If you have taken French for Beginners - Part I or know some French, but would like to expand your vocabulary and use of the language then this online course is for you!
Bonjour!
As promised, we are offering the follow-up to the beginning course from the spring with instructor Nikki Matheson. Learn more vocabulary and strategies for learning French both in and out of class. Topics will include food (of course), travel French, more greetings, numbers, hobbies, expressions and culture. If you have any specific interests, please us know during registration. The text book Easy French: Step by Step will serve as more of a road map that will supplement in-class instruction. Come learn this useful and lovely language with laughs in a relaxed setting. Please purchase a copy of the textbook: Easy French Step by Step (McGraw Hill) from Amazon or order from your local bookstore.
This class will meet online. You will receive an email prior to the start date of your class with information on how to participate.
Nikki was raised in a bilingual household. Born in Canada, she grew up just outside of NYC, spending summers in northern Québec with her famille québecoise. She also studied French in the US and at the Université de Rouen, and has a Master’s Degree in Teaching French (MATSL). Shortly after college, her great love for music garnered her the invitation to tour with a French band for 6 months, after which she ended up living in Paris for 14 years, performing with major artists there. In addition to her musical work, she worked as a translation editor, lyric adapter, and still consults for TV, movies, and book adaptations of English works going into French (Really, how to you translate the term “Grey Gardens”).
She has taught students aged 3 to 73, including at the Middlebury-Language Academy, L’Alliance Française, and Norwich University, where she now works in academic support. She also taught French to the VT National Guard so they could deploy to Senegal, and even interpreted for Senegal’s President Sall when he came to meet with Gov. Shumlin in VT. She loves French and thinks you should too!
Nikki Matheson
