What to Expect

Start any time after each course opens. These three Online: Paced courses will cover everyday vocabulary and activities to help you master the basics or brush up on your existing skills. Start anytime and study as much or as little as you want from week to week, completing the coursework at your own pace.

As you progress in your French language learning journey, you will increase your knowledge of the language while engaging in new and more sophisticated contexts.

Interactive quizzes, self-assessment tasks, and projects will help you appreciate all that you have learned as well as what you may need to review before your next adventure in French. 

Practice speaking as you move through the course

Live virtual sessions, facilitated by an instructor, will be offered for students who are looking to practice their French listening and speaking skills with their classmates.

Topics include:

• Language for daily interactions;
• Pronunciation;
• Quebecois culture.

Admission Requirements

• OPEN, apply online and receive immediate approval
• Designed for beginner and low-intermediate learners
• Complete all three online courses to earn the certificate
  
  

Earn a Western Digital Badge 

Recognizing your learning achievement when you complete this micro-credential. 

Financial Assistance

The courses in the French Essentials certificate program are eligible for Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) micro-credential funding. Find out if you are eligible.