FREE 11-UNIT FRENCH COURSE
Better serve French-speaking patrons at your library with this free 11-unit French course for librarians, staff, volunteers, and anyone working in a library!
You'll be ready to speak confidently in French about library services like:
Issuing library cards
Checking out materials
Using computers & printers
Registering for library programs
*If your library subscribes to Transparent Language Online, create an account via your library's website. Trial accounts expire (but will gladly be extended for free.)
what you’ll learn
The course is completely flexible! You can as much or as little as you need based on your current French abilities and your library responsibilities. Feel free to learn it all, or to skip units or lessons that you do not need.
Unit 1 of 11
Issuing a library card to a patron
Filling in forms
Meeting and greeting
Definite articles
Subject pronouns
Unit 2 of 11
Telling a patron about available resources, from books to e-resources
Library materials & resources
Translation facilitation
Personal pronouns
Yes or no questions
Indefinite articles
Unit 3 of 11
Helping a patron track down a specific book and locate it inside the library
Locations within a library
Book genres
Making polite conversation
Plural nouns
The verb "être" (to be)
Unit 4 of 11
Helping a patron check out materials and explaining how to access materials online
Check out and returns
Online holds and renewals
Numbers
Past tense with avoir
Unit 5 of 11
Helping a patron use a library computer and print a document
Computer terms
Printer terms
Office supplies
Possessive adjectives
Demonstrative adjectives
Unit 6 of 11
Telling a patron about available e-resources for audiobooks, research, language learning, and more
Types of e-resources
Creating accounts
Common verbs
Interrogative words
Asking questions with "quel" and "lequel"
Unit 7 of 11
Practice introducing adult programs like adult English classes and use dates and times to explain when they meet.
Types of adult programs/events
Registering for events
Times of day
Adjective placement
Present tense reflexive verbs
Unit 8 of 11
Promoting an upcoming book club meeting based on a book a patron is checking out
Registering for events
Days of the week
Formality: "tu" vs. "vous"
Expressing quantity with "tout"
Unit 9 of 11
Explaining the Summer Reading Program to a patron checking out a book for her daughter
Summer Reading Program terms
Months
Prepositions of place
Present tense "-ir" verbs
Unit 10 of 11
Helping a patron sign up his children for storytime
Storytime terms
Registering for storytime
Common adjectives
Describing situations with "il y a"
Common idioms with "avoir"
Unit 11 of 11
Answering a patron's questions about the library's rules and policies including library hours
Library hours
Library rules
Asking the time
Pointing out things with "c'est" and "il est"
Imperative