Nora Massoc

Lorraine, France

Bio

Nora has been teaching at the French Cultural Center since Spring 2014. She teaches both kids and adult courses, including core language courses for beginners and intermediates and theme courses like French Idioms, Conversation and Let's Cook in French. She previously taught at the Alliance Française in Brazil for 10 years.

Classes Recently Taught

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B1-2 | Intermediate French 2 - Slow-Paced - Part 2

Intermediate

Starting September 18, 2021 1 hour 30 per week for 10 weeks

Enjoy a slow-paced class! 90mn once a week to give you confidence and time to learn.

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A1-3 | Beginner French 3

Beginner

Starting September 16, 2021 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Are you ready to kick-start your French education? Learn how to look for an apartment, understand a room inspection, learn about lodging regulations, draft a set of rules for shared living, and much more!

A2-4 | Advanced Beginner French 4

Advanced Beginner

Starting September 16, 2021 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

This class will give you the skills to understand a tourist brochure, reserve a stay somewhere, research a destination online, express your indifference towards a situation and more!

B1-2 | Intermediate French 2

Intermediate

Starting September 16, 2021 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

You're ready to move on to bigger and better things! Describe different behaviors, talk about and suggest outings or events, give advice, talk about family activities, go out as a group, analyze different customs and traditions, and more.

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C1-2 | Proficient French

Starting September 16, 2021 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Perfect your pronunciation, solidify your mastery of grammar and learn additional vocabulary—then apply your learning to demanding tasks like transcribing audio documents, criticizing political campaigns or debating the salaries of different professions.

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C2-1 | Proficient French

Starting September 16, 2021 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Perfect your pronunciation, solidify your mastery of grammar and learn additional vocabulary—then apply your learning to demanding tasks like transcribing audio documents, criticizing political campaigns or debating the salaries of different professions.

B2-3/B2-4 | A la Une! From the Headlines

Advanced

Sessions starting September 16, 2021, and October 21, 2021 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

Join Nora learn, share and discuss major international and domestic headlines.

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A1-1 | Beginner French 1

Beginner

Sessions starting September 15, 2021, and September 16, 2021 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Are you ready to kick-start your French education? Learn to Ask for and give directions, understand an itinerary, get around using public transportation, and much more!

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A1-2 | Beginner French 2

Beginner

Sessions starting September 15, 2021, and September 16, 2021 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Are you ready to kick-start your French education? Learn to introduce yourself, talk about your new neighbors, describe your personal preferences and much more!

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A1-4 | Beginner French 4

Beginner

Sessions starting September 15, 2021, and September 16, 2021 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Are you ready to kick-start your French education? Learn to understand an exchange program, describe positive experiences, express purpose, describe a professional goal, indicate a wish or desire, talk about an ability or skill, understand professional tasks. and much more!

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A2-1 | Advanced Beginner French 1

Advanced Beginner

Starting September 15, 2021 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Time to go beyond the basics! Gain the grammar, vocabulary, and confidence you'll need to comprehend an excerpt from a piece of literature, describe a photograph, share a memory (happy or otherwise), read a tourist manual, and much more.

A2-2 | Advanced Beginner French 2

Advanced Beginner

Starting September 15, 2021 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Do you want to Discuss jobs of the future, describe the future, highlight the utility of an object, express intent or remind someone of something? Do you want to do all of that in French? You can! Plus you'll improve your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation skills at the same time.

A2-3 | Advanced Beginner French 3

Advanced Beginner

Starting September 15, 2021 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Keep building your language skills and awareness. In this class, you will learn how to interpret a chart about names, speak to someone’s character, describe someone, talk about your emotions and much more!

B1 | Intermediate Conversation

Intermediate

Sessions starting September 15, 2021, and October 20, 2021 90 mins per week for 5 weeks

With an emphasis on conversation, multimedia resources and current events, this course will get you on your way to being a sparkling conversationalist (and improve your grammar too!)

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Online Demo Course: A2.1

Advanced Beginner

Starting September 8, 2021 1 Day for 45 minutes

Interested in how an online French class would work before signing up for one this fall? Try our free online crash course and get a feel for how e-learning with the French Cultural Center is as good as our in-person classes!

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Online Demo Course: B1.1

Intermediate

Starting September 8, 2021 1 Day for 45 minutes

Interested in how an online French class would work before signing up for one this fall? Try our free online crash course and get a feel for how e-learning with the French Cultural Center is as good as our in-person classes!