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Wine Seminar: Les Vendanges! Celebrating the French Grape Harvest
GASTRONOMY & WINE PROGRAM: YOUR FRENCH CULINARY ARTS AND WINE JOURNEY
An elegant wine education series exploring France’s most important regions through the lens of culture, tradition, and taste. Each class embraces a region and incorporates a book as a narrative guide - framing the wines, places, and people that shaped France’s enduring wine culture. Across the series, we’ll move through key French regions in a cohesive tasting journey, offering both seasoned enthusiasts and curious newcomers a deeper, more intuitive understanding of French wine, guided by storytelling, expert insight, and shared conversation.
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B1+/B2 | Comment les Français pensent-ils ?: Valeurs, débats et art de vivre à la française | In Person
Objectifs du cours - By the end of the course, students will be able to: Discuss cultural and societal topics with confidence. Express and defend opinions using nuanced language. Compare cultural perspectives. Interpret statistics, surveys, and media documents. Understand key aspects of French social and cultural identity. Photograph by Y. Krukau.
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Leïla Slimani: I’ll Take the Fire
In Conversation at Harvard Book Store
Join us at Harvard Book Store for a conversation with Leïla Slimani, bestselling and Prix Goncourt–winning author of The Perfect Nanny, about her new novel, I’ll Take the Fire.
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The Frenchmen: French Theory from Paris to America
Emily Eakin in Conversation with Bruno Perreau
Join critic and essayist Emily Eakin and MIT professor Bruno Perreau for a lively conversation about The Frenchmen and how French theory captivated America, transformed intellectual life, and continues to shape today’s culture wars.
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Les Ados 2 (A1.2) | In-Person
Through oral and written comprehension as well as speaking and writing exercises, students acquire the linguistic tools they will need to effectively communicate in a variety of contexts.
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Les Ados 5 (B1.1) | In-Person
Through oral and written comprehension as well as speaking and writing exercises, students acquire the linguistic tools they will need to effectively communicate in a variety of contexts.
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Part-Time French Language Instructor for kids/teens
The French Library is hiring part-time language instructors with native or near-native proficiency in French to teach online adult and children's classes.
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A2-4 | Advanced Beginner French 4 | In-Person
This class will give you the skills to understand a tourist brochure, reserve a stay somewhere, research a destination online, express your indifference towards a situation and more!
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William Tell: The Enduring Legacy of a Hero Myth
A Preview Evening with Boston Lyric Opera
Join former Boston Lyric Opera General & Artistic Director Esther Nelson for a fascinating journey through legend, history, and opera, tracing how the story of Tell has been reimagined across centuries, with live musical excerpts from Rossini’s masterpiece.
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A2-2 | Advanced Beginner French 2 | In Person
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.
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Le P'tit Labo (ages 5-6) | In-Person
Let your kid put on their lab coats and goggles and discover the world of chemistry and physics - all in French of course! Under the supervision of their French teacher, children will conduct mini-experiments and learn some amazing facts about the world around them. They’ll discover the surprising energy produced by potatoes and they’ll […]
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Les Ouistitis (ages 2.5 to 3.11) | In-Person
Toddlers receive a gentle introduction to French or further explore the language. Through songs, stories, games, movement and craft projects children are encouraged to listen, speak and move.
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Les Poussins (ages 1 to 2.4) | In-Person
Our youngest students encounter French for the first time or continue their discovery of the language through nursery rhymes, stories, and games. Children are encouraged to listen, move and speak a little.
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Les Pingouins 1 (ages 7 - 9) | In-Person
Children learning French as a foreign language will develop their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through games, role-plays and characters from the Zig Zag 1 textbook.
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Les Pingouins 2 (ages 7-9) | In-Person
Children learning French as a foreign language will develop their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through games, role-plays and characters from the Zig Zag 2 textbook.
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Les Ados 1 (A1.1 Complete beginners) | In Person
Through oral and written comprehension as well as speaking and writing exercises, students acquire the linguistic tools they will need to effectively communicate in a variety of contexts.
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Les Ados 3 (A2.1) | In-Person
Through oral and written comprehension as well as speaking and writing exercises, students acquire the linguistic tools they will need to effectively communicate in a variety of contexts.
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Les Aigles 1 - Step 1 (ages 10 - 12) | In-Person
Children learning French as a foreign language develop their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills as well as discovering Francophone culture and peoples.
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Les Hiboux 1 (ages 5 to 6) | In-Person
Young children learning French as a foreign language develop their speaking and listening skills through role-plays and other fun activities in this dynamic full-immersion language class.
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Les Ateliers du Samedi! (ages 4-6) | In-Person
A fun way to sample our creative courses past and present! Children will be exposed to arts, crafts, music, theater, and science in this 5-week class.
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J'apprends à lire et à écrire (for bilingual children ages 6-7) | In-Person
About this class: Ce cours est conçu pour les enfants bilingues ou francophones désireux d’acquérir des compétences solides en lecture et en écriture grâce à une méthode syllabique immersive et dynamique. Les jeunes apprenants auront l’occasion de développer leur compréhension des sons et graphèmes tout en explorant l’univers de la langue écrite. Rejoignez-nous pour une […]
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A1-1 | Beginner French 1 | In-Person
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!
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A1-2 | Beginner French 2 | In-Person
Are you ready to kick-start your French education? Learn to introduce yourself, talk about your new neighbors, describe your personal preferences and much more!
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A1-3 | Beginner French 3 | In Person
Are you ready to kick-start your French education? Learn how to look for an apartment, understand a room inspection, learn about lodging regulations, draft a set of rules for shared living, and much more!
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A1-4 | Beginner French 4 | In Person
Are you ready to kick-start your French education? Learn to understand an exchange program, describe positive experiences, express purpose, describe a professional goal, indicate a wish or desire, talk about an ability or skill, understand professional tasks. and much more!
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A2 | Lunch Break | In Person
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.
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A2/A2+ | Advanced Beginner Conversation | In-Person
Master the art of conversation while perfecting the finer points of your grammar through the fun and varied speaking activities in this course!
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A2-1 | Advanced Beginner French 1 - Slow-Paced - Part 2 | In Person
Enjoy a slow-paced class! 90mn once a week to give you confidence and time to learn.
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A2-1 | Advanced Beginner French 1 | In-Person
Time to go beyond the basics! Gain the grammar, vocabulary, and confidence you'll need to comprehend an excerpt from a piece of literature, describe a photograph, share a memory (happy or otherwise), read a tourist manual, and much more.
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A2-3 | Advanced Beginner French 3 | In-Person
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!