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Online registration for our Spring2026 session of French classes is open.
- All courses run for nine weeks. In-person classes and some online classes will begin the week March 30 and end the week of May 28. The other online classes will start the week of April 13 and end the week of June 8.
Each course meets once a week for two-hour sessions for 9 weeks. Enrollment is limited to eight students per course, and a class will open once at least three students have registered. - All online courses are delivered virtually through Zoom.
- All in-person courses are delivered at our office, on 4901 Springarden Dr, Baltimore, MD 21209
- If a course is cancelled by the AFB, your registration fee will be fully refunded. If a class is cancelled by the AFB, it will be rescheduled and will take place during the session under way.
- Cancellation of class registration after the session started is subject to the Policies of the Alliance Française de Baltimore. Please review them in advance.
- We do not reschedule a class you missed.
Instructions
Instructions to Register for a Class or Workshop
- To register in a class, other than Beginner 1, take a placement test and schedule a brief chat with us to sign-up for the appropriate class, or ask for information at info@afbaltimore.org.
- Add your class to the cart and proceed to checkout.
- PARTICIPANTS MUST BE A MEMBER of the Alliance Française de Baltimore to take classes. Please go to the Membership page to purchase a membership. If you are already a member, please login to your account.
- For our general French group classes, a textbook and a workbook are required. Please order the books listed below and have them shipped before the start date of the class, if you do not have them yet. You can use the bookshop of your choice (amazon, MEP Education, ebay, etc):
- List of textbooks and workbooks with their EAN or ISBN number :
- Edito 1 for the A1 courses that started in Fall 2025 – textbook ISBN : 9782278104468; workbook ISBN : 9782278104529;
- Edito 2 for the A2 courses that started in Fall 2025 – textbook ISBN : 9782278104116; workbook ISBN : 9782278104130;
- Edito 3 for the B1 course that started in Fall 2025 – textbook ISBN : 9782278108619; workbook ISBN : 9782278108602;
Inspire 3 for the current B1-9 classes – textbook EAN: 978-2017133452; workbook EAN: 978-2017133469 - Entre Nous 3 for the current in-person B1/B2 class – textbook EAN: 978-8416273249
- List of textbooks and workbooks with their EAN or ISBN number :
French Language Classes
Complete Beginner User A1-1 ONLINE
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, talk about leisure activities, learn the French alphabet, count from 0 to 100.
Grammar skills : nationality adjectives; definite articles: le, la, les, l’; prepositions before names of cities and countries; the interrogative adjective quel. (Edito 1 – dossiers 0, 1)
Please order Edito 1 – textbook ISBN : 9782278104468; workbook ISBN : 9782278104529
Tuesdays (April 14 – June 9), 5:15 pm – 7:15 pm, 18 hours, online: zoom meetings.
$270.00Add to cart
Beginner User A1-2 ONLINE
Prerequisite: A1-1 or equivalent
Designed for students who have completed 101 or 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 for and state your place of residence, express your tastes, introduce your family, talk about your family.
Grammar skills : Definite and indefinite articles, present tense of -ER verbs (aimer, detester), possessive adjectives, gender of professions (Edito 1 – dossier 2).
Please order Edito 1 – textbook ISBN : 9782278104468; workbook ISBN : 9782278104529
Wednesdays (April 1 – May 27 ), 5:15 pm – 7:15 pm, 18 hours, online: zoom meetings.
$270.00Add to cart
Beginner User A1-2 SATURDAYS ONLINE
Prerequisite: A1-1 or equivalent
Designed for students who have completed 101 or 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 for and state your place of residence, express your tastes, introduce your family, talk about your family.
Grammar skills : Definite and indefinite articles, present tense of -ER verbs (aimer, detester), possessive adjectives, gender of professions (Edito 1 – dossier 2).
Please order Edito 1 – textbook ISBN : 9782278104468; workbook ISBN : 9782278104529
Saturdays (April 11 – June 6), 9 am – 11 pm , 18 hours, online: zoom meetings.
$270.00Add to cart
Beginner User A1-3 ONLINE
Prerequisite: A1-2 or equivalent
You will be able to talk about going grocery shopping, ask / say the price, give an opinion, ask basic questions, order at a restaurant
Grammar skills : The singular and plural forms of nouns, Prepositions of location (1), Indefinite quantity (partitive articles + a little of, a lot of, no/not any), -ir verbs in the present tense (1) (to choose, to finish) (Edito 1 – dossier 3).
Please order Edito 1 – textbook ISBN : 9782278104468; workbook ISBN : 9782278104529
Thursdays (April 2 – May 28), 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, 18 hours, online: zoom meetings.
$270.00Add to cart
Beginner User A1-3 ON-SITE SATURDAYS
Prerequisite: A1-2 or equivalent
You will be able to talk about going grocery shopping, ask / say the price, give an opinion, ask basic questions, order at a restaurant
Grammar skills : The singular and plural forms of nouns, Prepositions of location (1), Indefinite quantity (partitive articles + a little of, a lot of, no/not any), -ir verbs in the present tense (1) (to choose, to finish) (Edito 1 – dossier 3).
Please order Edito 1 – textbook ISBN : 9782278104468; workbook ISBN : 9782278104529
Saturdays (April 4 – May 23), 1:45 pm – 4 pm, 18 hours, in-person: on-site meetings.
$270.00Add to cart
Beginner User A1-7 ONLINE
Prerequisite: Cosmopolite A1-5 or equivalent
You will be able to get information about housing, express shared living rules, understand house rules / internal regulations, apologize in a message, explain a household problem.
Grammar skills : the past tense (1) with avoir (to find), prepositions of location (2), obligation and prohibition (1) (infinitive, imperative), direct object pronouns (1) (le, la, l’, les), verb: to know (connaître)
Please order Edito 1 – textbook ISBN : 9782278104468; workbook ISBN : 9782278104529
Tuesdays (April 14 – June 9 ), 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, 18 hours, online: zoom meetings.
$270.00Add to cart
Beginner User A1-7 ON-SITE
Prerequisite: Cosmopolite A1-5 or equivalent
You will be able to get information about housing, express shared living rules, understand house rules / internal regulations, apologize in a message, explain a household problem.
Grammar skills : the past tense (1) with avoir (to find), prepositions of location (2), obligation and prohibition (1) (infinitive, imperative), direct object pronouns (1) (le, la, l’, les), verb: to know (connaître)
Please order Edito 1 – textbook ISBN : 9782278104468; workbook ISBN : 9782278104529
Thursdays (April 2 – May 28), 6 pm – 8 pm, 18 hours, on-site : in-person meetings.
$270.00Add to cart
Intermediate User A2-2 ONLINE
Prerequisite: A2-1 or equivalent
You will be able to describe a home, rent a home, express disappointment, console, give reassurance.
Grammar skills: Relative pronouns qui, que, où; comparison (with adverbs, adjectives, verbs, nouns); expressing condition. (Edito 2 – end of dossier 2)
Please order Edito 2: textbook ISBN : 9782278104109; workbook ISBN : 9782278104123
Tuesdays (March 31 – May 26), 6 pm – 8 pm, 18 hours, online: zoom meetings.
$270.00Add to cart
Intermediate User A2-3/A2-4 ONLINE
Prerequisite: A2-2 or equivalent
You will be able to describe a home, rent a home, express disappointment, console, give reassurance (dossier 3); describe someone’s physical appearance (dossier 4)
Grammar skills: Relative pronouns qui, que, où; comparison (with adverbs, adjectives, verbs, nouns); expressing condition. (Edito 2 dossier 3) + Comparison: equivalence; Indefinite adjectives: chaque, tout, toute, tous, toutes (Edito 2 part of dossier 4)
Please order Edito 2: textbook ISBN : 9782278104109; workbook ISBN : 9782278104123
Thursdays (April 2 – May 28), 5:15 pm – 7:15 pm, 18 hours, online: zoom meetings.
$270.00Add to cart
Intermediate User B1-1 ONLINE
Prerequisite : A2-8 or equivalent
You will be able to describe and characterize people, talk about past events, talk about your tastes, describe a friendship.
Grammar skills: The past tense (passé composé) and the imperfect, Time markers (1), The past perfect (1). (Edito 3 unit 1)
Please order Edito 3 – textbook ISBN : 9782278108619; workbook ISBN : 9782278108602;
Wednesdays (April 15 – June 10), 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, 18 hours, online: zoom meetings.
$270.00Add to cart
Independent User B1-3 ONLINE
Prerequisite: B1-2 courses or equivalent
You will be able to give a reason, explain your choices, ask for and give advice, express your opinion, tell the plot of a film, talk about a work of art
Grammar skills: the present conditional, restriction, cause and consequence (Edito 3 – dossier 3)
Please order Edito 3 – textbook ISBN : 9782278108619; workbook ISBN : 9782278108602;
Mondays (March 30 – May 25), 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, 18 hours, online: zoom meetings.
$270.00Add to cart
Independent User B1-9 ONLINE
Prerequisite: B1-8 or equivalent
You will learn to narrate in the past, explain a motivation, describe a trend, make predictions, express feelings, understand a poetic text, discuss travel.
Grammar skills: narrative tenses in the past, anteriority, simultaneity, and posteriority, compound relative pronouns, the future perfect (introduction/awareness), the subjunctive (4) (Inspire 3 : dossier 9)
Please order Inspire 3 – textbook isbn: 9782017133452; workbook isbn: 9782017133469
Thursdays (April 16 – June 11), 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, 18 hours, online: zoom meetings.
$270.00Add to cart
Indenpendent User B1/B2 ON-SITE
Prerequisite: B1 courses or equivalent
You will be able to express your opinion about a film, justify your opinion, talk about your tastes regarding a film, talk about your feelings, express a wish
Grammar skills: Position of the adjective (review), relative pronoun dont, ce + relative pronoun, express a wish or desire with the subjunctive (Entre Nous 3 – dossier 6)
Please order Entre Nous 3; textbook EAN: 978-8416273249
Wednesdays (April 1 – May 27), 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, 18 hours, on-site: in-person meetings.
$270.00Add to cart