear oral and written responses appropriate to A1 level and interact in short conversations using familiar expressions and vocabulary. They will approach the DELF A1 Junior exam with a clear understanding of its format, task types, assessment criteria, and expectations.