French Classes Portland Spring 2012
The Alliance's 10-week spring term runs March 26 through June 2 and includes classes for adults and a separate program for children. Private lessons are also available. Take our online placement test to assess your level or call our office at 503.223.8388 to discuss your needs. Note that we refer to the international standard CECR to describe levels: A1-A2 Basic/Beginner, B1-B2 Intermediate/ Independent, C1-C2 Proficient/Advanced.
True Beginner Classes
Classes at this level are primarily for students who are taking French for the very first time or who perhaps took a short class many years ago. Content covers greetings, introductions, nationalities and numbers, expressing preferences, tu vs. vous forms of address, and more.
Low Beginner Classes
Immediately following the True Beginner Classes, this series of Latitudes 102 to 105 classes (CECR A1-A2) develops the student's comprehension and speaking skills to include making requests, conjugating verbs, expressing quantities, speaking of the immediate past and future, and more.
Intermediate Classes
Classes in this range of Latitudes 201 to 205 (CECR A2-B1) progressively solidify the student's abilities as an independent speaker expressing opinions, intentions, preferences, events in all tenses, use of the subjunctive, and more.
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High Intermediate & Advanced Classes
This level includes classes Latitudes 301 to 304 (CECR B1-C1) for high intermediate students as well as themed literature classes and discussion classes using the Edito textbook to achieve and maintain operational efficiency and mastery of the language.
Classes for Children
Classes for Children include Fun in French Parent & Child Classes for Ages 3-4 at all levels of French; Smart Steps To French® for Ages 5-12 for Anglophone children; and Keeping Up Your French for Ages 5-13 for children who wish to maintain their French. Early registration for Summer Camps is now available. Click to visit the Summer Camps page.
Not sure about what class is the best for you?
Visit our Assessing Your Level page and feel free to call us from 9AM to 6PM for free advice and to determine your level.
French Resources in Portland
Le Cercle français en mai 2012
Jeudi 10 : Il y a six cents ans naissait Jeanne d’Arc
Geneviève au Ve siècle et Jeanne au XVe sont les deux héroïnes de légende en France. Sabine Artaud-Wild racontera l’extraordinaire destinée de la jeune lorraine.
Jeudi 24 : Un peu d’art culinaire
avec Pascal Tisseur, maître boulanger et pâtissier, propriétaire de la “Petite Provence”.
Worldwide French Directory
La Fondation Alliance Française in Paris is planning to launch an ambitious worldwide online directory (annuaire mondial) that will include all Francophones, Francophiles, French-connected professionals and businesses, and also all French persons living outside France.
The project is called PagesFrance.net and eventually could include all 300 million Francophones in the world. Enrollment in the directory is free.
Visit PagesFrance.net to submit your contact info. The project also has a Facebook page.
