Coffee Break French Level 2

Take your French to the next level

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If you're hoping to take your French to the next level, Coffee Break French Level 2 is perfect for you. Building on what you learned in Level 1, this course will help you increase your understanding and build your range of expression. You'll learn to manipulate the language and to cope with a wide variety of situations in French.

What does the course contain?

There are forty lessons in total, representing over twenty hours of audio content, and extensive lesson notes to help you get the most out of the course. In each lesson, teacher Mark guides learner Anna on her language-learning journey. You'll learn to talk about the present, the past and the future, and you'll master a range of grammar topics including using the tricky pronouns y and en, when to use qui or que and how to describe people and things.

Coffee Break French Level 2 is aimed at learners who have already completed Level 1, or those returning to French after some time. If you learned French at school but have been away from the language for years, then this course will be the perfect way to review what you once knew. It's all still there - just deeply buried! We'll help you relearn the language and the progression built into the course will allow you to gain confidence and speak more fluently.

How does Coffee Break French work?

Think of Coffee Break French like going for a coffee with your friend who happens to speak French and is helping you learn in a relaxed, enjoyable way. Then add a solid structure and carefully constructed pedagogy which ensures that you progress through the lessons and build on previously-learned language.

Coffee Break French is not a simple series of "listen and repeat" audio programmes: in each lesson Mark explains how the language works, helping Anna - and you - to manipulate the language and use it in practical situations. As a learner Anna asks questions, and makes mistakes, so through Mark's explanations, corrections and pronunciation tips you'll build your confidence and begin to understand and speak the language.

In the same time it takes you to sit down and enjoy a coffee in your favourite coffee shop, you can make progress with your French. Our 15-20 minute lessons are perfect to keep you focused and let you develop your confidence in regular sessions.


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The Coffee Break French Team
The Coffee Break French Team

The Coffee Break French team includes language teachers, native speakers and host learners, making your experience learning a language fun and enjoyable. You can be sure every course has been carefully written by experienced teachers to ensure you progress steadily through the lessons.


Each lesson contains:

Video lesson

Each video lesson is around 20 minutes in length and features the main learning content including dialogues in French, discussions about the language between Mark and Anna, and tips on grammar and culture. Think of the video lessons as "synchronised flashcards" where you'll see the words and phrases being taught on the screen as you learn.

Audio lesson

We also provide an audio version of the lesson which you can download and listen to on the go. This will allow you to review the materials covered in each lesson to consolidate the language fully.

Lesson guide and transcript

There's a full set of lesson notes for each lesson with transcripts of any dialogues contained in the lesson and explanations of all grammar points and cultural information.

Bonus audio episode

Having listened to the main audio lesson and worked through the notes, it's now time to test what you've learned. The bonus audio content helps you test your understanding with review, translation challenges and bonus vocabulary.

Class Outline


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  Lesson 3 - Using reflexive Verbs in the Present Tense
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  Lesson 4 - Using the Present Tense to make arrangements
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  Lesson 5 - Saying what you are going to do.
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  Lesson 6 - Constructing questions and looking at avoir and être
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  Lesson 7 - A review of regular and irregular verbs
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  Lesson 8 - Adjectives: colours and nationalities
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  Lesson 9 - Adjectives which come before a noun
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  Lessons 1-10 Quiz
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  Lesson 11 - Talking about going to do something
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  Lesson 12 - The negative of the immediate future
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  Lesson 14 - The Perfect Tense continued
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  Lesson 15 - The Perfect Tense with Irregular Verbs
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  Lesson 16 - Verbs which form the Perfect Tense with être as the auxiliary verb
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  Lesson 17 - More verbs which form the Perfect Tense with être
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  Lesson 18 - Reflexive Verbs in the Perfect Tense
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  Lesson 19 - "This", "that", "these" and "those".
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  Lesson 20 - Review of the Perfect Tense
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  Lessons 11-20 Quiz
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  Lesson 21 - Looking at the pronouns y and en.
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  Lesson 22 - Introducing the Imperfect Tense
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  Lesson 23 - More on the Imperfect Tense
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  Lesson 24 - Uses of the Imperfect Tense
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  Lesson 25 - Relative Pronouns: qui and que
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  Lesson 27 - After having done something
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  Lesson 30 - Making a phone call in French
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  Lessons 21-30 Quiz
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  Lesson 33 - Grammar review - "Do you fancy eating with us?"
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  Lesson 34 - Grammar review - "We are going to make some progress"
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  Lesson 35 - Grammar review - "We trust you!"
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  Lesson 36 - The conditional - "Shall we use the tu form?"
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  Lesson 37 - The Future Tense - "They're up to something!"
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  Lesson 38 - The Pluperfect Tense - "I had never tasted it"
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  Lesson 39 - Grammar review - "We're not going to argue again"
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  Lesson 40 - Grammar review - "A very pleasant evening".
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  Lessons 31-40 Quiz
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Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
How long do I have access to the course?
This is a lifetime access course: you pay once and you'll have access to the course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
What's the difference between the course and the free audio I can find on iTunes?
You can indeed find Coffee Break French audio lessons on iTunes, but this course provides much more! You'll get the updated video versions of the lessons, lesson notes and the bonus audio materials which have all been created to help you make faster progress with the lessons. In addition, some of our free audio lessons contain advertising, but the Coffee Break French Premium lessons never contain advertising.
Can I download the materials for offline use?
We use streaming video for the video episodes in this course, but you can download the lesson guides and store them on your device for handy reference. You can also download the audio files so that you can listen on the go to review what you've learned in the videos.
Is there a free trial?
Absolutely! You'll see on the course curriculum above that the materials for lesson 1 are available to preview. Simply click on the "Preview" button for each of these lessons and you can get a feel for what is involved. If you'd like to see how far this course will take you, we'd be happy to send you the lesson notes for lesson 40 to help you see how much you'll learn. Just pop your name and email address in the box below.
 

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