Farida Talantikit

France and Algeria

Bio

Farida began teaching at the French Library in 2006 after moving to Boston in 2004. She primarily teaches core language classes for adults at the beginner level in addition to intermediate and advanced grammar courses and conversation classes for all levels.

Farida holds a Doctorate in Occupational Health Medicine (a branch of medicine dealing with the prevention of job-related injuries and illnesses) from UCL, Bruxelles. She lived in Salon de Provence, France where she taught biology at Avignon University and worked as an occupational health doctor. She also worked for several human rights non-profit organizations in Marseille.

She loves spending time with her family and travelling. She enjoys listening to classical music and reading about the humanities, especially history and cinema, and she is intrigued by people, different cultures and world politics. She also takes great pleasure in cooking.

Classes Recently Taught

A2/A2+ | Advanced Beginner Conversation | Online

Advanced Beginner
Starting May 21, 2026 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

Master the art of conversation while perfecting the finer points of your grammar through the fun and varied speaking activities in this course!

Read More

A2 | Get Ready for the DELF TP A2! | Online

Advanced Beginner
Starting April 10, 2026 2 hours per week for 9 weeks

If you're planning to take the DELF in June this preparatory class is for you! Ensure your success and work on all four language skills tested on the exam.

Read More

A2 | La Grammaire en A2 | Online

Advanced Beginner
Sessions starting April 9, 2026, and May 19, 2026 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

Learn elements of grammar through structured practice. Topics vary based on class needs.

Read More

B2 | Get Ready for the DELF TP B2! | Online

Advanced
Starting April 8, 2026 4 hours per week for 6 weeks

If you're planning to take the DELF in June this preparatory class is for you! Ensure your success and work on all four language skills tested on the exam.

Read More

B2+/ C1 | Advanced Conversation | Online

Advanced
Starting April 8, 2026 90 mins per week for 5 weeks

With an emphasis on conversation, multimedia resources and current events, this course will get you on your way to being a sparkling conversationalist (and improve your grammar too!)

Read More

B2-4 | Advanced French 4 | Online

Advanced
Starting April 7, 2026 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Perfect your pronunciation, solidify your mastery of grammar and learn additional vocabulary—then apply your learning to demanding tasks like comparing and contrasting different professional behaviors, outlining a career path and explaining various life choices, and more!

Read More

B1-3 | Intermediate French 3 | Online

Intermediate
Starting April 7, 2026 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Keep looking forward and making progress! Learn how to talk about your career path, express enthusiasm for a professional project, understand and give advice for an interview, take risks, describe your typical workday and more.

Read More

A2-3 | Advanced Beginner French 3 | Online

Advanced Beginner
Starting April 7, 2026 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Keep building your language skills and awareness. In this class, you will learn how to interpret a chart about names, speak to someone’s character, describe someone, talk about your emotions and much more!

Read More

A2-3 short track | Advanced Beginner French 3 | Online

Advanced Beginner
Starting April 7, 2026 3 hours per week for 6 weeks

Are you ready to kick-start your French education? Learn to Ask for and give directions, understand an itinerary, get around using public transportation, and much more!

Read More

B1+ | Lunch Break | Online

Intermediate
Starting April 6, 2026 1h30 per week for 5 weeks

A relaxed environment for lovers of French language and culture to sharpen their speaking skills. Discuss everything from daily activities to social issues. No homework and no required textbook.

Read More

B1-1 | Intermediate French 1 | Online

Intermediate
Sessions starting April 6, 2026, and April 7, 2026 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Identify criteria for something, be cautious or aware of something, express your wishes and intentions, ask politely for something, talk over the phone, give advice, outline a hypothetical situation, describe a memory, a place, a visit to a foreign city and more!

Read More

A2-2 | Advanced Beginner French 2 | Online

Advanced Beginner
Starting January 13, 2026 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Do you want to Discuss jobs of the future, describe the future, highlight the utility of an object, express intent or remind someone of something? Do you want to do all of that in French? You can! Plus you'll improve your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation skills at the same time.

Read More

B1-4 | Intermediate French 4 | Online

Intermediate
Starting 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Delve deeper into the Francophone cultures around the globe while honing your language skills: understand a scientific documentary, learn about young, francophone thinkers, explain a scientific discovery, present the pros and cons of an innovation in technology, give your opinion, imagine the future. and more!

Read More