For Adults

Start or continue your journey into the French language without the hassle of leaving home. During the closure we have moved our classes online for your convenience. Our online classes offer the same high quality instruction and teachers as our language classes here at the Center. We hope to e-meet you this winter! Enroll by December 15 and save 10% off 10-week classes.

Interested in what e-learning en français is like? Take a look at our video preview below.

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PLEASE NOTE THAT THE BEST WAY TO REACH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS VIA EMAIL AT EDUCATION@FRENCHCULTURALCENTER.ORG. REMEMBER THAT THOUGH ON ZOOM, WE ARE BASED IN BOSTON AND ALL OUR CLASSES ARE SHOWN IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME! MERCI!

Our immersion method and curriculum target systematic acquisition of grammar skills as a means of acquiring and using the language with immediate results.

Our teachers benefit from the expertise of the Alliance Française for the most effective methods of French language instruction. Our class sizes are small (max 10 students) providing more opportunities for you to communicate in French, creating a lively classroom atmosphere.

If you have never taken a class with us, we ask that you please complete the written and oral sections of our placement test for the upcoming session to ensure you enroll in the right course level.

Accelerate your journey to fluency by becoming a French Cultural Center member! For as low as $10, supplement your coursework with the full-immersion experience and enjoy discounts on our cultural events; borrowing privileges at our French-language library, the largest of its kind in New England; unlimited access to our digital resources; and much more!

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PLEASE NOTE: students must abide by class policies/codes of conduct for our online classes. Students are expected to conduct themselves in a professional and respectful manner with teachers and fellow classmates. We particularly ask students to observe the following rules:

– Isolate yourself
– Dress appropriately
– Sit at a desk/table
– Mute your microphone if there is external noise
– Be on time
Merci!

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Language Classes

There are no Language Classes matching your selection.

A1-1 | Beginner French 1 | In-Person

Beginner

Starting June 28, 2022 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!

A1-1 | Beginner French 1 | Online

Beginner

Starting June 28, 2022 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!

A1-2 | Beginner French 2 | Online

Beginner

Sessions starting June 27, 2022, and June 29, 2022 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!

A1-3 | Beginner French 3 | Online

Beginner

Sessions starting June 27, 2022, June 28, 2022, and June 29, 2022 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!

A1-4 | Beginner French 4 | Online

Beginner

Sessions starting June 27, 2022, and June 28, 2022 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!

A2-1 | Advanced Beginner French 1 | Online

Advanced Beginner

Starting June 28, 2022 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 | In-Person

Advanced Beginner

Starting June 28, 2022 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.

A2-2 | Advanced Beginner French 2 | Online

Advanced Beginner

Starting June 28, 2022 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

A2-3 | Advanced Beginner French 3 | Online

Advanced Beginner

Sessions starting June 27, 2022, and June 28, 2022 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!

A2-4 | Advanced Beginner French 4 | Online

Advanced Beginner

Sessions starting June 28, 2022, and June 29, 2022 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!

B1-1 | Intermediate French 1 | Online

Intermediate

Starting June 28, 2022 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Identify criteria for something, be cautious or aware of something, express your wishes and intentions, ask politely for something, talk over the phone, give advice, outline a hypothetical situation, describe a memory, a place, a visit to a foreign city and more!

B1-2 | Intermediate French 2 | Online

Intermediate

Starting June 27, 2022 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.

B1-3 | Intermediate French 3 | Online

Intermediate

Starting June 28, 2022 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Keep looking forward and making progress! Learn how to talk about your career path, express enthusiasm for a professional project, understand and give advice for an interview, take risks, describe your typical workday and more.

B1-4 | Intermediate French 4 | Online

Intermediate

Starting June 27, 2022 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Delve deeper into the Francophone cultures around the globe while honing your language skills: understand a scientific documentary, learn about young, francophone thinkers, explain a scientific discovery, present the pros and cons of an innovation in technology, give your opinion, imagine the future. and more!

B1-5 | Intermediate French 5 | Online

Intermediate

Starting June 27, 2022 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

B2-1 | Advanced French 1 | Online

Advanced

Starting June 28, 2022 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Build upon your French skills by studying advanced grammar concepts and performing challenging tasks. Talk about fashion and trends, talk about food fads, look at different travel trends and more!

B2-1-B2-2 | Summer Review | Online

Advanced

Starting August 8, 2022 6 hours per week for 2 weeks for 2 weeks

Need some reinforcement before moving on to the higher levels of B2? This course will focus on mastering essential grammar points and conversational concepts of the B2.1 and B2.2 levels.

B2-4 | Advanced French 4 | Online

Advanced

Starting June 27, 2022 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 comparing and contrasting different professional behaviors, outlining a career path and explaining various life choices, and more!

Theme Classes

There are no Theme Classes matching your selection.

A1+/A2 | Tourisme et gastronomie | Online

Advanced Beginner

Starting August 5, 2022 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

Why not improve your French while learning about French gastronomy? Discover culture, techniques and regional specialties of France through videos, podcasts and interviews.

B1-1/B1-2 | A la découverte de… Marseille | Online

Intermediate

Starting August 2, 2022 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

Prepare to discover Marseille as more than a tourist! In this class, you will learn about the main landmarks as well as new places, cultural sites and more, that only Marseillais know about.

B1-1/B1-2 | A la découverte des… Capitales francophones | Online

Intermediate

Starting August 5, 2022 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

In this class, discover Casablanca, Kinshasa, Dakar, Genève, and Bruxelles!

B1-3-4/B2-1-2 | Les Femmes pionnières | In-Person

Advanced

Starting August 5, 2022 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

Découvrez les destins des artistes femmes qui ont révolutionné les années folles en France!

B1-4/B2-1 | Saving Notre Dame | In-Person

Intermediate

Starting August 5, 2022 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

Join Julien to enter the world of the craftsmen who are helping save Notre Dame.

B1+ | Pronunciation | In-Person

Intermediate

Starting August 5, 2022 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

Improve the quality of your spoken French by covering basic phonetic rules, challenging sounds, liaisons and intonation in this intermediate level class. Class is taught by Julien.

B2-1/B2-2 | Destin extraordinaire: Rosa Bonheur | In-Person

Advanced

Starting August 3, 2022 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

‘A major national and international event, this exhibition honors an extraordinary, innovative and inspiring artist, Rosa Bonheur. This artist, known as an icon of women's emancipation, placed the living world at the heart of her work and her existence’ - source, Musée d’Orsay

B2/C1 | Learn French through Songs: special Charles Aznavour | Online

Advanced

Starting August 1, 2022 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

Reach a deeper understanding of modern French society through its vibrant and dynamic music industry while practicing your language skills.

B2+ | Lectures de plage/coups de soleil | Online

Advanced

Starting June 30, 2022 1.5 hours per week for 10 weeks

Improve speaking and comprehension while reading and analyzing French literary works from a wide variety of genres.

Specialized Classes

There are no Specialized Classes matching your selection.

B1-3/B1-4 | Let's Cook in French | In-Person

Intermediate

Starting August 1, 2022 1.5 hours per week for 5 or 10 weeks

Why not improve your French with a cooking class? Discover culture and regional specialties of France while learning to cook local recipes.

Conversation Classes

There are no Conversation Classes matching your selection.

A2 | Advanced Beginner Lunch Break | In-Person

Advanced Beginner

Starting August 4, 2022 1 hour and 30 mins per week for 5 weeks

A relaxed environment for lovers of French language and culture to sharpen their speaking skills. Discuss everything from daily activities to social issues. No homework and no required textbook.

B1 | Intermediate Coffee Talk | In-Person

Intermediate

Sessions starting June 28, 2022, and August 2, 2022 1 hour 30 mins per week for 5 weeks

A relaxed environment for lovers of French language and culture to sharpen their speaking skills. Discuss everything from daily activities to social issues. No homework and no required textbook.

B1 | Intermediate Conversation Online

Intermediate

Sessions starting June 29, 2022, and August 3, 2022 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!)

B1 | Intermediate Lunch Break | In-Person

Intermediate

Starting August 2, 2022 1 hour and 30 mins per week for 5 weeks

A relaxed environment for lovers of French language and culture to sharpen their speaking skills. Discuss everything from daily activities to social issues. No homework and no required textbook.

B2 | Advanced Coffee Talk | In-Person

Advanced

Sessions starting June 30, 2022, and August 4, 2022 1 hour 30 mins per week for 5 weeks

A relaxed environment for lovers of French language and culture to sharpen their speaking skills. Discuss everything from daily activities to social issues. No homework and no required textbook.

B2 | Advanced Lunch Break | In-Person

Advanced

Sessions starting July 1, 2022, and August 5, 2022 1 hour and 30 mins per week for 5 or 10 weeks

A relaxed environment for lovers of French language and culture to sharpen their speaking skills. Discuss everything from daily activities to social issues. No homework and no required textbook.

B2-1 | Advanced Conversation | Online

Advanced

Starting August 5, 2022 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

Master the art of conversation while perfecting the finer points of your grammar through the fun and varied speaking activities in this course!

Online and Private Lessons

Our new online learning option, as well as our private lessons, are a great way to get individualized instruction at your pace. With online and private lessons, you have more control over what you cover with your instructor. You can study with a book, or focus on conversation skills and work with video and audio material. We can also specify a theme to your lessons.

Proficiency Exams

Need official documentation of your French language proficiency for school applications, work or immigration? The Center offers the DELF/DALF, TEF and DAEFLE exams throughout the year.

Accelerated Courses

Looking to improve your language skills as quickly as possible? Our Accelerated Programs provide all the knowledge of a normal 10-week class into a 5-week option for rapid language acquisition.

The Alliance Française Method

We belong to the largest network of French language and cultural centers in the world with over 800 chapters. Our native speaking instructors benefit from the expertise of the Alliance Française for the most effective methods of French language instruction. We hold classes year round at all levels for adults and children including a summer program. There is a class to meet every need and desire!

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