BEGINNER FRENCH 102 / SPRING SESSION 2025
ON ZOOM Mondays, 5:30 to 7:30 PM MAR. 17TH TO APRIL 21ST
Beginner French 102 Spring 2025
Mondays 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Starting March 17, 2025 to April 21st on ZOOM
In this continued six-week course we start with the Beginning of the French in Action Program by Yale Professor Pierre Capretz. You will be speaking and reading from the start, watching videos and learn about France, the French and their culture, their quirks, their ins and outs and maybe even learn to understand some of their humor. Grammar is seamlessly woven into the texts and we will examine grammar step by step. – If you watch videos 2 to video 6 and feel comfortable following it, this beginner level course is suitable for you.
The atmosphere is friendly, nonjudgmental and collegial. - We meet on Zoom, so we won’t have to worry about snow, ice or anything else.
Textbook: French in Action, The Capretz Method, Third Edition Part 1. Hardcover Textbook!
Grammar Book: The Ultimate French Review and Practice, Premium Third Edition
COST: $200 for members, membership necessary
For questions e-mail Yvonne Kolodny@ YvonnePK@usa.net
To register, go online or email alliancefrancaisenh@gmail.com indicating your name, address, phone number and class name.
All the material can easily be found online.
BEGINNER FRENCH 103 / SPRING SESSION 2025
ON ZOOM Thursdays, 5:30 to 7:30 PM Mar. 20TH To Apr. 24th, 2025
Spring Beginner French 103 / March to April 2025
Thursdays 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Starting Thursday, March 20, 2025 on ZOOM
This is a six-week Course, continuing the Winter course. We work with the popular French in Action Program, created by the late Yale Professor Pierre Capretz. - You will be speaking, reading and writing French. You will watch videos and learn about France, Culture and Humor. The Grammar is seamlessly woven into the texts and we will examine grammar step by step. This course is ideal for people who have had some prior French or followed our Fall course. If you watch the videos 11 to 16 and feel comfortable following them, this course is for you.
The atmosphere is friendly, nonjudgmental and collegial. - We meet on Zoom. No need to commute and fight traffic
Textbook: French in Action, The Capretz Method, Third Edition, Part One, Hard Cover
Grammar Book: The Ultimate French Review and Practice, Premium Third Edition
All the material can easily be found online.
COST: $200 for members, membership necessary
For questions e-mail Yvonne Kolodny @ YvonnePK@usa.net
To register, go online or email alliancefrancaisenh@gmail.com indicating your name, address, phone number and class name.
BEGINNER FRENCH LITERATURE COURSE/ SPRING SESSION 2025
ON ZOOM Tuesdays, 5:30 to 7:30 PM Mar. 18th To Apr. 22nd, 2025
Spring Beginner Classic French Literature Course
Tuesdays, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Starting Tuesday, March 18, 2025 on ZOOM
In this course, we read adapted short work and excerpts from classic French writers and philosophers mostly between 17th to 20th centuries. We will also look at the biographies of the authors and the historical background and culture of their times.
Grammar and vocabulary are implemented as a “byline”. Thoughts and comments on the readings are expressed in French with some help of English.
This course is designed to practice French as Enrichment and Fun.
The atmosphere is friendly and nonjudgmental.
Material is provided. A grammar textbook is required:
Grammar Book: The Ultimate French Review and Practice, Premium Third Edition
All the material can easily be found online.
COST: $200 for members, membership necessary
For questions e-mail Yvonne Kolodny @ YvonnePK@usa.net
To register, go online or email alliancefrancaisenh@gmail.com indicating your name, address, phone number and class name.
Intermediate/ Advanced French Class - Spring Session
Wednesdays, March 12th to Apr. 30th, 2025
The Adult Intermediate/Advanced French Class will meet every Wednesday, starting Wednesday, March 12, 2025 and run for 8 weeks at the home of Jacqueline Munk in Milford. Should the weather not cooperate, we will meet via ZOOM.
Our classes are small and the atmosphere is friendly, non-judgmental and conducive for conversation. Classes will be two hours at a time, from 6:30 – 8:30 pm EST on Wednesday and run for six weeks. Starting day: March 12. Class sizes are limited in order to give everyone the optimum experience.
In this course, we will concentrate mainly on the conversational aspect of the language. Our goal is to have you easily express yourself on various topics du jour, incorporating correct grammar as much as possible. On the structured side of the course, we will use the second book of the French in Action series, starting with lesson 37. Grammar will be reinforced in the Workbook II. This course will be conducted entirely in French. All four language skills listening, speaking, reading and writing will be practiced and homework will be assigned. Videos to French in Action are easily accessible online. These videos also touch on grammar and vocabulary. If you watch video 37 and are comfortable with the language, this course is for you.
https://www.learner.org/series/french-in-action/
Required Books: 1)French in Action Textbook Third Edition, Book 2 and 2) French in Action Workbook, Part 2. The books may be purchased online for less at various online bookstores like Amazon, Abe Books, Alibris Books, and more.
The instructor, Jacqueline Munk, was born in France, moved to the US as a child, and was educated in the US, where she concentrated in French Literature. She spent summers in Quebec and France during her teens and college years, furthering her proficiency in French. She received a BA and a MA in French from Southern Illinois University. She went on to work in the business world for 25 years, returning to teaching in 2001. She is a retired certified teacher of French in Connecticut, teaching Middle School and High School French in North Haven.
Students must be members of the Alliance Française of New Haven to qualify. Membership fees are $30 for student, $35 for senior, $45 for an individual, $55 for a couple, and $60 for a family. Please send your check made out to Alliance Française of New Haven. Your check should include your tuition ($250.00) and your membership to AFNH (if you are not already a member), and your registration form to the address:
Alliance Française New Haven, PO Box 207333, New Haven CT 06520.
Registration and Payments can be done online: http://alliancefrancaisenewhaven.org/
Class Registration
Email your request for class placement to alliancefrancaisenh@gmail.com and submit payment to AFNH, PO Box 207333, New Haven, CT 06515.
Note: NO Class will run if fewer than four students are registered.
Submission indicates agreement with the withdrawal policy shown below.
Withdrawal Policy
Given our nonprofit status, our commitment to keeping tuition costs down, and our responsibility to our teachers, tuition fees cannot be transferred to another session, another person, or a private lesson. For all courses: All cancellations must be received in writing.
Please state the course name, the number of classes attended, and the reason for the cancellation.
Refunds will be processed according to the following:
- If a request is made in writing before the beginning of the first class, class tuition will be refunded; however, a $25 cancellation fee will be deducted.
- If a request is made in writing before the second class, you will be refunded the full course cost; however, a $25 cancellation fee + $25 for the first class will be deducted.
- After the second class, no refund will be given.
- When the Alliance Française cancels a course, payments are refunded in full, or a make-up class is scheduled.
- No refund or credit will be given for classes not attended.