After studying French for 100 hours with us in a private or  semi-private class, or 150 hours in a group class, you are eligible, free of charge (actual fee is $260), to take the TEF test designed by the Paris Chamber of Commerce. TEF is a tool designed to assess your proficiency in French. After passing this test, you will be granted a certificate that is widely recognized by business firms and educational institutions worldwide declaring your proficiency in the French language.

Private Instruction:
After discussing your goals and motivations, your teacher will go at your own pace using stimulating and fun teaching materials including creative and colorful worksheets, audio, video and educational software leading you to fluency. You will also become acquainted with French customs and culture thanks to the friendly and cooperative interactions with our staff of passionate teachers.

Semi-Private Instruction:
Using the same teaching methods as private instruction, this is the perfect opportunity to share the fun with your other-half, a friend, or a grandparent and  grandchild!

Group class:
Add the warmth of a group to your learning time. It’s also a great way to make new friends!

Class Descriptions and Prices

• Immersion: 40 hours of French in 5 days! Call for details and schedule.

• Complete Beginner I Senior Class (60+ years old) 4 to 8 students - 18 hours for $475 - 2 hours a week- same program as regular classes.

• Conversational class: ~French / Spanish / Italian for travelers~
  Prerequisite: none.
  5 hours
  4 to 8 students: $99

You learn to handle daily situations and carry on short conversations. You  learn to speak to and understand native speakers. You also get many tips (tax refund, gratuity...).With your new knowledge you are able to greet people, order food, ask for directions,  buy a train ticket,  use the subway, etc. You become acquainted with French culture, which help to make your experience delightful and prevent you from committing any cultural "faux-pas"! Whereas this class enhances your pleasure in France and teach you the essential tools to become an enlightened traveler, you are not yet able to have long conversations. If this is your goal, you should add or join a Complete Beginner 1 class. A traveler booklet is given to you.

• Complete Beginner 1
  Prerequisite: none.
  16 hours (+ 5 free hours of Video Lab)
  3 to 8 students: $449

This class is designed for the student who wants to really communicate with French people and handle with ease expected as well as unexpected situations. This class uses a comprehensive method to teach you grammar naturally while having fun with role games. Conversation is also a big part of this class. You learn the present tense and the near future tense as well as greetings, how to order food, ask for directions, buy a train ticket, descriptions, emotions, etc. You learn the essentials of reading, speaking, understanding and also writing.

• Beginner 2
  Prerequisite: Beginner 1 level.
  16 hours (+ 5 free hours of Video Lab)
  3 to 8 students: $449

This class continues where Beginner 1 left off. You learn to speak about past events and to make suggestions or give orders. You also learn how to carry more elaborated conversations. More complex texts from French magazines are used.

• Beginner 3
  Prerequisite: Beginner 2 level.
  18 hours (+ 5 free hours of Video Lab)
  3 to 8 students: $475

This class continues Beginner 2. You review the acquisitions of Beginner 1and 2 while gaining proficiency and accuracy in expressing your ideas. You learn to build and link your sentences like a native. You also learn to talk about events in the future, clothes shop, and explore more vocabulary themes such as making a reservation over the phone and writing a letter to a hotel or tourist office to ask for information.

At the end of the Beginner class series, you will feel at ease in France, knowing how to deal with everyday situations and some unexpected situations (like: "the shower is clogged!"). You will have gained a better understanding of  culture and grammar.

• Intermediate 1
  Prerequisite: Beginner 3 level.
  18 hours (+ 5 free hours of Video Lab)
  3 to 8 students: $475

After reviewing the acquisition of the Beginner Levels, you learn to express conditions, wishes and regret, invite and decline an invitation.... You get more grammar tools to improve the fluidity of your French. Conversation will be emphasized.

• Intermediate 2
  Prerequisite: Intermediate 1 level.
  16 hours (+ 5 free hours of Video Lab)
  3 to 8 students: $449

You review and explore all the ways to precisely describe  situations and events in the past, the present and the future. You use texts about the French education system, French etiquette, and the cultural differences between the US and France.

• Intermediate 3
  Prerequisite: Intermediate 2 level.
  18 hours (+ 5 free hours of Video Lab)
  3 to 8 students: $475

You expand your vocabulary and your teacher speaks only  in French. This class allows you to use all your previous knowledge in varied real situations.

At the end of Intermediate III, you feel very comfortable speaking with French people. Movies and songs are still challenging to understand, but practicing is very rewarding at this point. However, you can't understand yet all the idiomatic expressions (like "it’s raining cats and dogs"), and are missing some of the grammar needed to express all your ideas.

• Advanced 1
  Prerequisite: Intermediate 3 level.
  18 hours (+ 5 free hours of Video Lab)
  3 to 8 students: $475

After reviewing the acquisitions of the Intermediate Level, you learn to express "subjective" ideas. You use texts coming from French science, economic, and fashion  magazines to develop your vocabulary. You learn to argue and make a point.

• Advanced 2
  Prerequisite: Advanced 1 level.
  18 hours (+ 5 free hours of Video Lab)
  3 to 8 students: $475

Using the same type of materials as in Advanced1, you learn how to write short essays and study the two tenses used only in Literature, granting you access in the original version to not only Victor Hugo, Descartes, Rousseau, Camus, and Proust, but also to contemporary books.

• Advanced 3
  Prerequisite: Advanced 2 level.
  18 hours (+ 5 free hours of Video Lab)
  3 to 8 students: $475

In this class, you spend half the time reinforcing your vocabulary with some fun exercises and the other half will be spent  discussing  political, economic, social or cultural issues while reinforcing the grammar in context.

• Expert
  Prerequisite: Advanced 3 level
  18 hours (+ unlimited Video Lab)
  3 to 8 students : $475

This class in on-going. A little of everything is taught in this class along with a review of  grammar. Vocabulary and accent reduction are stressed.

After 150 hours of French (about 2 years with Languages Institute Inc.), you can take specific classes:

• Business French (gain your official associate, bachelor’s or master’s degree in economics with LI and the University of Paris).
• Legal French (gain your official associate, bachelor’s or master’s degree in French law with LI and the University of Paris).
• Psychology (gain your official associate degree, bachelor’s or master’s degree in psychology with LI and the University of Paris)

Prerequisite: T.E.F. score of 600 / 900  and a High School diploma.