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Spring 2008 office hours

Monday - Friday
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.

2008 - 2009 Calendar

Spring session 2008
March 31 - June 7, 2008
make-up week:
June 9 - 14
Special session 2008
Email the AF or call 757.217.8906 for dates, times, and classes being offering during the special session.
Fall session 2008
September 8 -
November 15
make-up week:
November 17 - 22
Winter session 2009
December 1 - February 21, 2009
make-up week:
February 23 - 28
*No classes will be held from December 22, 2008 - January 2, 2009


Language classes

The Chapitre de Grasse organizes French language and culture classes, for all ability levels and all ages, regularly throughout the year. For more information on our regularly scheduled group classes, private/corporate instruction, or registration, please contact:

Alliance Française Institut
222 W. 21st St., Ste F-313
Norfolk, VA 23517
Telephone: 757.217.8906
E-mail: AFChapitredeGrasse@hotmail.com

Establishing schools for French-language instruction is the primary focus of the Alliance Française. The AF believes that a knowledge of the language is instrumental in understanding French culture. Because we specialize in teaching French, the AF provides optimum efficiency and flexibility in language instruction. In addition, we have a long- established policy of affordable tuition and fees. Over the years, the AF's programs have come to be characterized by the following:
  • Comprehensive and effective instruction. Recognizing that the goal of students is to communicate, the AF focuses on practical results and employs instructors who work using modern, efficient methods, including the latest audiovisual technologies. Inspired by skilled teachers, students rapidly acquire knowledge of the language in an authentic French environment. Small and personal classes have proven to yield the most effective results.
  • Careful selection of instructors. Selection of instructors is crucial to the success of the AF program. Accordingly, over 80% of our instructors are native French speakers from France and other Francophone countries; some are full-time French-language teachers for regional school systems and universities.
  • Flexible courses of study. Broadly diverse, the AF's student body includes members of the business, civic, and educational communities, as well as retirees and students from kindergarten through college. Keeping in mind the different needs of each group, we design our programs to offer maximum flexibility. Tailor-made courses can range in intensity from two hours each week for group classes to as rigorous a schedule as six hours, six days per week for private instruction.
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