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Connexions entre le Créole de Louisiane et le Français Louisianais

Workshops - Ateliers
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French Grammar

Specialized Courses
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Pace: Once a week, 1h lesson

Histoire de la littérature louisianaise au XIXème siècle

Workshops - Ateliers
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Les spécificités de la langue créole de Louisiane

Workshops - Ateliers
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Scents Atelier

Workshops - Ateliers
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Pace:

A1.0 Introduction to French

Partial Course

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Your very first French workshop!

Are you interested in learning French but feeling hesitant to start in our general curriculum? Our A1.0 Intro Course is the perfect starting point for complete beginners who want to learn at a slow and steady pace. Designed to provide a relaxed and supportive learning environment, this workshop will help you master the basics of French without feeling overwhelmed.

Alternatively, if you're comfortable with a regular beginner's pace, our A1.1 Complete Beginner course is also available. Our expert instructors will guide you through the fundamentals of French, helping you develop the skills you need to succeed no matter which course you choose.


Pace: Once a week, 1.5h-lesson

A1.1 Beginner French

Full Course

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A1.1 Welcome beginners !

This class is designed as an introduction to the French language. You’ve chosen to learn French, and your teacher will guide you on a journey of discovery through its rich linguistic and cultural landscape.

By the end of A1.1, you’ll be able to introduce yourself, spell your name, greet others naturally, count from 0 to 99, and talk about where you’re from. You’ll share basic personal information, express likes and dislikes, and hold short, practical conversations about everyday topics.

You’ll also learn to introduce someone else, fill out simple forms, name countries and cities, and find your way around a city — building the solid foundations needed to communicate in French.

This course is designed for complete beginners. No previous knowledge of French is required. Please note: A1.0 is not a prerequisite. You can start directly with A1.1


Pace: Once a Week, 2h-lesson

A1.1 Beginner French

Full Course

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A1.1 Welcome beginners !

This class is designed as an introduction to the French language. You’ve chosen to learn French, and your teacher will guide you on a journey of discovery through its rich linguistic and cultural landscape.

By the end of A1.1, you’ll be able to introduce yourself, spell your name, greet others naturally, count from 0 to 99, and talk about where you’re from. You’ll share basic personal information, express likes and dislikes, and hold short, practical conversations about everyday topics.

You’ll also learn to introduce someone else, fill out simple forms, name countries and cities, and find your way around a city — building the solid foundations needed to communicate in French.

This course is designed for complete beginners. No previous knowledge of French is required. Please note: A1.0 is not a prerequisite. You can start directly with A1.1


Pace: Once a Week, 2.5-lesson

A1.2 Beginner French

Full Course

Cosmopolite A1 textbook cover This class is designed for false beginners who already have basic foundations in French.

By the end of A1.2, you’ll be able to locate places on a map, talk about transportation, accommodation, and travel situations, and ask questions to get to know people along the way. You’ll describe your family and others, discuss your likes and dislikes, hobbies, work, passions, and future dreams, and explain a simple health issue.

Prerequisite: A1.1 or placement test.


Pace: Once a Week, 2h-lesson

A1.2 Beginner French

Partial Course

Cosmopolite A1 textbook cover This class is designed for false beginners who already have basic foundations in French.

By the end of A1.2, you’ll be able to locate places on a map, talk about transportation, accommodation, and travel situations, and ask questions to get to know people along the way. You’ll describe your family and others, discuss your likes and dislikes, hobbies, work, passions, and future dreams, and explain a simple health issue.

Prerequisite: A1.1 or placement test.


Pace: Once a week, 1.5h-lesson

A1.2 Beginner French

Full Course

Cosmopolite A1 textbook cover This class is designed for false beginners who already have basic foundations in French.

By the end of A1.2, you’ll be able to locate places on a map, talk about transportation, accommodation, and travel situations, and ask questions to get to know people along the way. You’ll describe your family and others, discuss your likes and dislikes, hobbies, work, passions, and future dreams, and explain a simple health issue.

Prerequisite: A1.1 or placement test.


Pace: Once a Week, 2.5-lesson

A1.2 Beginner French for Parents at Ecole Bilingue

Partial Course

Cosmopolite A1 textbook cover This class is designed for false beginners who already have basic foundations in French.

By the end of A1.2, you’ll be able to locate places on a map, talk about transportation, accommodation, and travel situations, and ask questions to get to know people along the way. You’ll describe your family and others, discuss your likes and dislikes, hobbies, work, passions, and future dreams, and explain a simple health issue.

Prerequisite: A1.1 or placement test.


Pace: Once a week, 1.5h-lesson

A1.3 Beginner French

Full Course

Cosmopolite A1 textbook cover This class is designed for false beginners who want to keep building confidence and fluency in French.

By the end of A1.3, you’ll be able to talk about time, schedules, and daily routines, including your work life. You’ll make plans, invite someone out, and accept or decline invitations naturally. You’ll also talk about past events, recent experiences, and projects, understand a simple biography, and describe someone physically.

Prerequisite: A1.2 or placement test.


Pace: Once a Week, 2.5-lesson

A1.4 Beginner French

Full Course

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Congratulations on reaching the final stage of the A1 level! You’ve made great progress, and now it’s time to take your skills to the next level.

By the end of the course, you’ll be able to share childhood memories, describe life experiences, understand a biographical profile, and describe someone’s physical appearance. You’ll also learn to give simple advice and talk about travel plans and practical needs.

Prerequisite: A1.3 or placement test.


Pace: Once a Week, 2.5-lesson

A2.1 Advanced Beginner French

Full Course

From A2.1 to A2.4 : completed within 100 to 120 hours (4 sessions of once-a-week classes).
Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment). Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters. Can describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need. Also include conversation class.


Pace: Once a Week, 2h-lesson

A2.1 Advanced Beginner French

Full Course

From A2.1 to A2.4 : completed within 100 to 120 hours (4 sessions of once-a-week classes).
Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment). Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters. Can describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need. Also include conversation class.


Pace: Once a Week, 2.5-lesson

A2.2 Elementary French

Full Course
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A2.2 is designed to help you express opinions and interact more naturally in everyday and cultural situations.

By the end of the course, you’ll be able to compare habits, talk about how things have changed over time, and share your learning experience. You’ll interact confidently in stores and restaurants, describe and qualify people and objects, give positive or negative opinions, recommend a movie or show, and organize a social event.

Prerequisite: A2.1 or placement test.


Pace: Once a Week, 2.5-lesson

A2.2 Light (Part 2) Elementary French

Partial Course
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A2.2 is designed to help you express opinions and interact more naturally in everyday and cultural situations.

By the end of the course, you’ll be able to compare habits, talk about how things have changed over time, and share your learning experience. You’ll interact confidently in stores and restaurants, describe and qualify people and objects, give positive or negative opinions, recommend a movie or show, and organize a social event.

Prerequisite: A2.1 or placement test.


Pace: Once a week, 1.5h-lesson

A2.3 Elementary French

Full Course
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A2.3 helps you handle more complex, real-world situations in French with confidence.

By the end of the course, you’ll be able to compare travel programs, prepare a trip, ask for information about accommodation, and describe places in detail. You’ll also learn to deal with basic administrative documents, talk about cultural experiences, and understand advice and safety instructions.

Prerequisite: A2.2 or placement test.


Pace: Once a Week, 2.5-lesson

A2.4 Elementary French

Regular-10 Week

From A2.1 to A2.4 : completed within 100 to 120 hours (4 sessions of once-a-week classes).
Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment). Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters. Can describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need. Also include conversation class.


Pace: Once a Week, 2.5-lesson

Beginner Conversation A2

Conversation Course
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A2.4 is the final step of the Elementary level, preparing you for greater autonomy in French.

By the end of the course, you’ll be able to express feelings and emotions, organize a weekend getaway, and describe meaningful travel or life experiences abroad. You’ll also learn to understand job ads, search for work, offer your services, and give advice with confidence.

Prerequisite: A2.3 or placement test.


Pace: Once a week, 1.5h-lesson

B1.1 Independent French

Full Course
From B1.1 to B1.4 : completed within 100 to 120 hours (4 sessions of once-a-week classes).
Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. Can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken. Can produce simple connected text on topics, which are familiar, or of personal interest. Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes & ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans. Also include Conversation classes.
Pace: Once a Week, 2.5-lesson

B1.2 French Independent

Full Course
From B1.1 to B1.4 : completed within 100 to 120 hours (4 sessions of once-a-week classes).
Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. Can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken. Can produce simple connected text on topics, which are familiar, or of personal interest. Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes & ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans. Also include Conversation classes.
Pace: Once a Week, 2.5-lesson

Intermediate Conversation B1

Conversation Course
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You’re Almost at B2 — Finish B1 Strong!

You’ve come a long way in your French journey! B1.4 is the final course of the B1 level and your last step before moving on to B2.

Continue strengthening your speaking, listening, grammar, and vocabulary while developing the confidence and fluency you’ll need for the next level.


Pace: Once a week, 1.5h-lesson

B2.1 French Advanced

Full Course

From B2 Part 1.1 to B2.4: completed within 100 to 120 hours (4 sessions of once-a-week classes). Students are able to communicate with a degree of spontaneity and ease so that a conversation with a native speaker does not involve tension for either party. It is also the level of language proficiency that most French universities require from undergraduate foreign students. Also include Conversation classes.


Pace: Once a Week, 2.5-lesson

Intermediate/Advanced Conversation B2

Conversation Course

Prérequis : B1.4 ou test de placement.

From B2 Part 1.1 to B2.4: completed within 100 to 120 hours (4 sessions of once-a-week classes). Students are able to communicate with a degree of spontaneity and ease so that a conversation with a native speaker does not involve tension for either party. It is also the level of language proficiency that most French universities require from undergraduate foreign students. Also include Conversation classes.


Pace: Once a week, 1.5h-lesson

Advanced Conversation C1

Conversation Course
From C1 Autonomous:  Students are able to express themselves spontaneously and fluently in social, professional or academic situations without any apparent difficulty in finding the right words.


Pace: Once a Week, 2.5-lesson

C1.4 Proficient French

Full Course
From C1 Autonomous:  Students are able to express themselves spontaneously and fluently in social, professional or academic situations without any apparent difficulty in finding the right words.


Pace: Once a Week, 2.5-lesson

Advanced & Proficient Conversation (B2-C1)

Conversation Course
Boost your confidence and Cosmopolite A1 textbook cover fluency in French with our lively conversation classes, designed for intermediate to advanced speakers. Join a friendly group setting to practice real-life language skills through engaging, topic-based discussions.
Pace: Once a Week, 2h-lesson

Advanced Conversation (B2)

Conversation Course
Boost your confidence and Cosmopolite A1 textbook cover fluency in French with our lively conversation classes, designed for intermediate to advanced speakers. Join a friendly group setting to practice real-life language skills through engaging, topic-based discussions.
Pace: Once a week, 1.5h-lesson

Intermediate Conversation (A2-B1)

Conversation Course
Boost your confidence and Cosmopolite A1 textbook cover fluency in French with our lively conversation classes, designed for intermediate to advanced speakers. Join a friendly group setting to practice real-life language skills through engaging, topic-based discussions.
Pace: Once a week, 1.5h-lesson

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$50.00 USD

Code: HS26-Scents-Atelier

Ce workshop sera offert en anglais et français. Les fiches seront dans les deux langues. En 2 h, nous développerons notre sensibilité olfactive autour de différentes activités sensorielles et développerons, par la même occasion, notre vocabulaire à travers les odeurs. Parmi les odeurs à découvrir, quelques-unes seront celles des marais de Louisiane, en passant par d'autres territoires qui bordent la côte louisianaise et les rives du Mississippi. Venez sentir et découvrir par l'odeur des régions et des mots.

Depuis notre naissance, notre sens de l’odorat joue un rôle essentiel. À l’âge adulte, nous avons parfois tendance à l’oublier ou à le négliger. C’est pourquoi Manon Bellet propose cet atelier olfactif. Il s’agit simplement d’encourager les participants à se concentrer délibérément sur les parfums et les odeurs, et de les sensibiliser aux senteurs du paysage qui les entoure. L’objectif est de nous permettre de renouer avec notre sens de l’odorat dans notre environnement quotidien. Et, parallèlement, pour reconnaître l’importance de l’odorat chez les plantes et les insectes, tant dans leur environnement que pour leur survie.

L’atelier olfactif s’adresse aussi bien aux enfants qu’aux adultes et aux seniors. Il favorise la créativité : décrire les odeurs avec des mots enrichit l’imagination et ouvre de nouvelles voies d’expression. Il suscite des discussions originales et renforce les liens grâce à une expérience unique, à la fois intime et partagée.

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This workshop will be offered in English and French. The handouts will be in both languages. Over the course of two hours, we’ll explore our sense of smell through various sensory activities and, at the same time, expand our vocabulary through scents. Among the scents we’ll discover are those of the Louisiana marshes, as well as others from areas bordering the Louisiana coast and the banks of the Mississippi River. Come smell and discover regions and words through scent. 

Since birth, our olfactory sense has been vital. As adults, we sometimes tend to forget or neglect it. That's why Manon Bellet  proposes this olfactory workshop. Simply by encouraging participants to focus explicitly on scents and odors. And to make them aware of the smell of the surrounding landscape. To enable us to reconnect with our olfactory sense in our everyday environment. And at the same time, to recognize the importance of the olfactory sense of plants and insects in their environment and for their survival.

The scent workshop is suitable for children, adults, and seniors. Fostering creativity: Describing scents in words enriches the imagination and opens up new channels of expression.  It sparks original discussions and strengthens bonds through an intimate yet shared unique experience.

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About Manon Bellet:

In addition to teaching French, Manon Bellet has a background as an artist. About ten years ago, she began a research project titled “Golden Waste,” which was launched in 2017 with the support of Tulane University. This research focuses on extracting scents from areas surrounding New Orleans and extending as far as the Gulf of Mexico. The very idea behind this project is to create an olfactory memory of places in constant flux and for some endangered and, at the same time, to place the local population of these specific areas at the center of the project through their testimonies and their shared knowledge of the riverine areas and their territories.

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À propos de Manon Bellet

Outre son activité d’enseignante de français, Manon Bellet a une formation d’artiste. Il y a une dizaine d’années, elle a lancé un projet de recherche intitulé « Golden Waste », qui a vu le jour en 2017 avec le soutien de l’université de Tulane. Ces recherches portent sur l’extraction de senteurs provenant des environs de La Nouvelle-Orléans et s’étendant jusqu’au golfe du Mexique. L’idée même de ce projet est de créer une mémoire olfactive de lieux en constante évolution et, pour certains, en voie d’extinction et, parallèlement, de placer la population locale de ces zones spécifiques au cœur du projet grâce à leurs témoignages et leur connaissance partagée des zones riveraines et de ses territoires.



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