Program Overview

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University Program Information

The university offers a wide range of programs, including short and online courses, undergraduate, postgraduate, professional, and research programs.

Subject Areas

• Archaeology and anthropology
  • Archaeology
  • English Local History
• Architectural history
  • Architectural History
  • History of Design
• Business and management
  • Business and management
• Data science, computing, maths
  • Data science, computing, maths
  • IT Systems Analysis and Design (Online)
• Diplomatic studies and law
  • Diplomatic Studies
  • Foundations of Diplomacy Pre-Master's Course (six months, full-time)
• Economics and politics
  • Economics and politics
• Education and study skills
  • Education
• Environment and sustainability
  • Environment and sustainability
  • Sustainable Urban Development
• History of art
  • History of Art
• History, including local and social
  • History
  • History of Art
• Languages and cultural studies
  • Languages and cultural studies
  • French: Beginners - Part 2
• Literature, creative writing and film studies
  • Creative Writing
  • English Literature
• Medical and health sciences
  • Medical and health sciences
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
  • Health Research
• Music
  • Music
• Natural sciences
  • Natural sciences
• Philosophy
  • Philosophy
  • Practical Ethics
• Psychology and counselling
  • Psychology and counselling
  • Psychodynamic Counselling
• Religion and theology
  • Theological Studies
• Technology and AI
  • Technology and AI

Course Format

• Day and weekend events
• In-person learning
• Lecture series
• Online learning
• Professional
• Summer schools
• Weekly learning

Academic Credit

Many courses can be studied for academic credit, which means they can count towards a recognised qualification.

Undergraduate Programs

Certificates

• Archaeology
• Certificate of Higher Education
• English Literature
• History
• History of Art
• Theological Studies

Diplomas

• Archaeology
• Creative Writing
• English Social and Local History
• History of Art

Advanced Diplomas

• British Archaeology
• IT Systems Analysis and Design (Online)
• Local History (Online)

Pre-Master's

• Advanced Pre-sessional Course for Graduate Students (nine weeks, full-time)
• Foundations of Diplomacy Pre-Master's Course (six months, full-time)

Postgraduate Programs

Certificates

• Architectural History
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Ecological Survey Techniques
• Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Health Research
• Historical Studies
• Nanotechnology
• Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
• Psychodynamic Counselling
• Qualitative Health Research Methods
• Teaching Evidence-Based Health Care

Diplomas

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Severe Mental Health Problems
• Health Research
• International Wildlife Conservation Practice
• Psychodynamic Practice

Master of Studies (MSt)

• Creative Writing
• Diplomatic Studies
• Historical Studies
• History of Design
• Literature and Arts
• Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
• Practical Ethics
• Psychodynamic Practice

Research Degrees (DPhil)

• Archaeology
• Architectural History
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• English Local History
• Evidence-Based Health Care
• Literature and Arts
• Sustainable Urban Development

Master of Science (MSc)

• Applied Landscape Archaeology
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• English Local History
• Evidence-Based Health Care
• Evidence-Based Health Care Medical Statistics
• Evidence-Based Health Care Systematic Reviews
• Evidence-Based Health Care Teaching and Education
• Experimental and Translational Therapeutics
• Nanotechnology for Medicine and Health Care
• Surgical Science and Practice
• Sustainable Urban Development
• Translational Health Sciences

Professional Programs

Continuing Professional Development

• Business and management
• Cultural heritage
• Data science, computing, maths
• Diplomatic studies
• Education
• Environment and sustainability
• Medical and health sciences
• Nanotechnology and nanomedicine
• Philosophy and ethics
• Psychology and counselling
• Research methods and skills
• Technology and AI
• Urban studies

Research

Research Community

Research at Oxford Lifelong Learning extends across the disciplines and is supported by a research culture that encourages interdisciplinary initiatives.

Research Areas

• Academic staff profiles
• Part-time DPhil programmes
• Research areas
• Research students

Research Forums

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) Steering Group
• Lifelong Learning Pedagogies forum
• Research Ethics Colloquium
• The Vice-Chancellors Colloquium

French: Beginners - Part 2

Course Details

• Code: O25P555XFW
• Fees: Ł300.00
• Dates: 21 Jan 2026 - 25 Mar 2026
• Sessions: 10
• Day of week: Wednesday
• Time: 7:30-9:30pm
• Location: Ewert House, Ewert Place, Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 7DD

Overview

This 10-week course is pitched at level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), and completion of the course will help you meet the level requirements.

Programme Details

• Week 1: Shopping for clothes
• Week 2: Talking about the weather
• Week 3: Discussing daily routines, Telling the time
• Week 4: Suggesting an outing, Accepting or refusing an invitation
• Week 5: Physical descriptions
• Week 6: Situating and describing one's home
• Week 7: Identifying furniture, equipment and objects
• Week 8: Making a reservation, Discussing and comparing different types of accommodation
• Week 9: Describing holiday experiences, Writing a postcard
• Week 10: Travel and holidays: workshop action-orientated activity

Key Grammar Points

• Gender and number of adjectives, Place of adjectives
• The futur proche
• Pronominal verbs
• Frequency adverbs
• The present tense of verbs
• The past tense of verbs with the auxiliary verb
• Prepositions of place
• Modal verbs
• Comparatives
• The past tense of verbs with the auxiliary verb

Key Functions

• Describing what one is wearing
• Talking about the weather
• Describing one's daily routine
• Suggesting an outing and arranging to meet
• Situating one's home and identifying rooms and furniture
• Understanding a booking site and making a reservation
• Talking about holidays and past events

Recommended Reading

• Grégoire, Maďa; Merlo, Gracia; Grammaire progressive du français, Niveau débutant A1, 3čme Édition
• Collins French/English Online Dictionary

Textbooks

• Édito, niveau A1, méthode de français, 2čme édition / Mensdorff-Pouilly Lucie, Opatski Sergueď, Petitmengin Violette, Pons Sylvie, Sperandio Caroline - Éditions Didier 2022, ISBN 978-5 / 978-8

Certification

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be issued with an official digital badge from the Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford.

Fees

• Course Fee: Ł300.00

Funding

If you are in receipt of a UK state benefit, you are a full-time student in the UK or a student on a low income, you may be eligible for a reduction of 50% of tuition fees.

Tutor

• Mrs Danae Lemos-Theologis

Course Aims

To enable you to communicate at a basic level with speakers of the target language in a limited range of practical, real-life settings.

Course Objectives

• To help learners develop the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing for basic everyday communication in the target language
• To help learners consolidate their listening comprehension skills to understand the gist of very short, basic written texts and audio excerpts
• To enable learners to use high frequency vocabulary and grammar structures for basic routine communication
• To equip learners with an appreciation of the culture and civilisation of the country (or countries) in which the target language is spoken

Teaching Methods

You will learn through a communicative teaching approach with the emphasis on actively engaging in classroom activities in the target language.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of your course, learners will be better prepared to:

• Interact in a simple way using a basic range of language in routine everyday contexts
• Understand and respond to basic spoken or recorded language relating to very familiar everyday situations
• Demonstrate comprehension of very short, simple texts containing high frequency vocabulary and basic grammar structures
• Write very short texts to provide basic personal information or simple descriptions

Assessment Methods

You will be set short, optional assignments to consolidate your learning and to allow you to progress at your own pace.