Curriculum
A1 · Sound foundation
Lesson 03
30–40 minutesFrench letter combinations.
Train your eyes to read groups of letters as one sound. You will compare patterns, test what you notice, and decode a short message without guessing from English.
Why this matters
Recognising a whole sound group makes unfamiliar words easier to approach and remember.
Part 1 · Warm-up
Meet the alphabet as French names it
The alphabet has the same 26 letters as English, but many letter names differ. Select a letter to see its French cue and an original memory word.
A
French letter name
ah
Memory word
abricot · apricot
Listen, say the letter name, pause, then read the memory word. This is a speaking prompt—not automated pronunciation scoring.