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GENERAL FRENCH CLASSES

Each of our General French classes build onto each other and follow a task-oriented approach.

With Alliance Française, you learn French, you breathe French, you dream French! With Alliance Française, you live French!

With this proven method, you will learn French and do things in French. At Alliance Française, you put French language into practice from day one.

The Alliance Française’s teaching method integrate French language and French & Francophone cultures with a dynamic multimedia content. Learning French at AFDELA becomes easy, fun, and rewarding. Small groups, a full immersion French language setting and experienced native French-speaking instructors guarantee a lively atmosphere in the classroom.
In 2009, AFDELA implemented the AF FRAMES project (Alliance Française French-American Educational Standards), adapted from the CEFRL (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).

Setting standards for each successive stage of language learning, AF FRAMES provides many benefits to learners and teachers:
- A better understanding of your needs as a learner of French language

- Clear and practical learning objectives for your French language class

- Standardized evaluations

- Official documentation of your achievements and French language skills

Click on each level for tuition fees and detailed information

A1 - BEGINNER LEVEL

BEGINNER 1: Alter Ego 1, dossiers 0-1-2 (24h) – $475 (non-member)

At the end of this course, you will be able to…

Communication skills (speak and understand): Greet somebody and say goodbye. Count to 100. Introduce yourself. Ask for someone’s basic information. Express your likes and dislikes. Reserve a room in a hotel. Give directions / understand directions. Write a simple postcard.

Grammar skills: Use articles (le, la, les, un, une, des, de la, du, de l’). Use some possessive adjectives and proper prepositions with countries. Understand declinations of nouns and adjectives. Conjugate basic verbs in the present tense. Ask simple questions.

BEGINNER 2: Alter Ego 1, dossiers 3-4 (24h) – $475 (non-member)

At the end of this course, you will be able to…

Communication skills (speak and understand): Describe yourself or somebody else in detail. Talk about your family. Ask for the opening/closing times of a business. Talk about your daily routine and habits. Call/respond to somebody on the phone. Describe the life of somebody in the past tense.

Grammar skills: Conjugate verbs and reflexive verbs in the present tense. Use pronouns. Use date and time with the appropriate proposition. Use passé composé (past tense) to talk about events in the past.

BEGINNER 3: Alter Ego 1, dossiers 5-6 (24h) – $475 (non-member)

At the end of this course, you will be able to…

Communication skills (speak and understand): Relate to past events. Give advices. Express your feelings. Talk about the weather, your hobbies and activities. Write about your vacation.

Grammar skills: Ask questions with interrogative pronouns. Use recent past with tense and near future tense. Situate an event in time with prepositions. Use the object pronoun y. Use futur simple (futur tense) to talk about projects.

A2 - ELEMENTARY LEVEL

BEGINNER 4: Alter Ego 1, dossiers 7-8 (24h) – $475 (non-member)

At the end of this course, you will be able to…

Communication skills (speak and understand): Order at a restaurant and express your opinion about the meal. Give some advice to somebody about their outfit. Shop in stores and for groceries. Describe an object in detail. Invite somebody to see a show and discuss about it. Talk about your childhood and memories, compare life.

Grammar skills: Use direct and indirect object pronouns. Use proper expressions to give some advice. Use relative pronouns qui and que. Use the pronoun en. Use articles and expressions to talk about quantity. Use imparfait (past tense) to talk about memories.

BEGINNER 5: Alter Ego 1, dossiers 9 (24h) – $475 (non-member)

At the end of this course, you will be able to…

Communication skills (speak and understand): Describe a house or an apartment in detail. Buy or rent an apartment/house. Talk about etiquette (how to behave in society, politeness).

Grammar skills: Use comparaison (plus…que, moins…que, etc.). Use properly il y a and depuis to talk in the past or present tense. Use sentences to recommend or discourage.

INTERMEDIATE 1: Alter Ego 2, dossier 1, dossier 2 (leçons 1-2) (24h) – $475 (non-member)

At the end of this course, you will be able to…

Communication skills (speak and understand): Talk about relationships (friendship and love). Describe someone’s personality in detail. Report an event and its consequences. Talk about your professional background. Look for and apply for a job.

Grammar skills: Use relative pronouns qui, que and à qui. Use direct speech. Use comparisons (plus, moins, meilleur, mieux). Use properly imparfait and passé composé to tell a story. Use properly il y a, depuis, dans, pendant, en. Use plus-que-parfait. Use adverbs.

B1 - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

INTERMEDIATE 2: Alter Ego 2, dossier 2 (leçon 3), dossier 3, dossier 4 (leçon 1) (24h) – $475 (non-member)

At the end of this course, you will be able to…

Communication skills (speak and understand): Describe stereotypes. Present a country (its inhabitants, its way of life, the social, political and economic system). Discuss cultural differences.

Grammar skills: Use subjonctive to give advice or express obligation. Use relative pronouns où and dont. Use demonstrative pronouns. Use the superlative. Use indefinite pronouns such. Use emphatic structures.

INTERMEDIATE 3: Alter Ego 2, dossier 4 (leçons 2-3), dossier 5 (24h) – $475 (non-member)

At the end of this course, you will be able to…

Communication skills (speak and understand): Understand and discuss different newspaper articles. Express your likes and dislikes about a movie or a TV show. Report an event or a situation. Talk about tourism.

Grammar skills: Agree past participles with a C.O.D. Use the passive form. Use personal pronouns after à and de. Express a wish with the indicatif and subjonctif modes Use the gerondif.

INTERMEDIATE 4: Alter Ego 2, dossier 6, dossier 7 (leçon 1-2) (24h) – $475 (non-member)

At the end of this course, you will be able to…

Communication skills (speak and understand): Talk about the future in detail. Present a project in detail. Present a book / a movie in detail. Describe a change in detail. Express regret. Evoke a change of life.

Grammar skills: Use the conditionnel to make a suggestion, talk about a project or a hypothetical situation. Use discourse markers to express cause and consequences. Use temporal markers to talk about change and contrast.

B2 - UPPER INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

INTERMEDIATE 5: Alter Ego 2, dossier 6, dossier 7 (leçon 1-2) (24h) – $475 (non-member)

At the end of this course, you will be able to…

Communication skills (speak and understand): Talk about a cause, support a cause. Express your feelings and concerns about a situation. Talk in detail about the progression of an event. Talk about a societal issue, understand pros and cons. Formulate critics, complaints and protests.

Grammar skills: Use regretter de + infinitif passé to express regrets. Use the subjonctif mode to express necessity. Nuance your points with indicatif and subjonctif. Use pour + infinitif passé. Use the conditionnel passé.

ADVANCED 1: Alter Ego 3, dossiers 1-2 (24h) – $475 (non-member)

At the end of this course, you will be able to…

Communication skills and “savoir-faire”: Discuss about “image” and “etiquette”. Discuss about consumption. Ask for detailed information or advice via email. Write a claim. Characterize people and behaviors. Characterize an object or a service. Negotiate and discuss a price. Report somebody’s words. Formulate critics and suggestions. Give advice, warning and commands. Talk about personal feelings.

Language skills: Use relative pronouns simples and composés. Use the Mise en relief. Use the infinitif and the subjonctif. Compare and express nuances in degrees of comparison. Use vocabulary to discuss topics such as: personality traits, clothing / fashion, cosmetic surgery, professional qualities and the Internet.

ADVANCED 2: Alter Ego 3, dossiers 3-4 (24h) – $475 (non-member)

At the end of this course, you will be able to…

Communication skills and “savoir-faire”: Discuss about learning and learning tools. Refer to your experience when during a job interview. Enroll for a class at a French university. Give information by mail. Formulate confessions and oppositions. Talk about the Press. Understand and discuss newspapers titles. Convey information and details on an event in a narrative article.

Language skills: Use all the tenses of the past. Use nominal phrases. Use the passive form. Talk about a hypothetical / unconfirmed event. Express concession and opposition. Use vocabulary to discuss topics such as: college registration, learning tools, and the media.

ADVANCED 3: Alter Ego 3, dossiers 5-6 (24h) – $475 (non-member)

At the end of this course, you will be able to…

Communication skills and “savoir-faire”: Advocate and contest. Request detailed information by email. Encourage. Promote community help. Express your goals. Express duration. Give your impressions. Make an interview. Make a proposal for a cultural program. Take part in a debate.

Language skills: Use the present participle and gerundive. Use relative clauses with subjunctive tense. Use different question modes and use inversion. Use adverbs. Use idioms to request detailed information. Use vocabulary to discuss topics such as: solidarity, fighting for a cause, art, performance, cultural events, and debates.

ADVANCED 4: Alter Ego 3, dossiers 7-8 (24h) – $475 (non-member)

At the end of this course, you will be able to…

Communication skills and “savoir-faire”: Discuss sustainable development. Talk about law and justice. Write an internship report and a letter of contest. Talk about the future. Formulate hypotheses. Express interdiction, certitudes and doubts. Make a demonstration.

Language skills: Use the futur and the conditionnel. Use double pronouns. Use the pronouns y and en. Use discourse markers to articulate an argumentation. Use vocabulary to discuss topics such as: urban environment, nature, crime, investigation literature, law and justice.

C1 - ADVANCED LEVEL

ADVANCED 5: Alter Ego 3, dossiers 9 + Review (24h) – $475 (non-member)

At the end of this course, you will be able to…

Communication skills and “savoir-faire”: Review some of the above and talk about your travels. Narrate in the Past. Make recommendations. Solve a problem on the phone. Negotiate and organize a trip.

Language skills: Review some of the above and use indefinite pronouns. Use different types of negations. Use the passé simple. Use vocabulary to discuss topics such as: travels, traditions, customs, landscapes, demography and geography.

C2 - PROFICIENCY LEVEL

202 / B1.1: 24 hours / $475 (books and membership not included in tuition fees)

Communicative Objectives: talk about cultural differences; situate yourself in time; talk about one’s place of living and justify one’s choices; talk about an event; react

Linguistic Objectives:

Vocabulary: expressions to talk about a country and its inhabitants; media and press

Grammar: où/ dont; demonstrative pronouns; superlatives; interrogative and possessive pronouns; “si” + imparfait tense; passive form

Textbook: Alter Ego 2+ (dossiers 3 & 4)

203 / B1.2: 24 hours / $475 (books and membership not included in tuition fees)

Communicative Objectives: express appreciation; encourage the practice of an activity; select a touristic presentation; look to the future: express wishes/ hopes; express a goal, an objective, an aim; imagine an hypothetical or unreal situation; give one’s opinion; justify one’s choices; express agreement and disagreement

Linguistic Objectives:

Vocabulary: hobbies; encouragement; tourism, booking a hotel, a table; wishes; verbs to express goals; verbs to express fields of interest; idioms to express one’s opinion.

Grammar: the adverb in compound tenses; adjectives in a sentence; personal pronouns after “de” and “à”; indirect pronouns “y” and “en”; expressing wishes: souhaiter que + subjunctive; espérer que + indicative; conditional present to make a suggestion; conditional present (project, unreal situation)

Textbook: Alter Ego 2+ (dossiers 5 & 6)

204/ B1.3: 24 hours / $475 (books and membership not included in tuition fees)

Communicative Objectives: talk about a life change; report a conversation; talk about an event in a narrative in the past; express regrets; take a position, voice an opinion; understand the history of an event; talk about one’s readings; understand and argue about prevention: encouragement and caution

Linguistic Objectives:

Vocabulary: performing arts and show; expressions used for feelings/ emotions, attitudes/behaviors; impersonal ways of expressing need; verbs to talk about loaning/borrowing an object; verbs used to express consequence

Grammar: expressing time: “avant de” + infinitive; “après” + past infinitive; reported speech in the past; “irréel du passé”” “si”+ plus-que-parfait, conditional ; recent past and near future in a narrative in the past; expressing need with subjunctive or infinitive; double pronouns; imparfait or conditional to express reproach

Textbook: Alter Ego 2+ (dossiers 7 & 8)

301/B1.4: 24 hours / $475 (books and membership not included in tuition fees)

Communicative Objectives: characterize people; ask detailed information by mail; give orders and make suggestions; express feelings; write a mail to complain about something; report someone’s words

Linguistic Objectives:

Vocabulary: behaviors; professional strengths and weaknesses; friendship and love; lexicon of negation

Grammar: simple relative pronouns and compound relative pronouns with demonstrative pronouns; subjunctive present; subjunctive past and past infinitive; subjunctive or infinitive after feeling verbs; compound relative pronouns; reported speech in the present

Textbook: Alter Ego 3+ (dossiers 1 & 2)

302 / B1.5: 24 hours / $475 (books and membership not included in tuition fees)

Communicative Objectives: talk about one’s experiences; matriculate in university; express a compromise and oppose something; talk about ways to get information; give one’s point of view on the first page of daily papers; analyze information; understand news titles

Linguistic Objectives:

Vocabulary: apprenticeship and experience; school and university; contradicting; how to write a small news story

Grammar: imparfait and passé composé; plus-que-parfait ; rules of “participe passé”; nominal sentences; passive voice; express cause and consequence; how to express uncertain events

Textbook : Alter Ego 3+ (dossiers 3 & 4)

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