Looking for ways to refine your French outside of a 10-week core language class? Check out our 5-week thematic classes for adults! These classes are perfect for people who want to put into practice what they've learned in our academic classes and for people who are looking to continue their learning through themed classes at their leisure. Enroll today!

Please contact us at adultprograms@frenchlibrary.org if you have any questions!

How to purchase your book:
In person classes: on site at the French Library OR online at MEP Education.
Online classes: online with MEP Education ONLY. Please look for your class here. All your class material can be purchased at a preferential rate on the mepeducation.net website.


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A1/A1+ | Intro to Phonetics | Online

Beginner
Sessions starting April 8, 2023, and May 13, 2023 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

Improve the quality of your spoken French by covering basic phonetic rules, challenging sounds, liaisons and intonation. Class is taught by Michaela.

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A2 | Advanced Beginner Lunch Break | Online

Advanced Beginner
Starting April 11, 2023 1.5 hour per week for 5 weeks

Come join us for this casual conversation class! Learn French in a relaxed environment during your lunch break. Sharpen your skills and discuss everything from daily activities to social issues. No homework and no required textbook.

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A2 | Literature: Easy Reading - Eugénie Grandet| In-Person

Advanced Beginner
Starting May 16, 2023 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

Develop speaking and comprehension while reading and analyzing simple literary works from a wide variety of genres. For this edition, discover Balzac's Eugénie Grandet.

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A2 | Literature: Easy Reading - Tristan et Yseut | In-Person

Advanced Beginner
Starting April 11, 2023 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

Develop speaking and comprehension while reading and analyzing simple literary works from a wide variety of genres. For this edition, discover Beroul's Tristan et Yseut.

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B1 | Affaires Etrangeres | Online

Intermediate
Starting April 7, 2023 2 hours per week for 10 weeks

In this course, you will learn to communicate in written and spoken French while dealing with the corporate world. You will focus on specific areas of real-life professional situations such as résumés, business presentations, emails, reports, and much more.

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B1 | Dictées de printemps | In-Person

Intermediate
Starting May 11, 2023 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

Build your vocabulary and knowledge of idioms through various creative writing techniques and activities.

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B1 | Get Ready for the DELF B1! | Online

Intermediate
Starting April 8, 2023 2 hours per week for 10 weeks

If you're planning to take the DELF B1 in June, this preparatory class is for you! Ensure your success and work on all four language skills tested on the exam.

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B1 | Intermediate Conversation | Online

Intermediate
Sessions starting April 5, 2023, and May 10, 2023 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!

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B1 | Literature: special - les contes de Perrault | Online

Intermediate
Starting April 8, 2023 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

Discover the origins of fairy tales and their adaptations as French society evolved in morals, values and artistic forms of expression. Class is taught by Michaela!

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B1 | Literature: special littérature de l'absurde | Online

Intermediate
Starting April 6, 2023 1.5 hours per week for 10 weeks

Improve speaking and comprehension while reading and analyzing French literary works from a wide variety of genres.

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B1+ | Architectes et Architectures Francophones | In-Person

Intermediate
Starting April 6, 2023 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

Dive into the incredible world of architects such as Le Corbusier, Jean Nouvel and Auguste Perret or Baron Haussmann, and practice our French at the same time!

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B1+ | En Cuisine / Pause Dej! | In-Person

Intermediate
Sessions starting April 7, 2023, and May 12, 2023 2 hours per week for 5 weeks

Why not improve your French with a cooking class? Discover culture and regional specialties of France while learning to cook local recipes. Intended for advanced beginner to intermediate students.

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B1+ | World News with 7 jours sur la planète | Online

Intermediate
Starting April 10, 2023 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

Talk about what's happening weekly around the world.

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B1+/B2 | A la découverte des… régions françaises | In-Person

Intermediate
Starting April 5, 2023 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

Discover some of the most beloved and iconic regions of France. In this edition of A la découverte de..., you'll embark in an amazing trip through Bretagne, Côte d'azur, Limousin, Alsace and Rhône-Alpes. Loic will be your guide!

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B1+/B2 | Literature: special - Short Stories by Maupassant| Online

Intermediate
Starting April 11, 2023 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

Follow characters Boule de Suif and George Duroy and dive in 19th century French society. Discover along the way the genius of Guy de Maupassant, one of France's best story-teller. Class is taught by Michaela!

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B2 | A la découverte du… Territoire francilien (Paris et sa banlieue) | Online

Advanced
Starting April 10, 2023 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

Since the time when Paris was still called Lutèce, the Ile-de-France territory has been the scene of the most decisive hours in the country's history. Not surprising in a France marked by centuries of monarchical and republican centralization! Join Farida to discover the Ile-de-France region, a region whose history blends with that of an entire country. A dynamic and attractive region that produces one-third of the country’s wealth.

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B2 | History: French Revolution | Online

Advanced
Starting May 10, 2023 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

Aux Armes, Citoyens! Discover intense historical moments as you delve into the French Revolution.

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B2 | Literature: special - Le Rouge et le Noir by Stendhal | Online

Advanced
Starting May 16, 2023 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

Follow the attempts of a provincial young man to rise socially beyond his modest upbringing through a combination of talent, hard work, deception, and hypocrisy. He ultimately allows his passions to betray him.... Class is taught by Michaela!

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B2 | Literature: special - Récits fantastiques de Théophile Gautier | Online

Advanced
Starting April 10, 2023 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

Improve speaking and comprehension while reading and analyzing French literary works from a wide variety of genres.

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B2 | Molière: sa vie, son oeuvre | Online

Advanced
Starting April 5, 2023 5 Weeks for 1 hour 30 minutes

Though written over three hundred years ago, Molière's masterpieces still excite us to this very day. Times have changed, but people and morals are strikingly similar to those of Moliere’s times. Join us to discover on paper and on film, Molière’s genius. Class is led by Farida.

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B2/C1 | Débat Sociologique: l’héritage rousseauiste| Online

Advanced
Starting April 5, 2023 1.5 hours per week for 5 Weeks

Join this class with Loic to discuss education and general culture. Is Rousseau's influence still have a mark on our time?

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B2+/C1 | Literature | Online

Advanced
Starting April 5, 2023 1.5 hours per week for 10 weeks

Improve speaking and comprehension while reading and analyzing French literary works from a wide variety of genres.

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B2+/C1 | Literature: les écrivains géographes | In-Person

Advanced
Starting April 8, 2023 1.5 hours per week for 10 weeks

Improve speaking and comprehension while reading and analyzing French literary works from a wide variety of genres.

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B2+/C1 | Literature: special Pierre Lemaitre | In-Person

Advanced
Starting April 11, 2023 1.5 hours per week for 10 weeks

Improve speaking and comprehension while reading and analyzing three novels by Pierre Lemaitre.

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B2| Great Paintings at a Glance | In-Person

Advanced
Starting May 10, 2023 1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks

Great paintings speak to us across time. Join Loic to delve into the time and works of some of France's most famous painters and learn what sparked their visions and masterpieces.

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