Learning French by yourself can be such a headache. In today’s article, I would like us to go through an A2 French study guide to gather the things to learn and master at that level.
A2 French study guide – Écouter
Why do I need an A2 French study guide?
There are many reasons for you to need a clear A2 French study guide, but the main one would be: you are learning French by yourself and would like to know what exactly you should focus on.
If you are planning on taking the DELF A2 exam, it’s always good to have an overview of the most important things to learn.
If you are not working on A2 French yet, here’s a guide for A1 French.
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A2 French Study Guide: How to
In this study guide, once again, I will obviously not be writing down all of the lessons for you, for two main reasons (which I already talked about in the A1 study guide):
– First of all, doing so would take an incredible amount of time and you would most probably be dropping out after a few minutes. Reading can get boring.
– The second reason is that I want to encourage you to do things by yourself.
I have worked with all kinds of students, but there is one thing that we do, during or after our classes, that is highly effective. If a student asks me a question, and if I think that they can find the answer by themselves, I let them do it. If they don’t understand a word and are asking for the translation, I tell them to check in the dictionary, instead of directly telling them what this word means.
We can also work on tasks and homework. I always insist on doing things by themselves, using the tools that they need. By doing so, the learner will be able to remember the steps that they took to get to where they are, which makes memorization much easier.
So in order to give you a nice A2 French study guide, I would like to break the elements into different categories: vocabulary, grammar, phonetic, conjugation… and spelling. That way, you will be able to classify them and be more organized.
In each section, you will find the elements to learn. All you need to do is do your own research (Google is your friend!). Once you have taken a look at this information, you can create a checklist titled “A2 French study Guide”. Organize your findings in a binder or a folder on your computer. Make sure to work on exercises afterwards, there are PLENTY of them online.
Vocabulaire A2
Vocabulary includes the lexicon of a specific theme or topic in French.
Grammaire A2
Essential grammar points to master in order to be able to communicate and build sentences.
Phonétique A2
Things to know about phonetics of the French language. This will help you not only understand French better, but also pronounce words.
Conjugaison A2
You have to make sure to include conjugation, as it is essential to communication!
Orthographe A2
Spelling rules in French and some exceptions.
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Main communication skills
Parler de sa ville
Parler de sa famille
Parler de son travail ou de ses vacances
Parler de ses goûts
Raconter un événement
Raconter un souvenir
Utiliser les formules de politesse
Inviter quelqu’un, accepter ou refuser une invitation
Donner son avis
Décrire une personne ou un lieu en détail
Demander / donner des informations
Parler de ses projets (futur)
Parler de son pays ou de sa culture
Comprendre des indications ou des instructions
I have linked some of my lessons to these topics, so make sure to move your mouse cursor around!
Vocabulaire A2
L’environnement – Environment
La santé et le corps humain – Health and human body
Le sport – Sports
Le travail – Work
Les régions de France et quelques spécialités – Regions in France and specialties
La cuisine – The kitchen
L’hôtellerie et la restauration – Hotels and restaurants
Le tourisme – Tourism
Les expressions imagées – Figurative expressions
Les unités de mesure – Units of measurement
Les pourcentages – Percentages
Les fractions – Fractions
Les événements au travail – Work events
La maison (décoration, style…) – Housing (decoration, style…)
Les fêtes et célébrations – Celebrations
Grammaire A2
Exprimer les quantités – Expressing quantities
Pronoms toniques – Tonic pronouns
Le pronom “on” – The pronoun ON
Le COD et le COI – Direct object and Indirect object
Les pronoms COD et COI – Direct object pronouns and indirect object pronouns
Le pronom “en” – The pronoun EN
Le pronom “y” – The pronoun Y
Les expressions utilisées pour la comparaison – Expressions used for comparison
Les pronoms relatifs QUI et QUE – The use of QUI and QUE as relative pronouns
Exprimer la possession – Express possession
Les pronoms possessifs – Possessive pronouns (le mien, la mienne, les miens, le tien, la tienne…)
Exprimer la durée – Express duration
Exprimer la fréquence – Express frequency
Exprimer la condition avec “si” – Express condition with “si”
Les pronoms démonstratifs – Demonstrative pronouns (celui, celle, ceux…)
Bon VS Bien – The use of Bon and Bien
Beaucoup VS Très – The use of Beaucoup and Très
Les adverbes de manière “-ment” – Adverbs of manner ending in “-ment”
Les verbes qui utilisent À et DE – Verbs using À and DE
Donner un conseil – Give an advice
Donner un ordre – Give a command / an order
Formuler des questions en français : inversion, est-ce que ou intonation – Formulate questions in French : inversion, est-ce que or intonation
Le discours rapporté au présent – Reported speech at the present tense (il dit que…)
Les différences entre à et chez – Differences between à and chez
Les conjonctions de coordination – Correlative conjunctions (mais, ou, et, donc, or, ni, car).
L’accord du participe passé – Agreement of past participle (passé composé with être and avoir)
La préposition POUR – The preposition POUR
Demander à quelqu’un de faire quelque chose – Ask someone to do something
Phonétique A2
Les liaisons obligatoires – Mandatory liaisons
L’intonation – Intonation
La lettre U et le son [y] – The letter U and the sound [y]
Orthographe A2
Écrire le son [o] – Writing the sound [o] (eau, au, o…)
L’éllision – The elision in French
Et ou EST – ET or EST
É ou ER – É or ER
Ou / Où
Conjugaison A2
Verbes du troisième groupe au présent de l’indicatif – 3rd group verbs in present tense
Le conditionnel présent – The conditional : how to form it and when to use it (j’aimerais, je voudrais…)
Le subjonctif présent (introduction) – Introduction to the subjunctive (present)
Être, avoir, venir, aller : présent, passé composé, imparfait, futur simple, conditionnel présent
Devoir, pouvoir, vouloir : présent, passé composé, imparfait, futur simple, conditionnel présent
Now, all this information in my A2 French study guide is to be learnt in addition to what you can find in the A1 guide.
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