About Our Language Courses

WICE offers French language classes plus French and English guided discussion classes, film classes, and free conversation groups. Language courses are offered from September through June, except during Christmas holidays and official public holidays.

2023 Winter Trimester courses will be held on-line via Zoom as WICE reorganizes following the closing of our office location. Some classes may elect to meet from time to time in a café or other shared space.

For optimal personal attention and expression, core language classes (French 3 and 4) are limited to a maximum of 8 students, film and discussion groups to a maximum of 10.

Which Level Is Right For You

Before enrolling for the first time in a language-learning course, you may want to complete our online Placement Evaluation. It will collect your responses and display your final score sending a notice to the Languages Department. While it is not required, this evaluation may help you choose the right course level. If you have questions thereafter, or are unsure which course to take, please email us at languages@wice-paris.org.

Currently WICE is offering core French classes for levels 3 and 4 only. (See below for criteria.) If you are interested in a lower level, please email us at the address above.

  • Level 3: Capable of having a conversation on familiar topics and routine situations, with some errors. Ability to deal with simple, straightforward information. B1
  • Level 4: Capable of having a more fluent conversation on a wide rante of topics. Strong vocabulary with few mistakes. B2-C1.
  • Film and Discussion courses: These classes offer an opportunity to practice your oral and language skills and to increase vocabulary in a stimulating, less formal context. To participate fully, an intermediate level is recommended.

English Placement Test

French Placement Test

UPCOMING EVENTS

    • 08 Jan 2024
    • 28 Mar 2024
    • 22 sessions
    • Remote on Zoom (online)
    • 5
    Register

    Course Description

    This lively French course will improve your ability to deal with an array of everyday life situations in French. This level is for students who understand simple, straightforward information and can express themselves in familiar contexts and take part in an everyday conversation on simple, predictable topics.

    Using interactive methods to ensure learner engagement and lasting progress, the course will help you develop your vocabulary, oral and written expression, comprehension, and pronunciation.

    Geared for learners with an intermediate knowledge of French, the 90-minute class will be held in French, twice a week for a total of 3 hours per week.

    About the Instructor

    Audrey Charmont has a Masters in Marketing and Communications as well as a DAEFLE (French as a Foreign Language). She has years of French teaching experience in France and abroad.

    • 08 Jan 2024
    • 27 Mar 2024
    • 22 sessions
    • In person, 120 rue de la Boétie (Rez de chaussée), 75008 Paris
    • 4
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    • 11 Jan 2024
    • 28 Mar 2024
    • 11 sessions
    • Online via Zoom
    • 5
    Register
    • 11 Jan 2024
    • 28 Mar 2024
    • 11 sessions
    • Remote on Zoom
    • 3
    Register
    • 12 Jan 2024
    • 29 Mar 2024
    • 11 sessions
    • Remote on Zoom (online)
    • 3
    Register
    • 17 Jan 2024
    • 20 Mar 2024
    • 3 sessions
    • Zoom online
    • 3
    Register
    • 26 Jan 2024
    • 22 Mar 2024
    • 3 sessions
    • Remote on Zoom
    • 2
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    • 02 Feb 2024
    • 29 Mar 2024
    • 8 sessions
    • Remote on Zoom (online)
    • 4
    Register
    • 16 Feb 2024
    • 29 Mar 2024
    • 3 sessions
    • Remote on Zoom
    • 3
    Register

    COURSE DESCRIPTION: For this advanced French course, you will watch a film at home (available on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Canal Plus, Orange, YouTube and other platforms) before a lively and engaging discussion in class. Each month a new film provides a basis for an immersive lesson with authentic spoken language and cultural reference points. If you love movies, there’s no more enjoyable way to increase vocabulary, improve conversational skills, and deepen your understanding of French cinema and culture. 

    Each discussion will focus on analyzing the film from different angles:

    • Creation; production; and reception, both critical and commercial
    • Screenplay, direction, and artistic collaborations such as script, cinematography, acting, and music
    • Specific features in the director's filmography and its place in the French cinema of his/her era.

     For the winter trimester, we will be discussing the following films from the 1960s:

    • 1.    La Peau douce (1964) de François Truffaut, avec Françoise Dorléac, Jean Desailly. Amazon Prime Vidéo
    • 2.     Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (1967) de Jacques Demy, avec Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac, Michel Piccoli, Jacques Perrin. Amazon Prime Video, Canal VOD
    • 3.     Ma nuit chez Maud (1969) de Eric Rohmer, avec Françoise Fabian, Jean-Louis Trintignant. Canal VOD, Universciné

    ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: A graduate of Sciences Po Paris and ESCP Business School with a master's in political philosophy, Pascale Borenstein co-founded the first professional training course for screenwriters, the Conservatoire Européen d'Ecriture Audiovisuelle (CEEA), which she subsequently directed. From 2004 to 2017, she was Director of International Relations and Continuing Education at France's national film school, La Fémis, where she collaborated with the film departments at NYU, Columbia University, and Calarts. Pascale is the co-author of "Histoire de films français" published by Bordas and a lecturer at l'ICART (École du Management Culturel & Marché de l'Art).