Kickstart Intensive Programs

Monday, March 14 - Thursday, March 17, 2022

Get a head start on the next level, have an in-depth review and practice during the spring break! The Kick-start French Program is a 4-day intensive brush-up class (2.5 hours per day with two short beaks) offered for A1, A2 and B1 level students. Each class will focus on grammar, vocabulary and conversation skills. Choose a morning or evening session of each class. Note that this program is not a repeat of previous seasons. 

The 4-day program price is $199. Early registration price is $170, until February 22. Use code Kickstart at checkout.

Beginning students (A1)

Review and grow your basic reading, listening, and speaking skills in this intensive 4-day course. Students will review numbers, the alphabet, interrogatives, regular and irregular verb conjugations in the present tense, and adjective agreement and placement.  Topics covered will include travel and stereotypes in the francophone world, friends, family, pastimes and preferences. Preprequisites: Edito 103 or equivalent.

Monday through Thursday, March 14-17
Scroll down to sign up in the course selector below for the Morning Session 9-11:30am or the Evening Session 5-7:30pm.

Lower Intermediate (A2) 

Improve your comfort with lower-intermediate level grammar and vocabulary in this 4-day intensive spring course.  Review tenses (past/future) and pronouns (relative, direct, indirect, and interrogative) while discussing topics such as gastronomy, open air markets, art, health and well-being, education, and sustainability. 

Monday through Thursday, March 14-17
Scroll down to sign up in the course selector below for the Morning Session 9-11:30am or the Evening Session 5-7:30pm.

Intermediate (B1) THIS LEVEL HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

Become more confident expressing and defending an opinion about topics such as cross-cultural traditions, language learning, the media, and other current topics.  Students will review indicative and subjunctive modes as well as expressions of cause and consequence, certitude and doubt, necessity and exclusion.

Monday through Thursday, March 14-17
Scroll down to sign up in the course selector below for the Morning Session 9-11:30am or the Evening Session 5-7:30pm.