st1fr26 · NUS Centre for Language Studies
Special Term 1 · 11 May → 17 June 2026
Three tools, one course. Use this page as your starting point — pick the tool you need, or read on to see how they fit together.
01
french1.withdrchan.com
Schedule, syllabus, books, assessments, FAQ. The administrative anchor for the term — bookmark it and check the countdown for what's next.
Open Course Info →
02
4aparis.withdrchan.com
Quatre à Paris — a novella that runs alongside the course. One chapter for each class period, in French at your level, with English glosses on every phrase.
Open the story →
03
laf1201.withdrchan.com
Gamified vocabulary & memory exercises. Pre-class warm-ups and post-class review. Scores are private — they are not graded.
Open Language Practice →
The three tools follow a single rhythm. Before each class, read the matching chapter in Quatre à Paris — the vocabulary you'll meet sits in your head before the instructor uses it. Then warm up with the matching skill on Language Practice — five or ten minutes of low-stakes guessing primes your memory.
In class, the textbook and your instructor do their work. After class, come back to Language Practice to consolidate. Course Info is always open in another tab when you need to check a date, an assessment weight, or a textbook page.
Class sessions are numbered 1 → 14. Each three-hour class is split into two 90-minute periods (A and B). The story has a chapter for every period (1A · 1B · 2A · 2B · …). Language Practice is grouped into five units — one per Episode of the story.