How much does it cost to learn French?
Hi, I'm Chris. Founder of OuiCommunicate.
We're home to speakers of English who need a step up from one-sided French classes.
Let's address the question of how much it would cost to learn French. As with all things, there's a simple answer and a longer one.
Hopefully, this plan of action will give you a better idea.
1. The short answer: 249$
It might cost as little as 249 USD. (dollars US)
In this video to the right, you see one of our students achieve French in a year and under 200 hours. She studied our programme and booked classes to test her knowledge.
Today she's making her own teaching programme as well as reading classical French literature.
She followed a similar plan as the one below.
Click on Plan 1 or 3 to discover our self-study French course:
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2. The detailed answer
In the short answer above, you have an estimate of the cost it will take to learn French: 249 USD. We can guarantee that if you finish (and memorize) the contents of Plans 1 or 3, you will know most of what you would ever need in French.
Naturally, there are variables to consider and that make the final number less predictable.
Essentially, it just takes the self-discipline to sit down and memorize it. This part of French can go relatively quickly: you memorize the key verbs, the rules of pronunciation, the tenses...And before you know it, the job is done.
This part of learning French can be done in months, especially if the learning is well-organized such as this website proposes.
In our "60 Steps to French", we offer a step-by-step programme from the most basic notions to the most advanced. It's your "A to Z" of French.
In parallel to this, you can use our flashcard videos to build up your vocabulary.
It also comes with human support by the owner himself, no shady contracts and always an easy human voice to speak to in case of issues (which never happen anyway)
Who are we?
How it works?
Can YOU do it in 55 study sessions?
Our self-study course "60 Steps to French" is actually spread across 55 days of study.
Here is a breakdown of what you would learn each day:
Class 1
1. Introduction to French with 4 sounds 2. Essential French Verbs - List 1)
Class 25
1. Pronouns
Class 2
1. What is Conjugation ? 2. Present tense of ER verbs 3. The Gender of Nouns
Class 26
1. Modal Verbs part 2
Class 3
1. Expressing possession 2. Change of Stem of ER verbs 3. The Sounds of French
Class 27
1. Conjunctions
Class 4
1. Articles and Possessives 2. Essential Verbs List 2 3. Verb builder 1
Class 28
1. The future simple
Class 5
1. Present tense of RE verbs
Class 29
1. EN/Y pronouns
Class 6
1. Verb builder 2 / 2. Demonstratives
Class 30
1. Verb builder 13
Class 7
1. Present tense of IR verbs + 2 Asking Questions
Class 31
1. L'imperatif tense 2. French intonation
Class 8
1. The plural + 2. Present tense of OIR verbs
Class 32
1. Le plus-que-parfait tense 2. Verb Builder 14
Class 9
1 Recap of the Present tense + 2. Comparatives
Class 33
1. The movement of the pronoun
Class 10
1. Le passe compose tense parts 1, 2, 3.
Class 34
1. The future simple part 2
Class 11
1. qui-que relative pronouns + 2 making comparisons part 2
Class 35
1 The Conditional tense 2 + Verb builder 15
Class 12
1. Verb Builder 3 and 4 + The infinitive of verbs
Class 36
1. Le Passif
Class 13
1. Negative sentences 2. Modal Verbs
Class 37
1. Pronouns EN/Y part 2
Class 14
1 French Sounds Part + 2 Feminine Adjectives
Class 38
1. Prepositions
Class 15
1 Les Liaisons part 1 + 2 Verb builder 5
Class 39
1. Lequel, laquelle 2. duquel, auquel
Class 16
1. Les liaisons part 2
Class 40
1. Le subjonctif
Class 17
1. Verb Builder 6 and 7
Class 41
1. Le Subjonctif part 2
Class 18
1. L'imparfait tense Part 1
Class 42
1. Reported speech
Class 19
1. Locating in space (prepositions)
Class 43
1. Numbers
Class 20
1. Verb builder 8 and 9
Class 44
1. Le futur anterieur 2. double verb constructions
Class 21
1 L'imparfait part 2 + 2 Verb builder 10
Class 45
1. Reflexives in other tenses
Class 22
1. Causes and Consequences
Class 46
1. The passive part 2
Class 23
1. Reflexive Verbs
Class 47
1. Telling the time
Class 24
1. Verb Builder 11 and 12
Class 48
1. The past Conditional 2. Accord du Verbe
Class 49
1. The gerund 2. Participe passe
Class 50
1. Further uses of “ne” (advanced French)
Class 51
1. Past infinitive (advanced French)
Class 52
1. Subjonctif passe (advanced French))
Class 53
1. Passive Reflexives (advanced French)
Class 54
1. Past imperative (advanced French)
Class 55
1. Le passe simple (advanced French)
55 Classes later...What next?
When you cover the 55 class programme, that's it...you've studied all the "mechanical" parts of French you will need.
After that, you can add more "words" to your vocabulary such as nouns, adjectives, adverbs. But you will have covered the technical side of French that you will need in the majority of situations of everyday life.
All the necessary parts of French will be known to you. Of this, you can have full faith.
So wait...if we can do it less than 60 classes, why isn't everyone else? It sounds a bit fishy.
For this, there can be several reasons: the more a language business grows, the more it must create product. A big international language platform could not survive on just one product.
For this reason, they hack up their courses into endless levels (A1, A2, B1...) that produce that "staircase effect" and keeps you buying.
The second reason might be the academic calendar that functions at a sail's pace.
A third reason might be a lack of insight or proper qualifications from your usual source of learning.
Perhaps we just have the gift of thinking logically!
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Wish to know more? Phone Chris now or send a Whatsapp message to +1 860-339-6480.
You can book a trial class with no preparation through the booking calendar.
No French skills needed!
