Fluenz French Level 1

The first level of Fluenz French is a comprehensive introduction to the language.  Fluenz French is aimed at bringing learners to a level of fluency that will allow them to successfully interact in the most common, real-world situations they will face abroad, while at the same time laying the strongest possible foundation for future study.

In thirty sessions, or the equivalent of two sessions a week during an academic semester, the program covers essential verbs for describing activities, asking questions, expressing desires and needs, and issuing commands in present and future tenses, the ability to correctly form masculine and feminine constructions, the ability to express time and location, how to formulate complex indications when giving directions without making mistakes, and necessary vocabulary for surviving in the French-speaking world.

By the end of Fluenz French 1, users can construct sentences as complex as: "I am going to my hotel near the next avenue, and then I want to see the museum at the intersection to the right, so please stop here."

Fluenz French Level 2

The second level of Fluenz French builds upon the foundations established in the previous level, greatly expanding the learner's range and complexity of expression in such areas as key verbs, sentence formulations in past, present, and future tenses, the ability to ask different kinds of questions and construct answers, how to issue important commands, correctly use prepositions, how to express time, location, and give directions, and necessary vocabulary for surviving in the French-speaking world. The second level also covers the use of important articles and object pronouns, reflexive verbs, and comparatives and superlatives.

For English speakers, the complexity of French verb conjugations, word order, prepositions, object pronouns, and the infamous passé composé tend to prove especially difficult. French 2 therefore spends considerable time on these areas. Even learners who are familiar with the basic vocabulary related to restaurants, shopping, transportation, and general location issues will find the work in these specific grammatical areas to be extremely helpful for properly constructing French sentences.

By the end of Fluenz French 2, users can construct sentences as complex as "I went to the office next to the Paris Hotel yesterday because I need to send a package, but you can only send small ones, so I went to another building, but it was closed.”