Level 4 Château de Versailles

Level 4 Château de Versailles: French Upper Intermediate Program for Kids Ages 9+

Our students master l'imparfait (imperfect tense), distinguish between past tenses, use complex pronouns, and begin the subjunctive mood across 20 sophisticated themes.

Welcome to Level 4 Château de Versailles, our French upper intermediate program designed for children ages 9 and up who have completed Level 3 or have strong intermediate French skills. This sophisticated level perfects past tense distinction and introduces the subjunctive mood.

Meet the teachers your child will love learning with!

Welcome to Level 4 Château de Versailles

  • Complete in 1 year (2 classes/week)
  • Master 4 major tenses + subjunctive mood introduction
  • Advanced grammar: Relative pronouns, modal verbs, complex structures
  • Master 800+ new words across 20 sophisticated themes
  • Perfect past tense distinction (passé composé vs imparfait)
  • Write structured multi-paragraph texts with logical connectors
  • Hold 15+ minute conversations

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What your child willlearn

With native French teachers and our masterfully designed 20-session curriculum, your child will master l’imparfait (imperfect tense), distinguish between past tenses, use complex pronouns (COI, relative, en/y), master the subjunctive mood, and express themselves with the nuance and sophistication of an advanced French speaker. From giving opinions to expressing wishes and emotions, they’ll communicate naturally in any French context.

Objectives

Present themselves with full background, master all sentence types, and use modal verbs (pouvoir, devoir, vouloir, falloir, savoir) perfectly
Master l'imparfait, distinguish between imparfait and passé composé naturally, and use conditional present with modal verbs
Master advanced grammar: relative pronouns (qui/que/où/dont), subjunctive mood introduction, logical connectors, and all pronoun types

Skills

Listening comprehension
Understand sophisticated French discussions about opinions, past habits vs completed actions, and abstract topics across extended conversations
Speaking
Hold 20-minute conversations on abstract topics, give structured opinions, express emotions, and debate using all tenses including subjunctive
Reading Comprehension
Analyze authentic French texts, understand complex narrative structures, and identify tense usage patterns across different text types.
Writing
Write sophisticated multi-paragraph texts with logical connectors (parce que, donc, cependant, pourtant), proper paragraphing, and perfect grammar.

What happens in a typical50-minute class?

Your child masters complex grammar structures, distinguishes between all past tenses naturally, uses sophisticated pronouns and connectors!

Minutes 1-10
Advanced conversation
We engage in sophisticated French conversation about current events, opinions, and experiences, review previous grammar, and practice advanced themes.
Warm-up & oral routine
Minutes 11-25
Complex grammar & structures
New learning
We master advanced grammar concepts (imparfait vs passé composé, relative pronouns qui/que/où/dont, subjunctive mood, pronouns en/y).
Minutes 26-40
Text analysis & comprehension
We analyze authentic French texts, practice structured writing with logical connectors, and work on text organization with paragraphs and coherent flow.
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Minutes 41-50
Phonics mastery & expression
We perfect advanced French phonics (liaisons, H aspiré vs muet, intonation, language registers), practice past tense distinctions, and develop sophisticated expression.

Is right for yourchild?

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Perfect if your child
Is 9 years old or older
Can hold 10-minute conversations in French
Masters present, future, and past tenses
Can narrate past experiences fluently
Is ready to learn imparfait and subjunctive mood
Wants to express opinions, wishes, and emotions in French
Is motivated to reach upper intermediate fluency
Not the right fit if
Your child is a beginner → Start with Level 1 (Tour Eiffel)
Hasn’t mastered past tense → See Level 3 (Notre-Dame)
Under age 9 without strong French base → Complete Level 2 first
Already near-fluent with subjunctive mastery → Consider Level 5
Has French-speaking family → See French Mastery program

Your child’s journey through Level 4
Château de Versailles

1-5
6-10
11-15
16-20
Units 1-5

Perfect Past Tense Mastery

Vocabulary Themes:

• Self-presentation (background, passions, qualities, flaws) 

• Sports & accessories 

• Professions & professional tools

Grammar Skills:

• All sentence types (declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, imperative) 

• Modal verb structures and negation (pouvoir, devoir, vouloir, falloir, savoir)
• Complement pronouns COD (le/la/les - revision) 

• Complement pronouns COI (lui/leur, me/te/nous/vous) 

• Interrogative sentence structures (revision of all question forms) 

• Text structure with paragraphs 

• Logical connectors (donc, mais, car, parce que, cependant)

Verb Conjugations:

•  Indicative present (complete revision) 
• Imperative (revision) 

• Modal verbs in present (pouvoir, devoir, vouloir, falloir, savoir) 

• Passé composé (complete revision)
• Past participle agreement with "être" 

• Past participle agreement with "avoir" 

• Synthesis of all past participle agreement rules

Phonics & Spelling:

• Cédille and accents 

• [k] sound: C, K, QU, Q, CH 

• Intonation by sentence type 

• [gn] sound

Reading & Writing:

• Create personal "memory box" portrait 

• Discuss past background and experiences 

• Structure paragraphs logically 

• Use connectors to organize ideas

By Session 5:

Your child masters all past participle agreements, uses modal verbs in all contexts, employs complement pronouns (COD/COI) naturally, and writes structured multi-paragraph texts!

Units 6-10

Past habits • Comparisons and descriptions

 Vocabulary Themes:

• Past habits 

• Comparisons and descriptions

Grammar Skills:

• Comparison structures (comparatif/superlatif revision + "comme") 

• Emphasis with "c'est...que" and "ce qui/que..." 

• Coordinating conjunctions (mais, ou, et, donc, or, ni, car) 

• Noun plurals (including special rules for -s, -x, -z endings) 

• Determiners and nouns (complete revision)

Verb Conjugations:

• Futur proche and futur simple (revision and usage distinction) 

• L'IMPARFAIT - formation and usage
• Avoir and être in imparfait 

• CRITICAL: Distinguishing imparfait vs passé composé (ongoing vs completed actions, habits vs specific events)

Phonics & Spelling:

• Consonant clusters (dr, tr, cr, gr, vr, fr) 

• [ɛ]/[e] distinction: "je regardais" (imparfait) vs "j'ai regardé" (passé composé) 

• [ien] sound masculine vs feminine 

• Liaison: determiner + noun

Reading & Writing:

• Discuss past habits using imparfait
• Distinguish between background (imparfait) and actions (passé composé) in narratives

By Session 10:

Your child uses imparfait and passé composé distinctly and naturally, knows when to use each tense, and narrates past stories with perfect tense choice!

Units 11-15

Advanced Pronouns & Conditional

Vocabulary Themes:

• Cardinal points 

• Expressing location 

• Nationalities 

• Giving opinions

Grammar Skills:

• Enriching nouns (adjectives and noun complements) 

• Nationality adjectives (agreement and feminine forms) 

• ALL pronouns revision: personal, demonstrative, possessive 

• Relative pronouns (qui/que/où/dont) 

• "Noun + relative pronoun + verb" structures in all tenses 

• Indefinite determiners/pronouns (aucun/aucune/plusieurs)
• "Tout" in all its uses (adjective/pronoun/adverb/noun) 

• Interrogative pronouns (lequel/laquelle/lesquels/lesquelles) 

• Logical articulators (parce que, donc, mais, cependant, pourtant)

Verb Conjugations:

• Manner/immediate cause with "en + participe présent" 

• Aller de/venir de/aller à in present, past, and future 

• CONDITIONAL PRESENT with modal verbs (je voudrais, je pourrais, je devrais) 

• Future vs conditional distinction

Phonics & Spelling:

• Liaison: adjective + noun 

• Liaison: pronoun + verb 

• Liaisons in fixed expressions 

• Other liaison types • Forbidden liaisons 

• "Plus" pronunciation (context-dependent) 

• H aspiré vs H muet distinction

Reading & Writing:

• Give structured opinions 

• Express location and direction 

• Discuss nationalities and cultural differences

By Session 15:

Your child uses all relative pronouns naturally, employs conditional for politeness, masters all liaison rules, and gives sophisticated opinions with logical arguments!

Units 16-20

Subjunctive & Advanced Expression

Vocabulary Themes: 

• Giving advice 

• Expressing opinions, emotions, wishes, desires

Grammar Skills:

• Interrogative/relative pronoun "lequel" (avec lequel, dans lequel) 

• Adverb power and placement 

• Expressing instantaneity (dès que, aussitôt que, être en train de) 

• Pronouns EN and Y 

• Advice structures (impératif, devoir + infinitif, si + présent/futur, si + présent/impératif)

Verb Conjugations:

• Complete REVISION of all tenses: indicative present, passé composé, futur proche, futur simple, imperative, imparfait, conditional 

• SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD introduction!
• Subjunctive present formation 

• "Je veux que/j'aimerais que + subjunctive" (will/obligation/wish) 

• "Je pense que/je suis content que + subjunctive" (opinion/feelings)

Phonics & Spelling:

• Sound review: an, on, in, un (distinction) 

• Feminine words in -elle, -ette, -esse 
• Language registers (formal, informal, familiar) 

• Oral reductions (j'suis, j'vais, y'a - understanding and using appropriately)

Reading & Writing:

• Give advice in multiple ways 

• Express wishes and desires 

• Share opinions and emotions 

• Write sophisticated arguments

Session 20:

Your child masters the subjunctive mood introduction, uses pronouns en/y naturally, expresses wishes and emotions sophisticatedly, understands all language registers, and holds 20-30 minute conversations on any topic! Ready for Level 5!

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Whatparents sayabout Level 4

“The subjunctive breakthrough!
Level 4 was incredible. My daughter finally understood the subjunctive mood and now expresses wishes and emotions like a native French speaker!”
Catherine R.
Catherine R.
mom of 10-year-old Amélie
“From fluent to sophisticated! After
Level 4, my son went from fluent conversations to sophisticated discussions. He can now give opinions, express nuances, and debate in French!”
Michael T.
Michael T.
dad of 11-year-old Alexandre
“She writes like a French student!
The structured writing practice in Level 4 transformed my daughter’s French. Her multi-paragraph texts are beautifully organized with perfect grammar!”
Lisa M.
Lisa M.
mom of 10-year-old Charlotte

Why Level 4works

Subjunctive mastery
Level 4 introduces the subjunctive mood—the key to sophisticated French! Your child learns to express wishes (je veux que…), opinions (je pense que…), and emotions naturally.
Imparfait vs passé composé distinction
Moreover, we systematically teach when to use imparfait (ongoing/habits) vs passé composé (completed actions). By session 10, your child chooses the right past tense instinctively!
Built for online learning
All pronouns mastered
Additionally, Level 4 completes pronoun mastery: COI (lui/leur), relative (qui/que/où/dont), interrogative (lequel), and the tricky EN/Y. Your child uses them all naturally!
Progressive grammar building
Modal verbs in all contexts
We perfect modal verbs in present, conditional, and with infinitives. Your child expresses possibility, necessity, and desire with precision.
Real-world themes 
Abstract thinking in French
Finally, Level 4 develops abstract expression: giving opinions, expressing emotions, making hypotheses, giving advice. Your child thinks in French!
1-on-1 expert guidance 
1-on-1 expert guidance
Your child works with a dedicated native teacher who ensures subjunctive mastery, perfect tense distinction, and sophisticated expression.
Trusted by 500+ Families
Proven with 500+ families
Parents report Level 4 is where their child « becomes truly bilingual »— thinking and expressing complex ideas naturally in French!
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Structured writing excellence
Furthermore, we teach text organization with paragraphs and logical connectors (parce que, donc, cependant, pourtant). Your child writes like a French student!
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Phonics Perfection
We master the final frontier: ALL liaison types, H aspiré vs H muet, language registers, oral reductions. Your child sounds authentically French!

A Bit of French Culture:The Château de Versailles!

Did you know?

Did you know?

The Château de Versailles is one of the most magnificent palaces in the world! This UNESCO World Heritage site was the principal royal residence of France from 1682 until the French Revolution.

Fun facts:

Built by Louis XIV (« Le Roi Soleil » – The Sun King)

Features 2,300 rooms, 1,944 windows, and 67 staircases

The famous Hall of Mirrors has 357 mirrors!

The gardens cover 800 hectares with 50 fountains

Required 36,000 workers and 50 years to build

Now a museum visited by 10 million people yearly

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Hold conversations on diverse topics: food, sports, travel, and culture
Use past, present, and future tenses fluently to tell stories
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Express feelings, opinions, dreams, and abstract ideas fluently
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