Strengthen your A1/A2 French through dynamic, dialogue-based learning. Using the Grammaire en Dialogues A1/A2 book as our foundation, we’ll work with authentic recorded conversations and targeted activities to sharpen your listening, writing, and speaking skills—all centered around essential grammar points. Each dialogue presents grammar in real-life context, helping you understand spoken French at a natural pace and participate more confidently in conversation. Whether you’re returning for review or joining for the first time, this course offers a structured and engaging way to reinforce and deepen your mastery of A1/A2 French.
Pace: Regular

Dive into the French language through TV5 Monde! Discuss fresh ideas, sharpen your listening skills, and engage with authentic, real-world French. Expand your vocabulary, strengthen key grammar, and explore current events, culture, and everyday life across the francophone world. Gain confidence and fluency as you experience spoken French in action.
Pace: Regular

In this lively conversation class for levels A2–B1, we’ll start by reviewing key grammar and vocabulary before moving into engaging speaking practice. With personalized guidance in grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation, your instructor will help you feel comfortable and confident expressing yourself in French. Whether you’re preparing for a trip, practicing for a presentation, or simply wanting to strengthen your conversational fluency, this class will help you speak with greater ease and assurance.
Pace: Regular

Part 1. This class will interest you if: 1. You are planning on passing DELF B1 exam and need to prepare for it. 2. You’ve completed B1 level and wish to consolidate the newly acquired skills, all the while evaluating your strengths and weaknesses before jumping to next level. The class has a double goal: preparing you to DELF exam structure and work on all of the aspects one needs to master in order to validate a level to successfully start the next one. A partial simulation of the DELF exam (except oral production part) in the end of the 10-week series will allow students to have a comprehensive evaluation of their skills. 
Pace: Regular

Chapters 32-36. This class aims to bring your conversational French to the next level. Learn how native speakers communicate on a day-to-day basis. Interaction and exchanges between students are facilitated by the instructor following weekly thematic topics that include essential vocabulary and grammar. This course is designed with flexibility in mind—each chapter focuses on a distinct topic, so lessons can be taken in any order without requiring prior participation. Open to students who have successfully completed French 205. If you haven’t completed French 205, verify your level on our website under, “Find Your Level”
Pace: Regular

Chapters 32-36. This class aims to bring your conversational French to the next level. Learn how native speakers communicate on a day-to-day basis. Interaction and exchanges between students are facilitated by the instructor following weekly thematic topics that include essential vocabulary and grammar. This course is designed with flexibility in mind—each chapter focuses on a distinct topic, so lessons can be taken in any order without requiring prior participation. Open to students who have successfully completed French 205. If you haven’t completed French 205, verify your level on our website under, “Find Your Level”
Pace: Regular

In this conversation class, we'll begin by refreshing essential grammar and vocabulary before diving into speaking practice. Our experienced teacher will offer tailored support in grammar, vocabulary, and phonetics to help you feel at ease and enthusiastic about speaking. Whether you're getting ready for a presentation, planning a trip, or simply looking to enhance your conversational skills, this class is designed to help you reach your goals with confidence and ease.
Pace: Regular

For visual arts enthusiasts and those simply curious about the art world. Each week, examine several artworks to learn about the events, personalities and works that have had the greatest impact in their time. This is a highly interactive class using art as a vehicle of conversation. In spring 2026, this class will continue to focus on the theme of women in art. 
Pace: Regular

Explore the French heist film, where crime becomes a space for social and moral reflection. Unlike Hollywood heist movies, which focus on spectacle and technical ingenuity, French heists emphasize realism, character psychology, and understated direction. Drawing on film noir and the crime thriller, these films show failure, betrayal, and melancholy as much as the success of the heist itself. Watch selected films, identify key elements of this psychologically rich genre, discuss various themes in class, and give individual presentations on the films viewed.

Note: Students are responsible for obtaining or renting full films if they wish to watch them in entirety; class will feature selected excerpts. Class materials will be shared in Google Classroom. A subscription to the Criterion Channel is a requirement for this course as is a subscription to Kanopy which is free with a library card. Prerequisites: 303 or equivalent.
Pace: Accelerated

Want to speak with a rich vocabulary and use idioms and common expressions spontaneously? Learn expressions and idioms from the podcast and participate in the spontaneous lively discussions with the group. This class is based on RFI’s “Le journal en Français Facile”! RFI-FF is a publicly supported nonprofit organisation that’s existed for 23 years and offers a wide range of subjects in its news broadcasts. Visit their website to see the examples of the themes to be covered in class. This class is open to B1 and B2 level students.
Pace: Regular

Meet your fellow literature buffs, read and discuss your reading under expert guidance from Marie-Pierre Wolfe. Marie-Pierre will send you the weekly questionnaire to promote in-depth understanding of each book segment.

STUDENTS MUST PURCHASE THE BOOK ON THEIR OWN. Title: Un aller simple, published by Éditions Albin Michel in 1994. 190 pages. Winner of the Prix Goncourt. Author: Didier Van Cauwelaert

Synopsis: A young orphaned man, raised by a Romani family, is accused of stealing a ring by a jeweler, and the French police decide to send him back to his country—namely Morocco, which is listed as his country of origin on his false identity papers. The young man is accompanied by an idealistic humanitarian officer. An unexpected friendship develops between the small-time delinquent, alone in the world, and the young idealistic civil servant as they search for the native village in the Atlas Mountains from which the young man’s family is believed to have originated.

RETURNING STUDENTS ONLY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THIS CLASS AS A NEW STUDENT, PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE FIRST.

Pace: Regular

In this course, we will explore five texts from the theme Voyageur/Voyageuse and five from Enfances/École, using Littérature Progressive de la Francophonie (B1–B2, 2020), which is the new class book as of January 2026. These readings introduce a variety of voices from across the Francophone world, offering insights into identity, migration, resilience, and the role of women in society.

Pace: Regular

In France, love is often seen as more than a feeling — it is a force that challenges rules, society, and even reason. Designed for advanced learners (B2–C1), this course explores the idea of hubris — the excess that drives lovers to break boundaries. Through the study of ten famous couples, students will discover how the French language expresses the many shades of passion, from scandal and seduction to freedom and existential partnership. We will read authentic love letters, excerpts from libertine literature, and explore films and music that sparked debate. More than a language class, this course offers a deeper understanding of why passion and freedom are central to French culture.

Pace: Regular

Part 1. This class will interest you if: 1. You are planning on passing DELF B2 exam and need to prepare for it. 2. You’ve completed B2 level and wish to consolidate the newly acquired skills, all the while evaluating your strengths and weaknesses before jumping to next level. The class has a double goal: preparing you to DELF exam structure and work on all of the aspects one needs to master in order to validate a level to successfully start the next one. A partial simulation of the DELF exam (except oral production part) in the end of the 10-week series will allow students to have a comprehensive evaluation of their skills. 
Pace: Regular

In France, love is often seen as more than a feeling — it is a force that challenges rules, society, and even reason. Designed for advanced learners (B2–C1), this course explores the idea of hubris — the excess that drives lovers to break boundaries. Through the study of ten famous couples, students will discover how the French language expresses the many shades of passion, from scandal and seduction to freedom and existential partnership. We will read authentic love letters, excerpts from libertine literature, and explore films and music that sparked debate. More than a language class, this course offers a deeper understanding of why passion and freedom are central to French culture.

Pace: Regular

This advanced French course offers a comprehensive overview of French civilization, combining historical, political, social, and cultural knowledge. The curriculum focuses on understanding the French system and exploring cultural achievements in literature, visual arts, performing arts, and music. This term covers the second half of Chapter 7 of the “Repères” section of Civilisation Progressive du Français (B2–C1 level, 2021), as well as a selection of topics chosen from the various thematic sections of Chapters 8 through 15. See the table of contents, pages 5–7. This non-sequential class can be joined at any time, allowing you to study chapters in any order.

Pace: Regular

Monday: Chapters 1-8. Wednesday: Chapters 17-23. This class aims to teach you how to communicate like a native French person. Add useful expressions, proverbs and even a little slang to your existing French skills! Interaction and exchanges between students are facilitated by the instructor following weekly thematic topics that include essential vocabulary and grammar. This class is open to students who have successfully completed DEFI 306 B1 level. If you haven’t completed DEFI 3, verify your level on our website under, “Find Your Level”.
Pace: Regular

In France, love is often seen as more than a feeling — it is a force that challenges rules, society, and even reason. Designed for advanced learners (B2–C1), this course explores the idea of hubris — the excess that drives lovers to break boundaries. Through the study of ten famous couples, students will discover how the French language expresses the many shades of passion, from scandal and seduction to freedom and existential partnership. We will read authentic love letters, excerpts from libertine literature, and explore films and music that sparked debate. More than a language class, this course offers a deeper understanding of why passion and freedom are central to French culture.

Pace: Regular