French Classes in Chicago, IL

Improve your pronunciation and understanding of spoken French! Polish your French pronunciation through fun and creative activities such as tongue twisters, songs, poems, and audio exercises, with a special emphasis on hard-to-pronounce consonants and vowels. Themes change each week, and the workshops can be taken individually or as a series.

Finishes present tense, rounds out introductory students' vocabulary and verb knowledge before they begin learning past tense.

Alright, we know you can already introduce yourself and make a damn good first impression. In French 2, we’ll teach you how to take the conversation further. This class is for you if you're familiar with the basics and can say simple sentences in the present tense. Here's What To Expect Know Before You Go Start here if you’ve already completed...

This class focuses on vocabulary acquisition and conversation practice with grammar supplements as needed. In order to reduce paper waste and promote green practices, we provide materials in PDF format and encourage students to bring laptops and tablets to class to refer to the text. Students are responsible for printing their books if they wish to...

This class will be held remotely through live videoconferencing. Ready to learn the "language of love?” Join Harriette and a friendly group of Francophiles in this highly interactive class that includes fun projects. You will become familiar with spoken French through learning basic vocabulary and useful phrases dealing with travel, time, shopping,...

JE PIGE QUE DALLE! Wondering what this means? This workshop is for you! Forget textbooks. Come learn to speak French the way French people actually speak. French Slang is very rarely taught, and yet, it’s a very important – if not crucial – part of the language. Being able to understand it and use it will make a tremendous difference in your...

Bonjour et Bienvenue! Whether you are interested in one-on-one lessons or have a small group of friends and family who you want to study with, ABC Languages customized online program is a great way to build your French skills with lessons designed just for you! Here is an outline of how our program works:   Scheduling Your First Lesson: Choose...

Bonjour et bienvenue! LEVEL DESCRIPTION: If you are able to use all tenses in conversation with at least 75% accuracy but need to work on fluency and build vocabulary, this level is for you! HOW TO JOIN A CLASS: We have a rolling admission policy which means, you will be joining one of our existing group classes that fits the level description above....

Débutant is right for you, if… You have never studied French before, but you've always wanted to. Or perhaps you took high school French…but you were too young to care. You have no idea when to use le, la, or li (oh wait, we made that last one up). You don’t know or remember how to say: I live in Silverlake, or I like coffee. You can...

These groups are a great way to improve your conversation skills. You’ll have a chance to practice with other learners, and an instructor will facilitate the session by answering questions and keeping the conversation going. Recommended for Intermediate - Advanced learners.

Level 3 is for those who are starting to feel comfortable speaking in the present tense, as well as for those who have basic knowledge of how the main past tense works (j'ai mangé, j’ai finí, etc.). Here is a list of things that you should be familiar with to know if Level 3 is right for you: 1) You can say short phrases in French in the present...

Bonjour et bienvenue! FRENCH INTERMEDIATE 1: If you have a strong foundation in the present tense and passé composé but need to work on the imperfect, future and the conditional tenses, this level is for you! HOW TO JOIN A CLASS: We have a rolling admission policy which means, you will be joining one of our existing group classes that fits the...

Your French is impressive, you probably spent some time in France or studied it for a long time. You want to maintain your conversation skills, learn more about French culture and meet fellow francophiles.  True, you didn’t all attend French-language prep school. But some of you amaze us just the same. If you don’t need any grammatical review...

Curriculum: 35 verbs in the present, past, future and past perfect. Possessives. Comparison. Pronunciation. Prerequisite:  Elementary Level 1 curriculum Materials:  Book 2: Devour French 2! $29.95, tax included. Attend more classes at no extra cost: Enroll in the Elementary Level 2 class of your choice and attend ANY of ALL of the Elementary...

Curriculum: Verb tenses: present, past tenses, future, imperative, subjunctive present and past, conditional present and past, conjunctions Prerequisite:  Elementary Level 3 curriculum Materials:  Book 4: Devour French 4! $29.95, tax included. Attend more classes at no extra cost: Enroll in the Elementary Level 4 class of you choice and...