French for Beginners - Newark Buttermarket - Adult Learning

Newark Buttermarket, Exchange Shopping Centre

Date	19 September - 5 December 2025
Sessions	Fridays: 10am - 12pm
No. sessions	10
Venue	Newark Buttermarket, Exchange Shopping Centre View venue details View on Google Maps
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 12
Cost	FREE - £80

About this course

In this course, you will learn the basic language that you might need when visiting a French-speaking country. This is a fun and relaxed class, where you will meet other students interested in travelling and learning. You will get lots of opportunities to speak French and discover a different culture.

This is a course for absolute beginners and those who are beginning again. No previous knowledge is required. We will practise talking about yourself and your family, buying items in shops and giving directions. We will use videos, recordings, role-play, and games in class.

What will learners achieve by the end of the course? -

Talk about yourself, your interests, your family, in French
Converse in a shopping situation (including restaurants and transport)
Find your way in a French-speaking country (ask for directions, name places, modes of transport)
Read and write short paragraphs about familiar topics such as routine, hobbies, family
Use the present tense accurately for a range of verbs, orally and in writing
Take part in group activities and speak in front of a group in French

Books with basic French vocabulary are useful, such as the GCSE French Vocab and the GCSE French Grammar Books by CGP.

Please bring with you to the course:-

A drink, notepad and pen

Booking your place and fee information

If you receive certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our funding page for further information.

Residency in England

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must be living in England permanently and live outside of the devolved areas listed below or live within the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) devolved area (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire).

Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Greater London
Greater Manchester
Liverpool City Region
Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
Tees Valley
West of England
West Midlands
West Yorkshire

Residency Eligibility – other criteria

If you are living in the UK on a visa we will require evidence of this in order to be funded for the course, you can upload this evidence when you apply for the course. (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

Some exceptions may apply for example

Your visa expiry date must be beyond the end of your course
Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for 6 months or longer while their claim is being considered by the Home Office
You are receiving local authority support under section 23C or section 23CA of the Children Act 1989 or the Care Act 2014