For Adults

Registration is now open for our Winter session!

We offer French courses, private lessons and accelerated course offerings for adults at all levels. 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 before and have prior knowledge of French, but are not sure which level to take, we ask that you 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 newsstand, Culturethèque; and much more!

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Looking to improve your language skills as quickly as possible? Can’t commit to a whole course session? We offer a five-week accelerated learning option that will allow you to complete a ten-week course in just five weeks!

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Language Classes

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Advanced Beginner French 1

Advanced Beginner

Starting January 7, 2019 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Time to go beyond the basics! Gain the grammar, vocabulary and confidence you'll need to write a poem, talk about your interests, ask for help putting together the perfect outfit and much more.

Advanced Beginner French 2

Advanced Beginner

Starting January 7, 2019 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Do you want to write tweets, listen to a radio broadcast from Africa and reminisce about your favorite retro styles? 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.

Advanced Beginner French 3

Advanced Beginner

Starting January 7, 2019 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Keep building your language skills and cultural awareness. In this class you will talk about clichés, describe your habits, learn about food from Senegal, discuss different cultural festivals and much more!

Advanced Beginner French 4

Advanced Beginner

Starting January 7, 2019 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

This class will give you the skills to make demands, discuss social issues and talk about change, as well as other tools to help you take charge of your French education!

Advanced French 1

Advanced

Starting January 8, 2019 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Build upon your French skills by studying advanced grammar concepts and performing challenging tasks like telling jokes, defending your ideas, expressing discontentment, discussing stereotypes and more!

Advanced French 2

Advanced

Starting January 8, 2019 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Master the skills you'll need to debate about scientific progress, explain the causes and consequences of a course of action or discuss supernatural occurrences and engage in other complex tasks!

Advanced French 3

Advanced

Starting January 9, 2019 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Deepen your understanding of the complexities of French language and Francophone cultures as you discover the wines of Bordeaux, give opinions on media coverage, learn figurative meanings of common words and more!

Advanced French 4

Advanced

Starting January 8, 2019 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.

Advanced French 5

Advanced

Starting January 9, 2019 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Beginner French 1

Beginner

Starting January 7, 2019 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!

Beginner French 1 (Absolute Beginner)

Beginner

Starting January 7, 2019 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Never had any previous instruction in French? Looking for an in-depth introduction to understanding and communicating about basics? This class is designed especially for you; no prior experience necessary!

Beginner French 1 Accelerated

Beginner

Starting January 7, 2019 6 hours per week for 5 weeks (Jan 7 - Feb 11)

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!

Beginner French 2

Beginner

Starting January 7, 2019 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Find out about your friends' hobbies, discover the culture of Montréal and blog about your life—all in French! These activities (and many more) will help you expand your language skills.

Beginner French 2 Accelerated

Beginner

Starting February 13, 2019 6 hours per week for 5 weeks (Feb 13 - March 20)

Find out about your friends' hobbies, discover the culture of Montréal and blog about your life—all in French! These activities (and many more) will help you expand your language skills.

Beginner French 3

Beginner

Starting January 7, 2019 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Want to compare cities you've traveled to, learn French dinner-table etiquette or complete a smartphone scavenger hunt in French? Do all those things and more, while building your basic French skills!

Beginner French 3 Accelerated

Beginner

Starting January 8, 2019 6 hours per week for 5 weeks (Jan 8 - Feb 7)

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!

Beginner French 4

Beginner

Starting January 8, 2019 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

This class will solidify fundamentals of grammar and pronunciation you already know while teaching you how to discuss the environment, tell stories using the passé composé, make a to-do list, describe your childhood pet, and more!

Beginner French 4 Accelerated

Beginner

Starting February 12, 2019 6 hours per week for 5 weeks (Feb 12 - March 14)

Discuss the environment, tell stories using the passé composé, make a to-do list, describe your childhood pet, and more!

Intermediate French 1

Intermediate

Starting January 8, 2019 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Build on your solid foundations in French and learn a variety of new skills, like how to write your own C.V., play a board game, master difficult liaisons and more!

Intermediate French 2

Intermediate

Starting January 9, 2019 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

You're ready to move on to bigger and better things! Describe your inspiration, discuss contemporary art, discover voodoo culture and more—all in one class.

Intermediate French 3

Intermediate

Starting January 8, 2019 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Keep looking forward and making progress! Learn new future tenses and vocabulary that will help you discuss social change and revolution, write an argumentative essay, read about 3D printing technologies and more.

Intermediate French 3 Accelerated

Intermediate

Starting January 8, 2019 6 hours per week for 5 weeks (Jan 8 - Feb 7)

Build on your solid foundations in French and learn a variety of new skills, like how to write your own C.V., play a board game, master difficult liaisons and more!

Intermediate French 4

Intermediate

Starting January 8, 2019 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Delve deeper into the Francophone cultures around the globe while honing your language skills: discover verlan, read a fable from the West Indies, learn how to react to lies and more!

Intermediate French 4 Accelerated

Intermediate

Starting February 12, 2019 6 hours per week for 5 weeks (Feb 12 - March 14)

You're ready to move on to bigger and better things! Describe your inspiration, discuss contemporary art, discover voodoo culture and more—all in one class.

Proficient French 1

Advanced

Starting January 7, 2019 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Proficient French 2

Advanced

Starting January 9, 2019 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Specialized Classes

There are no Specialized Classes matching your selection.

Corporate French

Advanced

Starting January 10, 2019 90 minutes per week for 10 weeks

In this course, you will learn to communicate in written and spoken french while dealing with the corporate world.

Let's Cook in French

Intermediate

Starting January 8, 2019 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.

Listen Up!

Intermediate

Starting January 11, 2019 1.5 hours per week for 10 weeks

Comment? Pardon? Excusez-moi? Strengthen your oral comprehension skills in this course which emphasizes listening, while building vocabulary and grammar skills.

Literature

Advanced

Starting January 9, 2019 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.

Pop Culture

Intermediate

Starting January 9, 2019 1.5 hours per week for 10 weeks

Discover cult movies and TV shows, the most popular brands, traditions, etc. Basically, everything that makes France what it is!

Pronunciation / Phonetics

Advanced Beginner

Starting January 8, 2019 1.5 hours per week for 10 weeks

Improve the quality of your spoken French by covering basic phonetic rules, challenging sounds, liaisons and intonation.

Conversation Classes

There are no Conversation Classes matching your selection.

Advanced Beginner Conversation

Advanced Beginner

Starting January 9, 2019 1.5 hours per week for 5 or 10 weeks

Develop your conversational and communication skills through role-play, discussion of French media and other speaking activities adapted to your level.

Advanced Conversation

Advanced

Starting January 10, 2019 2 hours per week for 5 or 10 weeks

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

Intermediate Conversation

Intermediate

Starting January 8, 2019 2 hours per week for 5 or 10 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!)

Lunch Break

Intermediate

Starting January 9, 2019 1 hour 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.

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!

Language Classes

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Online and Private Lessons

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