our WInter 2024 session starts In January - Classes will be held online
Membership required for all classes
Unless otherwise specified in description, all of our classes are aimed for adults.
Standard french
Duration: 8 weeks (online)
Dates:
Beginners: Mondays 5:30-6:30 pm starting January 22 with Sandrine LePoutre - **SOLD OUT
Faux-Debutants: Wednesdays 5:30-6:30 pm starting January 24 with Sylvie Collodel
Intermediate: Thursdays 5:30-6:30 pm starting January 25 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 $160 for AF members for 8 sessions or $195 for nonmembers for 8 sessions.
Teachers : Sandrine LePoutre (Beginners), Sylvie Collodel (Faux-debutant/Intermediate)
Choose your level ( beginner, faux-debutant, intermediate)
Duration: 8 weeks (online)
Dates: Mondays 5:30-6:30 pm starting January 22 with Sylvie Collodel
Course description:
Advanced French/ Conversation (C1/C2), taught by Sylvie Collodel is an 8-week course focused on a more advanced knowledge of French. It targets students with a solid grammatical base as well as a fairly rich oral expression in French language. They are aimed as a reinforcement of their previous knowledge while building new linguistic skills in refining their proficiency. The students following this course will be able to use French efficiently in any social interaction from informal conversations about social, political and cultural events to formal gatherings such as cocktails, receptions, conferences and business meetings.
This course is $160 for AF members and $195 for nonmembers (membership included with purchase) for 8 sessions.
Private lessons
8-weeks of lessons are tailored to address an individual’s particular needs with flexible scheduling and locations possible. Includes membership.
Introduction to Kouri-vini (Louisiana creole)
Duration: 8 weeks (online)
Dates:
Beginners: Tuesdays from 6:30-7:30pm starting starting January 23 with Deborah Clifton - **SOLD OUT
Advanced : Thursdays from 6:30-7:30 pm starting January 25 with Deborah Clifton.
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.
Louisiana French for Beginners (cajun French)
Duration: 8 weeks (online)
Dates:
Beginners Wednesdays 6-7 pm starting January 24 - **SOLD OUT
Faux-debutants Tuesdays 6-7 pm starting January 23 - **SOLD OUT
**Check Back for our Spring Session starting in April!*
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.
Colby LeJeune was raised in LeJeune Cove in rural Acadia Parish and is a Cajun and Creole French autodidact. He is currently an M.A. student in French at ULL, as well as the host of Bonjour Louisiane on KRVS 88.7 FM and vice-president of the Cajun Prairie Habitat Preservation Society. He studied linguistics and geology at Tulane University, and his academic interests revolve around plant names, place names, and language in general, as well as traditional Cajun and Creole music, folklore, customs, and culture. His free time is spent in those domains: visiting French tables, jams, and dances throughout Southwest Louisiana, as well as leading botany field trips and other activities.
Our faux-debutants level is for returning students who wish to continue to learn the language and build on.
The course is $160 for AF members, and $195 for nonmembers (membership will be included with purchase) for 8 sessions.
*A minimum of 3 registered students is needed to start a class (except private classes) - Membership to AF required for all classes