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Bienvenue dans le cours de français !

Introduction to the course.

Welcome to the course! This is your first step (1.1).
(Bienvenue dans le cours !)
Note that in French the following punctation markers ( ! ? : ) have a space before and after.

Watch this video. Jérôme Bertherat and Cyril Bastanès from the Modern Language Centre at King’s College London present the course.

In the comments section (in pink):

1) Introduce yourself in French as shown in the example below.

Example:
Je m’appelle John Smith. Je suis de Manchester (Grande-Bretagne). (My name is John Smith. I am from Manchester (Great-Britain)). Listen

Write or record yourself using Vocaroo and upload it in the comments section). Look for the name of your country in the online dictionary WordReference

2) Tell us in English about your motivations to follow this course.
I want to study French because …

Remember: when you finish each step, click the button ‘mark as complete’, and then click to next step (Instructions for learners).

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