❓ FAQs

Conversation School is an online platform where learners can learn informal French in fun, real-world ways.

Our main aim is to help people acquire a new language to unlock exciting new opportunities. We'd love to keep it free forever, but it's very likely that as we grow, we may need to build a grow our team and build out more features, which increases overhead. But for now, it's free to join!

You can't guess this, but we're a 2-man team with very limited resources and technical know-how. We recognise that we can only do so much on our own before we need to hire for some additional expertise and platform capabilities.

• The fee you see is a token you can give ONLY IF you wish to support our work. By giving, you give us the capacity to onboard more learners (the more learners, the more opportunity for language practice for everyone!)
• You can give at any time—before, during or after the course. No need to do it right away!
• If you give a token, then we say 'thank you' by giving you a few extra perks such as a printable certificate, etc. (see 'Signup' for more details).

We kindly ask that you consider this option as this helps us out a lot. Thank you in advance!

If you are unable to finish, you are welcome to stay on in the community to continue to pick up the language at your own pace. You'll also have lifetime access to the course materials to help you, so it's always a win to join!

We're focused on getting you to speak conversational, informal French in 6 weeks through daily interaction with peers in a pod. You'll learn over 1000 of the most used words & phrases, including greetings, common questions, expressions, filler words, idioms and more, picked from dialogues, memes, cartoons, skits, vlogs, movies and more.

No, it's totally doable! We are not promising that you'll be fluent just yet. But you'll be functionally conversational, which is the sweet spot we want to get you to. Why? Because this will boost your confidence and encourage you to get into more conversations so you can continue to pick up even more French in the same natural way that you learned to speak your first language.

If you're a complete beginner or an intermediary learners, you're in the right place and this is the course for you.

Absolutely! One of the best features of the Experience is that you get ample opportunities to practice your language skill. So if you already know some French, you can use the course to test and improve your skill.

You can expect to reach between A1 (beginner) & A2 (conversational intermediate). This means you'll be able to introduce yourself, talk about everyday topics and understand/respond in basic conversations (functionally conversational). You will struggle a bit with grammar & complex tenses, but you'll make yourself understood in real-life, informal situations enough to keep conversing, which is how you will continue to improve outside this course.

Our language course is very immersive and daily contact with the language using written explanations, audio and video pronunciation assistance tools, with spaced repetition aids to help you retain more vocabulary. We encourage practice over perfection, so our speaking activities will encourage you to speak often even if you make mistakes. Moreover, you will be placed in a community where you'll have lots of interactions with peers, with an instructor or a moderators ready to offer corrections.

You'll be able to self correct by comparing recordings of yourself speaking with the pre-recorded audio in the flashcards. Also, we encourage you to use your new language as much as possible outside the course so your listeners can correct you—that's half the fun of learning a new language!

No. However, it will set you up to start strong and finish up any other certification.

We deliver the course to you through our learning platform, which has plugged into it reading materials, cartoons, videos, flashcards, audio aids, downloadable worksheets, templates, and more. Group work happens in our friendly community on Discord.

We estimate that you can plan to spend 1 - 1.5 hours per day, split across self study, listening, and speaking components of the course.

The language of instruction is English. You will learn French words and phrases, and their English Language translations.

It's straightforward to ask for a refund. But before you do, we ask that you give us a chance to make things right if they are wrong: send us a mail at support@conversationschool.net

Keep in mind, it can take up to 14 days to process a refund.

The language of instruction is English. You will learn French words and phrases, and their English Language translations.

The language of instruction is English. You will learn French words and phrases, and their English Language translations.

Mentors are native and non-native French speakers within the community — they provide conversation practice, and guide and support students through the Experience. They offer encouragement, share tips, and help keep you on track.

Coaches are graduated students who have completed the CS-French Experience. Having walked the same path, they can provide you first-hand insight into what works — and model language learning and community behavior.

A commitment pod (or simply, a pod) is a small group of learners at a similar stage in the course. Pods create social gravity for learners. Pods practise together, keep each other accountable, and make the learning experience feel less like a solo journey and more like a shared one.

You'll be automatically added to a pod of 5-10 learners when you arrive the Discord practice community.