French Level 4 (A1.4) — Term 4, 2026
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Term 4, 2026
Classes begin: Week commencing 12 October 2026
Course length: 10 weeks
Your first lesson: On your selected class day during that week
Continue developing your French in a structured, supportive course for students who have completed French Level 3 or have equivalent knowledge.
You’ll consolidate your present-tense French while learning to ask more detailed questions, organise social activities and begin talking about past events using the passé composé.
Course: French Level 4
Level: Beginner / A1.4
Format: Small-group class
Locations: Brunswick East, Thornbury and Balam Balam, Brunswick
Course length: 10 weeks
Lesson length: 90 minutes per week
Textbook: Entre Nous 1
Best for: Students who have completed French Level 3 or already understand its core content
What You’ll Cover
- revision of introductions and personal information
- revision of regular and irregular present-tense verbs
- revising how to ask and tell the time
- asking a wider range of questions
- going to the cinema and discussing social activities
- inviting a friend and responding to invitations
- making plans to go out
- introduction to reflexive verbs
- introduction to the passé composé with avoir
- introduction to the passé composé with être
- forming negative sentences in the past tense
- talking about work and professional skills
- discussing community groups and the associative sector
Is This the Right Level?
This course is designed for students continuing directly from French Level 3.
You should already be comfortable describing people, discussing interests and routines, telling the time, expressing agreement and disagreement, and using common regular and irregular verbs in the present tense.
Students with previous French experience can review the full French Course Level Structure or contact us for help selecting the right course.
Course Book
The required course book is Entre Nous 1 and is purchased separately.
The same textbook is used throughout the five French A1 levels, so students continuing from French Level 3 will normally already have it.
French Level 4 covers Units 5 and 6 of Entre Nous 1.