Beginner Course A1
This general course is designed for beginners students wishing to reach A1 level.
This language course is intended for beginners who already took a French course for one semester and who wish to acquire the linguistic and communicative skills for level A1.
The five language skills (reading, listening, speaking, writing and interaction) will be trained.
However, the emphasis will lie on the spoken and oral skills (listening, speaking and interaction).
The course will draw on different types of documents in order to vary the types of discourse and to discover different language structures.
The assessments are based on a continuous monitoring and will be defined by the teachers at the beginning of the semester. By taking the planned assessments and participating in at least 80% of the courses, the student will be able to obtain, in case of success, an attestation from the Maison des langues mentioning the amount of work in credits and the level reached according to the standards of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL). In case of failure, only an attestation of attendance will be issued, provided that the 80% attendance rate has been reached.
The workload for a 2h/week semester course corresponds to 3 ECTS credits.
The Maison des Langues French support classes are strictly reserved to the university community members (UNIGE, IHEID, HES-SO Geneva, HUG): regular students, exchange students, administrative and technical staff, teaching staff, Alumni, participants of Continuing Education.
Registration deadline for the fall semester 2023 : September 18, 2024
Registration deadline for the spring semester 2024 : February 19, 2025
Registration is only possible online. Payment is compulsory at the end of the registration process.
We accept the following payment means: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, PostFinance Card, Paysafecard, PayPal, Twint.
An automatic e-mail will be sent to you once your registration has been validated.
If the payment fails, you will have to restart your registration from the beginning.
If the course does not correspond to your needs, it is possible to change course or to cancel your participation.
Cancellation or change deadline for the fall semester 2024 : September 29, 2024
Cancellation or change deadline for the spring semester 2025 : March 2, 2025
Any request for cancellation or change must be sent via the link provided on the registration confirmation e-mail that you have received. Requests sent by email and/or after the deadline will not be considered.
In case of reimbursement, an administrative fee of CHF 50.- will be charged for each cancelled course.