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French conversation
French is an important language used in government, business, international development and diplomacy. Being able to communicate effectively in French can enrich your travels, help you appreciate new cultures and their stories, deepen family relationships and advance your career.
Our interactive courses are taught by passionate, experienced instructors in a welcoming and immersive environment conducive to learning. Through speaking and interacting with your classmates in authentic and realistic scenarios, you can quickly build confidence, improve fluency and put your learning into practice in your personal or professional life.
Offered at a range of levels, our courses may be taken individually or combined with other French courses, including french reading and writing options, to complete a credential. If you’re not sure where to start, read our overview of course language levels to find the appropriate option for your experience and skills.
Meet Annick, UBC Extended Learning French instructor
Annick has been teaching languages for over 10 years. She is passionate about helping students become autonomous so they can go out and use French and make it their own.
Expand your French language skills in this part-time program, and prepare for study, travel or doing business at home or throughout the French-speaking world.
Take your French language experience to the next level by exploring the connection between heart, body and mind in this all-levels yoga series offered entirely in French. Learn or practice your French vocabulary as it relates to movement, breath and spiritual wellbeing.
Speak and hear French from the first day as you quickly gain basic conversation skills to communicate information about yourself, your family and friends, your work, and your daily life. Learn grammar, pronunciation, expressions and vocabulary that allow you to function in everyday settings.
Speak and hear French from the first day as you quickly gain basic conversation skills to communicate information about yourself, your family and friends, your work, and your daily life. Learn grammar, pronunciation, expressions and vocabulary that allow you to function in everyday settings.
Add to your base of French vocabulary and expressions in order to communicate in everyday situations involving travel, food, shopping, family, and business. Continue to improve your pronunciation and learn to talk about future plans and express past events. This immersive course focuses on oral communication skills and uses meaningful scenarios to help you use the language in authentic situations.
Focus on improving your conversational French fluency by acquiring more complex grammatical structures and sentence formation. Possible grammar topics, based on student needs, may include the advanced level verb tenses (conditional, future anterior, and introduction to subjunctive,) or use of relative pronouns.
Focus on using French in authentic real-life situations. Continue to expand your vocabulary, and start to elevate your level of language by learning more complex structures with a communication goal in mind. Concentrate on speaking correctly, and distinguishing between the past, present, and future tenses.
Improve your French skills quickly in a one-, two- or three-week Summer Language Institute. Beginner 2 and Lower Intermediate are ideal if you already have experience with French through a conversational beginner course, or from your academic, personal or work life. Choose from online or in-person options.
Improve your French skills quickly in a one-, two- and three-week Summer Language Institute. At the Intermediate and Advanced level, you should be able to understand everyday, non-technical speech in French. Focus on improving your conversational fluency by acquiring more complex grammatical structures and sentence formations. Choose from online or in-person options.
In this two-hour workshop, explore - and taste! - eight major families of cheese from Quebec and France. Appreciate the culture and history of each cheese family, learn how to cut cheese correctly, and find out about the aging process and its impact on taste. Write tasting notes as you sample a variety of cheeses, and receive helpful handouts for your next cheese adventure.
Join this free online workshop to learn about La Langue des Signes Québécois, the official sign language used by members of Francophone Canada's Deaf communities. Build your awareness about issues and topics important to LSQ users throughout Canada.
