Learn French

Learn French pronunciation and gain basic conversational, language, and reading skills for fun and travel, together with an introduction to French culture and contemporary topics.


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French for Beginners

Saturday, October 5 - November 16
10:30AM - 12:30PM
$189 / Seven Classes

Instructor: Mary Helen Weber
Location: Victory Parkway Campus

Learn the basics of the most romantic of the Romance languages! This course offers a foundation of French pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar designed to make sense to American beginners. The class will develop basic French conversational skills useful for travel and everyday situations, in-person, in a relaxed, informal, encouraging atmosphere in a spacious classroom. In addition to new topics, each class will incorporate practice from prior class material to reinforce retention and understanding. Students also will become acquainted with contemporary French culture and geography. 

Textbook available on Amazon approx. $14-20: French: A Self-Teaching Guide, 2nd Edition, by Suzanne A. Hershfield-Haims
ISBN 0471369586 or 978-0471369585 


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Mary Helen Weber

Language Instructor

Mary Helen Weber majored in French at Wellesley College and earned an M.A. degree in French from Harvard. She has an excellent background in French through training and travel, and experience as an instructor.