Beginners’ French Course

12-Lesson Beginner French Course – Fully Resourced (Adults & KS3)

Build learners’ confidence in French from their very first lesson with this complete 12-lesson beginner course. Designed using the MARSEARS process and Extensive Processing Instruction (EPI) principles, every lesson is carefully sequenced to develop vocabulary, pronunciation, sentence-building and speaking confidence through structured repetition and retrieval.

Perfect for:

• Adult beginners
• KS3 French
• Home education
• Community classes
• After-school clubs
• Non-specialist teachers looking for a ready-to-teach course

Course structure

Each topic includes two fully planned lessons:

1. Meeting People
2. Talking About Yourself
3. Family
4. Opinions
5. Café
6. Bringing It All Together – Conversation Practice

By the end of the course, learners will be able to introduce themselves, ask and answer simple questions, talk about family, express opinions, order food and drink, and hold short conversations with increasing confidence.

What’s included

• 12 fully planned lessons
• accompanying scheme of work and knowledge organisers booklet
• PowerPoint presentations
• Student worksheets and activities
• Retrieval and speaking practice
• Pronunciation support
• Carefully sequenced vocabulary and sentence-building tasks
• Everything needed to teach the course with minimal preparation

The course follows an EPI approach, allowing learners to revisit language repeatedly in different contexts, helping them move from recognition to confident communication rather than memorising isolated vocabulary.

Whether you’re teaching complete beginners in a secondary classroom or introducing adults to French for the first time, this course provides a clear, engaging and well-structured pathway to success.