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Conversational French for Fluent Speakers

Join fellow French language lovers, conversing in a warm and inviting class led by an enthusiastic near-native speaker. This program is designed for students who have an advanced comprehension and expression. We will refine our French via word nuances, sophisticated locutions, figurative French, and advanced grammatical topics

French Café: Conversation & Culture

Bonjour! Join this welcoming and lively French conversation class led by an enthusiastic near-native speaker. This is your chance to learn, practice, and improve your conversational French in a relaxed, fun yet structured setting. You will also have the chance to increase your knowledge of French history and culture and discuss topics that will surely raise passions. Isn’t this what French is all about? This intermediate course is for those who have taken French: Levels 1–3, and/or have strong skills in speaking and listening. We will review advanced grammar topics including object pronouns, compound tenses, and subjunctive, with assignments to practice your skills throughout the week.

French

Lay the foundation to become a confident French speaker. Learn pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and verbs with a focus on describing the world around you. Level 1: Learn basic vocabulary, present tense verbs, and useful everyday words and phrases. Part of each class will be spent practicing with oral dialogues, to gain comfort in speaking. Level 2: Focus on improving conversational precision by developing vocabulary and learning present and immediate future tenses. Practice oral dialogue and learn common and irregular verbs, possessive and demonstrative adjectives, comparatives and superlatives, and imperatives. Level 4: Focus on using passé composé versus the imperfect tense and implementing object pronouns and adverbs in both simple and compound tenses. We will also further develop the three basic skills of listening, speaking, and reading while learning about French culture and history. Please note: For Level 4: You will need a free downloadable copy of the Grammaire Progressive du Francais Intermediaire (edition 3 by Maia Gregory).

Spanish

Spanish is the most widely-spoken Romance language in the world, with more than 480 million native speakers. Level 1: For those with very little to no experience with Spanish, learn and practice the alphabet, numbers, greetings, gender agreement, simple present tense of regular verbs, basic vocabulary, and more. Level 1B: For those who have completed a beginning Spanish class or who have beginning conversational skills and a basic knowledge of the language. We will review the conjugation of verbs in the present tense and learn the forms of irregular verbs as well as new vocabulary. Level 2B: Students should be able to initiate, understand, and respond to simple Spanish conversations. Continue building your knowledge of the Spanish language. We will practice simple conversations and learn more about the Spanish language and culture. Level 3: Students should be familiar with the present tense of regular and irregular verbs, as well as with the basic differences between ser y estar. Practice advanced grammar and verb conjugations, present tense of reflexive verbs, how to express time, date, and weather, and learn the past preterite tense. Level 4: Cover grammar topics including the imperfect and the preterite, pronouns, familiar commands, adverbs, as well as the use of se, por, and para. For this level, students should have a clear idea of present and past tense and be able to describe their surroundings in simple terms.