Learning French by yourself can be confusing if you have absolutely no idea where to start and what to learn. This is why I have assembled in this article some ways of learning A1 French by yourself, at home, and kick start your learning right away.
Learning A1 French by yourself: is it difficult?
What is A1 French?
This means that an A1 French learner should master basic communication skills, which is why choosing different situations that can occur in your daily life can be a good way to start.
A1 French : What exactly should I learn?
As a complete beginner in French, you should aim for the most basic communication skills :
– Introducing yourself and where you come from
– Talk about what you do for a living
– Talk about your family
– Talk about where you live
– Ask basic questions to someone
– Accept / turn down an invitation
– Talk about plans
– Ask for directions
The elements above will guide you in your learning. You will need to search for the specific conjugation and grammar points to use in order to master those skills. For example, if you are introducing yourself, you will need to master different things:
Bonjour ! Je m’appelle Eden, je suis française, j’ai 27 ans et je suis professeure de français.
– Greetings
– The verb “s’appeler” (je m’appelle) at the present tense.
– The verb “être” (to be) at the present tense.
– The verb “avoir” (to have) at the present tense.
– Numbers (to say how youd you are).
– The French alphabet and pronunciation.
– Vocabulary: jobs and nationality.
Which grammar points should I learn?
If you are wondering what grammar points you should cover in learning A1 French by yourself, let me give you some guidance here.
The main grammar points for A1 French that I can name would be:
- Alphabet and pronunciation
- Articles (definite and indefinite)
- The verbs “être” and “avoir”
- Cardinal numbers
- Adjectives
- Gender of nouns
- Gender of countries
- Apostrophe
- Silent H and mute H
- Contracting articles
- Prepositions of place
- The pronoun “on”
- When to use “moi” and “je”
- When to use “vous” and “tu”
- Being aware of moods and tenses in conjugation
- Verbs in “-ER” (first group verbs)
- Negation
- The verb “aller”
- The interrogative adjective “quel”
- The verb “faire” (hobbies)
- The verb “jouer” à / de (hobbies)
- Partitive articles and quantities (countables vs uncountables)
- How to formulate questions
- Le passé composé (past tense)
- L’impératif (imperative mood)
- Demonstrative pronouns
- Pronominal verbs (reflexive verbs)
- Direct object pronouns
- Near future (le futur proche)
Some of these points are direct links to lessons, feel free to check them out.
Learning A1 French by yourself : Conclusion
Your A1 French learning journey should mostly be about communication skills. Grammar should help you understand how to construct sentences and is basically the key to understanding how the language works.
