French Classes – Summer 2025 (online & on-site)

No Prerequisite

This class is designed for complete beginners.  The emphasis of French 101 is on very basic conversational skills. You will be able to introduce yourself and others, answer basic questions regarding your life and express personal likes and dislikes. You will also have learned the French alphabet, numbers and basic vocabulary

• Grammar skills : personal pronouns, alphabet and the accents, gender of countries, definite and indefinite articles, conjugation of verbs être, s’appeler, ER verbs, verb avoir,  C’est / il est, interrogative adjective quel, parce que / pour, possessive adjectives in the singular form.  (Cosmopolite 1 – dossiers 0, 1)
• Please order Cosmopolite 1 (for all A1 classes) – textbook EAN: 978-2014015973, workbook EAN: 978-2014015980

Tuesdays (July 1st – Aug. 26), 5:15 pm – 7:15 pm, 16 hours, ONLINE.

$240.00Add to cart

Prerequisite: A1-1 French or equivalent

Designed for students who have completed 101 or ‘false beginners,’ (those who have taken French before but believe they have forgotten everything).  The focus of this class emphasizes basic conversational skills.  You will be able to ask and answer questions about personal details such as where you live, people you know and things you own. You will be able to describe or make simple requests and invitations, understand date and time, and explain basic hopes and opinions.

• Grammar skills :  prepositions of location, contracted articles, conjugation of verbs aller, prendre, habiter, venir, negation of the verbs, demonstrative adjectives, est-ce que and inversion to ask questions, etc ;  (Cosmopolite 1 – dossier 2 ) 
• Please order Cosmopolite 1 – textbook isbn: 978-2014015973, workbook isbn: 978-2014015980

Tuesdays (July 1st – Aug. 26), 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, 16 hours, ONLINE.

$240.00Add to cart

Prerequisite A1-2 or equivalent

You will be able to understand and use familiar everyday expressions and phrases aimed at asking for directions, describing a place, giving orders, talking about the weather. You will also be able ask for information and tell a story with the use of past tenses.

• Grammar skills : possessive adjectives in the plural form, the gender and number of descriptive adjectives,verbs of preference aimer, adorer, more ER verbs, verb faire + du/de la/ de l’/ des, disjunctive pronouns, expression “avoir mal” + body parts,  (Cosmopolite 1 – dossier 3 )
• Please order Cosmopolite 1 – textbook isbn: 978-2014015973, workbook isbn: 978-2014015980

Tuesdays (July 1st – Aug. 26), 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, 16 hours, ONLINE.

$240.00Add to cart

Prerequisite A1-3 or equivalent

You will be able to tell the time and give schedules, talk about habits, talk about the workday, find out about outings, invite, accept and decline an invitation.

• Grammar skills: some time markers, telling time, reflexive verbs, verbs lire and écrire, expressions of frequency, pronoun on, verbs devoir, vouloir, pouvoir, verbs choisir and sortir, asking questions. (Cosmopolite 1 dossier 4)

• Please order Cosmopolite 1 – textbook isbn: 978-2014015973, workbook isbn: 978-2014015980

Mondays (June 30 – Aug. 25) – 6 pm – 8 pm, 16 hours, ONLINE

$240.00Add to cart

Prerequisite A1-3 or equivalent

You will be able to tell the time and give schedules, talk about habits, talk about the workday, find out about outings, invite, accept and decline an invitation.

Grammar skills: some time markers, telling time, reflexive verbs, verbs lire and écrire, expressions of frequency, pronoun on, verbs devoir, vouloir, pouvoir, verbs choisir and sortir, asking questions. (Cosmopolite 1 dossier 4)

Please order Cosmopolite 1 – textbook isbn: 978-2014015973, workbook isbn: 978-2014015980

Thursdays (Aug. 14 – Sept. 11), 6:30pm – 8:30 pm, 10 hours, ON-SITE.

$150.00Add to cart

Prerequisite A1-5 or equivalent

You will able to understand the itinerary of a trip, choose a destination and a type of travel package, describe a city or a place, describe a type of accommodation, talk about the seasons and the climate, express emotions and sensations.

• Grammar skills: future tense, pronoun Y, place of the adjectives , IR verbs, structures to talk about the weather, structures to express emotions and sensations. (Cosmopolite 1 dossier 6).

• Please order Cosmopolite 1 – textbook isbn: 978-2014015973, workbook isbn: 978-2014015980

Tuesdays (June 30 – Aug. 26 ) – 5:15 pm – 7:15 pm, 16 hours, ONLINE

$240.00Add to cart

Prerequisite: A1-7 or equivalent

You will be able to talk about your learning of French, describe a restaurant and place an order, choose an outfit, describe an object or a person, recommend a show, organize an evening event

• Grammar skills: imparfait, passé composé and present tense together, structures to order food, direct and indirect object pronouns, relative pronouns qui and que, chez/avec/ pour + disjunctive pronouns, structures to give your opinion and advice. (Cosmopolite 1 dossier 8)

• Please order Cosmopolite 1 – textbook isbn: 978-2014015973, workbook isbn: 978-2014015980

Thurdays (July 10 – Sept 4) – 6pm – 8pm, 16 hours, ONLINE.

$240.00Add to cart

Prerequisite: A2-6 or equivalent

You will be able to explain and Justify a commitment, describe an object or a piece of clothing , ask for details about an object, point out objects, do the shopping, talk about shopping habits, indicate quantities.

• Grammar skills: markers to express why (grâce à, à cause de, parce que, comme), markers to expression consequences (donc, alors, c’est pourquoi), possessive adjectives, possessive pronouns, interrogative pronoun lequel, demonstrative pronouns, expressions of quantity, pronoun EN, restriction ne… que. (Inspire 2 dossier 6)

• Please order Inspire 2: textbook isbn: 9782015135793; workbook isbn: 9782015135809

Wednesdays (July 2 – Aug. 27) – 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, 16 hours, ONLINE.

$240.00Add to cart

Prerequisite: several B1 courses or equivalent

You will learn talk about a work of art, nuance an opinion, discuss the role of art.

• Grammar skills: the passive voice, placement of adjectives, pronouns Y and EN, the expression of concession, connectors to organize set of events. (B1 book: dossier 6)

• Please order Inspire 3 – textbook isbn: 9782017133452; workbook isbn: 9782017133469.

Thurdays (July 10 – Sept. 4), 6:30 pm- 8:30 pm, 16 hours, ONLINE.

$240.00Add to cart

Prerequisite B1 classes through B2

You will be able to express agreement and disagreement, give your opinion using the indicative or the subjunctive, learn the formation of the subjunctive in the present tense. (Entre Nous 3 dossier 4)

• Please order Entre Nous 3; textbook EAN: 978-8416273249.

Wednesdays (Aug. 13 – Sept. 10), 6:30pm – 8:30 pm, 10 hours, ON-SITE.

$150.00Add to cart