Early Registration (5/1-5/26): $285.00

Reg. Registration (5/28-8/14): $300.00

Late Registration (8/15-9/30):$315.00

Fridays 10:30am-11:30am

Class Description: This is a multilevel class designed to enhance and reinforce learning from the leveled classes. It is not a prerequisite to advance to the next level.

This is a conversation focused class. The instructor may use reading, writing, and other means to provide opportunities to build conversation skills.  

**This class is only an enhancement to the leveled language classes. Registering for a leveled language class is highly recommended.

Early Registration (5/1-5/26): $285.00

Reg. Registration (5/28-8/14): $300.00

Late Registration (8/15-9/30):$315.00

Fridays 10:30am-11:30am

Class Description: This is a multilevel class designed to enhance and reinforce learning from the leveled classes. It is not a prerequisite to advance to the next level.

This is a conversation focused class. The instructor may use reading, writing, and other means to provide opportunities to build conversation skills.  

**This class is only an enhancement to the leveled language classes. Registering for a leveled language class is highly recommended.

Early Registration (5/1-5/26): $418

Reg. Registration (5/27-8/14): $440

Late Registration (8/15-9/30):$460

Fridays 10:30am-12:00pm

Class Description: 

This is an advanced intermediate level course, and all communication in class will be in French. Authentic texts from a rich variety of sources, literary and journalistic, are used as the starting point for the illustration and explanation of key areas of French grammar in context. This course will focus on building conversation and grammar skills in French by studying and responding interactively to a wide variety of current French media sources. Students will be provided with short stories, writings, newspaper and magazine articles, video, audio, and potential Internet source, all selected to provide source material in educated, current French. Class members will have the opportunity to research assigned materials at home and prepare responses in order to come to class prepared for presentations and discussions. 

Student Description: Students should be relatively fluent in French and be prepared to participate in class discussions. 

Prerequisite: French 6 students should have completed French 1A - 5 at La Causerie or possess equivalent intermediate French levels of proficiency from other pathways. Students should be relatively fluent in French and be prepared to participate in class discussions.

Required Books and Materials : No specific textbook is required. The instructor will provide copies of readings, videos, conversational texts, and homework sheets. Students will be expected to access assigned French sites and sources on the Internet as part of their homework. 

Recommended Reference Books: A good mono-lingual French dictionary, either on-line or hardcopy, is much preferred at this level over a bilingual French – English dictionary; Le Nouveaupetit Robert dictionnaire de la langue française (French-

French), Publisher: Le Robert, ISBN: 2850368261. 

A mono-lingual French dictionary of synonyms would also be useful; consider a Larousse Dictionnaire des Synonymes (Paperback), Publisher: Éditions Larousse, ISBN 978-2-03-592894-8. 

Early Registration (5/1-5/26): $285.00

Reg. Registration (5/28-8/14): $300.00

Late Registration (8/15-9/30):$315.00

Fridays 10:30am-11:30am

Class Description: This is a multilevel class designed to enhance and reinforce learning from the leveled classes. It is not a prerequisite to advance to the next level.

This is a conversation focused class. The instructor may use reading, writing, and other means to provide opportunities to build conversation skills.  

**This class is only an enhancement to the leveled language classes. Registering for a leveled language class is highly recommended.

Early Registration (5/1-5/26): $285.00

Reg. Registration (5/28-8/14): $300.00

Late Registration (8/15-9/30):$315.00

Fridays 10:30am-11:25am

Class Description: 

This is a conversation focused class. The instructor may use reading, writing, and other means to provide opportunities to build conversation skills. 

This is a multilevel class designed to enhance and reinforce learning from the leveled classes. It is not a prerequisite to advance to the next level.

**This class is only an enhancement to the leveled language classes. Registering for a leveled language class is highly recommended.

Early Registration (5/1-5/26): $285.00

Reg. Registration (5/28-8/14): $300.00

Late Registration (8/15-9/30):$315.00

Fridays 10:30-11:30

Class Description: This is a multilevel class designed to enhance and reinforce learning from the leveled classes. It is not a prerequisite to advance to the next level.

This is a conversation focused class. The instructor may use reading, writing, and other means to provide opportunities to build conversation skills.  

**This class is only an enhancement to the leveled language classes. Registering for a leveled language class is highly recommended.

Early Registration (5/1-5/26): $285.00

Reg. Registration (5/28-8/14): $300.00

Late Registration (8/15-9/30):$315.00

Fridays 10:30am-11:30am

Class Description: This is a multilevel class designed to enhance and reinforce learning from the leveled classes. It is not a prerequisite to advance to the next level.

This is a conversation focused class. The instructor may use reading, writing, and other means to provide opportunities to build conversation skills.  

**This class is only an enhancement to the leveled language classes. Registering for a leveled language class is highly recommended.

Early Registration (5/1-5/26): $418

Reg. Registration (5/27-8/14): $440

Late Registration (8/15-9/30):$460

Fridays 11:30am-1:00pm

Class Description: 

This is an introductory course designed for students who have never studied French before or who studied it many years ago. The goal of this class is to provide members with a basic knowledge of French, to facilitate comprehension and to encourage communication through in-class work, dialogue, and at-home preparation. Cultural aspects of French society are an integrated part of this course.

Course Outline: Lessons will include these aspects of French grammar:

   § Alphabet

   § Accents and pronunciation

   § Numbers

   § Time

   § Date

   § Formality and levels of language (vous and tu) 

   § Noun gender

   § Use of present tense and immediate future 

   § Negative sentence structures 

   § -er verbs 

   § Etre, aller and avoir verbs 

   § Pronoun “on” 

   § Stress pronouns (moi, toi, lui, etc) 

   § Indefinite and definite articles (un, une, des, le, la, l’, les)

   § The expression « Il y a »

   § Placement and agreement of adjectives 

   § Asking and responding to questions (est-ce que)

   § Irregular descriptive adjectives

By the end of this class members will be able to:

   § Greet people appropriately and conduct basic introductory conversations

   § Tell time and ask about dates 

   § Describe everyday objects, basic activities and likes/dislikes

   § Describe oneself and others

   § Converse about work, home and leisure activities 

   § Engage in register-appropriate basic conversations 

Prerequisite: The typical French 1 student has never before studied French or has not used or studied the language for so long that it’s necessary to start over.

Book/Materials:  Voila! An Introduction to French, 6th Edition, by L. Kathy Heilenman, ISBN: 1133950124.