MORE WORKSHOPS FOR 2021
French à la carte offers not only short classes but the opportunity for fun activities like yoga or French cooking. Craving for a little bit of history or culture? Grammar or Literature? Great conversation à la française? Discover what French à la carte has for you!
Check regularly as we add new activities and classes.
AU PROGRAMME
4 Pronunciation Workshops
Every other Saturday 10am > 12pm
February 6 - March 20, 2021
In this new Pronunciation workshop, WHOUAAH!! it will be fun to discover filler words and onomatopoeias used in French. On the other hand, do you know when the e is pronounced or becomes an e muet?
Come and join the pronunciation workshops. You will learn about what makes French pronunciation so special and you will practice its main difficulties.
- Saturday, February 6, from 10am to 12pm
Pronunciation:
How and when to pronounce the e:
Le e muet / la chute du e
Rhythm and Intonation:
Negative and Imperative Intonations
- Saturday, February 20, from 10am to 12pm
Pronunciation:
The letter h: Le h muet / le h aspiré
Consonants: [ʒ], [ɡ] [dʒ] (joue, gare, Djibouti)
Rhythm and Intonation:
Elliptic style and Familiar style
Onomatope – Interjections – Filler words
- Saturday, March 6, from 10am to 12pm
Pronunciation:
Semi-vowels: [w], [ɥ], [j] (oui/roi, nuit, voyage)
Rhythm and Intonation:
Prose and poetry – Part 1
- Saturday, March 20, from 10am to 12pm
Pronunciation:
Double vowels and double consonants: les voyelles et les consonnes géminées
Consonants: t = s
Rhythm and Intonation:
Prose and poetry – Part 2
4 Series every other Saturday, February 6 - March 20 - 10am-12pm
$140 - 8h
FRENCH FOR BUSINESS
Tuesdays 10:00am > 11:50am
February 9-March 9, 2021
Business and Professional Communication French series offers you to progress in the business world improving your knowledge not only of the language but also of French business practices, documents, and regulations.
It will be specifically orientated to master French in various work/company communication situations. Debates, presentations, practical cases, and role-plays, are all activities undertaken to gain self-confidence in various communicative situations.
It is important to know the French culture but also the company’s culture.
Open to A2+ level of French and above
No book needed
Series of 5 Tuesdays (10h): $175
Tuesdays 10:00am - 11:50am Feb 9-March 9 2021
10 hour workshop
$175
Pronouns: Let’s Get Personal & Possessive
Saturdays 2pm > 4pm
February 13-March 13, 2021
Ever wondered about the difference between “qui,” “que,” and “dont”? Not sure how to say “That one is mine” in French? This workshop is for you. Pronouns are often the missing link between understanding and not understanding, expressing and being unable to express. However, because these are little words that don’t carry much meaning on their own, we tend to overlook them. This workshop will help you sort out these types of words, where they go and what role they play in sentences, and how they can provide big clues into meaning.
Tentative schedule
1. Personal pronouns (subject, tonic, direct object, indirect object)
2. Relative pronouns
3. Variable interrogative pronouns
4. Possessive pronouns
5. Demonstrative pronouns + synthesis
Open to Level: Level: B1-B2 level of French and above
No book needed
Series of 5 Tuesdays (10h): $175
Saturdays, 2-4pm Feb 13-March 13 2021
10 hour workshop
$175
PRONOUNS & DETERMINERS: THE MISSING LINK
Tuesdays 5pm > 7pm
February 9-March 9, 2021
Ever wondered about the difference between “les” and “des”? Ever felt unsure when to use “je” vs “moi”? This workshop is for you. Pronouns and determiners are often the missing link between understanding and not understanding, expressing and being unable to express. However, because these are little words that don’t carry much meaning on their own, we tend to overlook them. This workshop will help you sort out these types of words, where they go and what role they play in sentences, and how they can provide big clues into meaning.
Tentative schedule
1. Definite vs indefinite articles
2. Possessive adjectives and tonic pronouns
3. Interrogative adjectives and pronouns
4. Numbers as determiners, reflexive pronouns
5. Direct and indirect object pronouns
Open to Level: A1-A2 level of French and above
No book needed
Series of 5 Tuesdays (10h): $175
Tuesdays 5-7pm Feb 9-March 9 2021
10 hour workshop
$175
France/Amérique: Regards croisés
Every other Wednesday 2:30pm > 4:00pm
January 13-March 10, 2021
Interested in how France looks from across the Atlantic and vice-versa? Through the travel writings of five contemporary francophone authors, this reading and discussion series will explore the particularities of French and American culture as filtered through foreign eyes. An opportunity as well to reflect and converse about living abroad and struggling with the language and customs of different countries.
Discussion will be based on guided in-class readings of short passages, so no prior reading is required to participate. Longer extracts and comprehension questions will be posted in advance on the course page for those who wish to familiarize themselves more with the texts and discussion topics.
A course designed for literature lovers interested in discovering contemporary culture through the prism of travel, while reading and discussing texts in their original French language.
Open to students with B2+ level of French or higher.
All texts will be provided in class and via course page.
Wednesday, January 13; 2:30pm-4:00pm
Wednesday, January 27; 2:30pm-4:00pm
Wednesday, February 10; 2:30pm-4:00pm
Wednesday, February 24; 2:30pm-4:00pm
Wednesday, March 10; 2:30pm-4:00pm
Series every other Wednesday, January 13 - March 10; 2:30pm-4:00pm
$160
IMPROVE YOUR FRENCH THROUGH READING
Mondays, 5pm-7pm
Feb 22-March 22, 2021
Discover how to improve your French through reading. Can you relate to this? You read things in French, meticulously writing down every word you don’t know and looking it up until you’ve (mostly) made sense of the text. You spend hours doing this, yet your French does not improve. This workshop is designed to remedy that situation! You’ll learn different strategies, play games, and do different creative activities with short, fun texts, all with the goal of increasing your uptake of French. By the end, you’ll be able to implement the techniques you’ve learned on your own.
Level: A2+
Series of 5 Mondays
$175
More to come!
Stay tuned for new activities.