Alliance Francaise of Charleston, SC

Learning French

Our French Classes

Emphasis in all courses is on communication achieved through active student participation.

All classes are conducted in French, giving you maximum exposure to practice in the language.

Small classes are standard to facilitate communication.

The teachers are native speakers of French.

The Alliance Française de Charleston offers 5 levels of group classes, all of them focusing on conversation:

    - Very Beginner level, Tuesdays 2:30pm Old Library Society 164 King Street.  Call Marie-Laure Arnaud at 843 884-5228 or email

    - Beginner level, for true beginners, Tuesdays 3:30pm Old Library Society 164 King Street:  Call Marie-Laure Arnaud at 843 884 -5228 or email
  

    - Beginner level for advanced beginners, Thursdays 1pm Barnes and Nobles, West Ashley:  Call Nicole McCauley at 843 797- 7242 or email
 

    - Intermediate level, for those who read, speak and write moderately well, taught by Claire Auberjonois  843 609 8204 or email
    - Advanced level, for those who are almost fluent, taught by Marie-Laure Arnaud.  Please contact Marie-Laure at 843 884-5228 or email

Classes are for members only.

Classes held for less than 3 students  will be considered as semi-private classes. They are organized by sessions that last eight weeks.

Price: $100.00 per eight week session.  For questions or registration, contact Corinne Mills


Private Lessons

If you are interested in more intensive and specific instruction, check out our private classes tailored to your needs.   $ 30.00 per hour for members only.  For more information, contact Corinne Mills 

Translations

English/French      Anglais/Français

 Basic cost is $30.00 for a single document (i.e. birth certificate, marriage certificate, etc). For all other translations, a final quote will be given after we have reviewed the original document.

 Translation cost for a technical document will depend on the document's length and level of difficulty.

 The turnaround time is about one week depending on the length of the document.

For more information, contact Corinne Mills