With 300 million French speakers world-wide, French has been described as the language of the future.

Whether your a total beginner or fine-tuning your French skills, we have a course for you. Our online courses can help you to learn French in a interactive and engaging way, drawing on cultural elements and current affairs. As a student at City St George’s, University of London, you'll benefit from affordable, quality classes, taught by qualified native French speakers.

Learn French through a leading London university in the evenings and from he comfort of home. Our start dates are flexible too.

Hear what it's like to take our short language courses at City St George's, from both our students and our language tutors.

Find your level

We teach French at a range of levels, from beginners onwards. Each level is made up of a series of modules and covers a range of areas, including basic grammar and everyday vocabulary. How you study is up to you – take one module or join us for the full year.

Beginners - Level 1

Develop a solid grasp of basic French. You’ll explore everyday vocabulary and simple grammatical structures.

Join us here if you have little or no experience of learning French.

Elementary - Level 2

Perfect and improve your French beginners skills and communicate with greater fluency.

Working towards Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) A1/2 level.

Join us here if you have:

  • completed our French Beginners syllabus or a similar course
  • a rusty French GCSE
  • studied French formally 60-100 hours.

Lower Intermediate - Level 3

Explore more advanced topics and sophisticated grammatical structures.

Working towards Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) A2/B1 level.

Join us here if you have:

  • completed our Beyond Beginners syllabus or a similar course
  • a good or recent GCSE
  • reached CEFR A2 level
  • studied French formally for 120-140 hours

Intermediate - Level 4

Debate complex topics, improve your fluency. We’ll help you communicate with native speakers with ease and boost your accuracy when writing.

Working towards Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) B2 level.

Join us here if you have:

  • completed our Lower Intermediate syllabus or a similar course
  • a French A-level
  • reached CEFR B1 level French
  • studied French formally for 180- 210 hours.

Why study French at City St George's?