Classes are structured into one of five levels:
These levels correspond to the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages), an international standard for describing language proficiency.
Adult classes are arranged in 10-week terms. Classes meet once a week for two hours and cost $350 ($17.50 per hour of instruction).
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We have a total of four terms in a calendar year. Classes are offered mostly in the evening from 6:00 to 8:00pm, sometime on Saturday mornings.
In addition to tuition, an annual membership is required.
Memberships are $40 for an individual or $55 for a family. Membership for students currently enrolled in a local university, is only $20.
You will need a textbook. The name textbook can be found in the details of each class. You can then refer to the Textbook Guide for the ISBN and links to purchase the book.
Classes are offered throughout the year in 4 terms, each consisting of 10 sessions.
The Alliance Française de Kansas City offers a wide range of French classes for adult learners of all levels - from complete beginners on up. All classes are in person.
This introductory class is intended for students with no prior experience in French. It is the first of 3 levels at the A1 beginner
level.
Course content: Totem 1 - Dossiers 1 - 2
Make sure to purchase your textbook before your class: Textbook information
This introductory class is intended for students coming in from A1.1. It is the second of 3 levels at the A1 beginner level.
Course content: Totem 1 - Dossiers 3 - 4
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This class is intended for students coming in from the level A1.2. It is thelast of 3 levels at the A1 beginner level. Contact us to make sure this is the right class for you.
Course content: Totem 1 - Dossiers 5 - 6
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This class is intended for students coming in from the level A1.3. It is the first of 4 levels at the A2 elementary level. Contact us to make sure this is the right class for you.
Course content: Totem 2 - Dossiers 1 - 2
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This
class is intended for students coming in from the level A2.1. It is the second of 4 levels at the A2 elementary level.
Contact us to make sure this is the right class for you.
Course content: Totem 2 - Dossiers 3 - 4
Make sure to purchase your textbook before your class: Textbook information
This
class is intended for students coming in from the level A2.2. It is the third of 4 levels at the A2 elementary level.
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Course content: Totem 2 - Dossiers 5 - 6
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This class is intended for students coming in from the level A2.3. It is the last of 4 levels at the A2 elementary level. Contact us to make sure this is the right class for you.
Course content: Totem 2 - Dossiers 7 - 8
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This class is intended for students coming in from the level B1.1. It is the second of 4 levels at the B1 intermediate level. Contact us to make sure this is the right class for you.
Course content: Totem 3 - Dossiers 3 - 4
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This class is intended for students coming in from the level B1.4. It is the first of 4 levels at the B2 intermediate level. Contact us to make sure this is the right class for you.
Course content: Cosmopolite 4 - Dossiers 1 - 2
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This class is intended for students coming in from the level C1.2. It is the third of 6 levels at the C1 advanced level. Contact us to make sure this is the right class for you.
Course content: Cosmopolite 5 - Dossier 3
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This class takes place over a series of 5 sessions throughout which we will discuss how words have developed into their current
forms in Modern French and how interested students might successfully pursue further etymological research on their own.
The series is tought by Dr. Andrew Clark will be held in English, so regardless of your level in French, you will be able to enjoy
this class.
Nearly everything in French is thousands of years old: from Latin, Greek, Frankish Germanic, and other Indo-European and even Semitic
languages, the adoption and evolution of words, syntax, and grammatical structures follow specific rules that can easily be understood with
the basic instruction of a few starting principles.
Since with respect to the changing of individual words over time – in addition to the omnipresent historical, geopolitical, and cultural influences – the physiology of the human body plays the most important role, we will thus begin with the exciting fundamentals of phonetics and train our minds to understand how the mouth produces the sounds of language. We will then move on to the composition of word forms (Morphology), the principles of spelling (Orthography), and the relationship of parent languages to their daughters (Comparative and Historical Linguistics).
Pace: 2hrs per week for 5 weeks
Saturdays: 1 pm-3pm
👉Classes start on Saturday February 14, 2026
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