Duration: 6 weeks (online through Zoom)

Dates:

Beginners: **not available this session

Faux-debutant: Mondays 5:30-6:30 pm starting April 15th with Sandrine LePoutre

Intermediate: Thursdays 5:30-6:30 pm starting April 18th with Sylvie Collodel

Course descriptions:

Beginner’s French (A1/A2) is a course that helps students gain basic knowledge of French. It is the base for the future levels in French proficiency. During the course, student will learn, among other topics, how to use familiar expressions and everyday phrases in French, how to introduce oneself and how to introduce others, how to ask and answer basic questions and hold simple conversations. The course is intended as a solid base for interaction with others in French as a conversational starter.

Our faux-debutants level is for returning students who wish to continue to learn the language and build on previous structures and vocabulary learned in order to offer learners more confidence in French language proficiency.

Intermediate French (B1/B2) is a course that sets the groundwork for mastering the French language. The learners at this level will go through more advanced structures and expressions used in daily conversations on varied topics in today’s society such as shopping, traveling, using bank and insurance services, etc. The intermediate level students will be able by the end of the course to understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to everyday life, communicate simple routines and tasks, describe their background, immediate environment and basic needs just to name a few objectives.

The course is $120 for AF members for 6 sessions or $155 for nonmembers for 6 sessions.

Teachers : Sandrine LePoutre (False beginners), Sylvie Collodel (Intermediate)

Choose your level (False beginner or Intermediate)

8-weeks of lessons are tailored to address an individual’s particular needs with flexible scheduling and locations possible. Includes membership.

Duration: 6 weeks (in person at the Lafayette International Center Downtown)

Dates:

Tuesdays, from 6-7 pm starting April 16 taught by Jamie Lynn Fontenot
(April 16, 23, 30, and May 7, 14, & 21)

Workshop Description

Join us for a fun workshop to learn and sing along with Cajun songs! Led by Jamie Lynn Fontenot, she will take you along over 6 weeks to dive in to different songs that highlight Louisiana French. All music lovers welcome! The workshop will be held at:

Lafayette International Center
735 Jefferson St, Lafayette LA 70501
(Use entrance on Lee Ave.)

Jamie Lynn was raised in California, and is currently a French Immersion Teacher at Lafayette Parish. She is a French-speaking, Louisiana Cajun musician that plays traditional music from Southwest Louisiana. She plays and teaches Cajun guitar, vocals and song and violin. She has performed all over the United States and beyond to perform with her Cajun band, The Daiquiri Queens and has taught French song and Cajun dance at many festivals and music camps throughout her beloved career as a musician. She is also musician and singer with the band Chere Elise with Steve Riley.

The workshop can be paid PER DAY or for the WHOLE 6-week session. Prior registration is MANDATORY for entry. Register before April 12th - limited seats available. Prices are as follows:

Per day: $5 for AF members, $10 for nonmembers

6 weeks: $25 for AF members, $50 for nonmembers

Duration: 8 weeks (online)

Dates:

Beginners: Mondays from 6:30-7:30 pm starting April 29 with Deborah Clifton

Advanced : **not available this session

Course Description

Kouri-Vini or Louisiana Creole, is the creole language that emerged in colonial Louisiana. This course is designed for anyone who has an interest in the language.

Kouri-Vini (Louisiana Creole) is one of the most fascinating pieces of Louisiana’s linguistic diversity. The language developed in the colonial era and bears influences from French, Native American and African languages, Spanish, and even English.

The Kouri-Vini advanced level will be focused on conversational practice with some ongoing exploration of Kouri-Vini literature, giving students an opportunity to develop their own creative writing texts in the language. So it will be very practice oriented and an outreach to people interested in making their own contribution to increasing the literary output.

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Le kouri-vini (alias: le créole louisianais) est l’un des aspects les plus fascinants de la diversité linguistique de la Louisiane. La langue est née à l’époque coloniale et montre l’influence du français, des langues amériendiennes et africaines, de l’espagnol, et même de l’anglais. Le cours fournit aux apprenants une connaissance fondamentale de la grammaire et du lexique du kouri-vini. Ce cours est entièrement en ligne.

Note: this is an adult only class.

This course is $160 for AF members, or $195 for nonmembers (membership included with purchase) for 8 sessions.

Duration: 8 weeks (online)

Dates:

Beginners: Wednesdays 6-7 pm starting April 17 taught by Jamie Lynn Fontenot

Course Description

Join us for an informative and fun beginner’s course in the French Language of South Louisiana. Learn the unique variety of French spoken by Louisiana’s Cajuns and other French-speaking communities. Emphasis will be concentrated on effective everyday conversation. The course includes greetings, basic communication, popular expressions, asking questions, topical vocabulary, basic verb tenses, differences from other forms of French and topics particular to students’ needs, all in a relaxed and fun atmosphere with time for in-class practice and discussion. No prior knowledge is required for the beginner’s level.

Jamie Lynn Fontenot born in Louisiana and raised in California.  

She is currently a French Immersion certified Teacher at Lafayette Parish. 

She is a French-speaking, Louisiana Cajun musician that plays traditional music from Southwest Louisiana. She plays and teaches Cajun guitar, vocals and song and the violin. She has performed all over the United States and beyond to perform with her Cajun band, The Daiquiri Queens and has taught French song and Cajun dance at many festivals and music camps throughout her beloved career as a musician. She is also a musician and singer with the band Chere Elise with Steve Riley.

The course is $160 for AF members, and $195 for nonmembers (membership will be included with purchase) for 8 sessions.