What we’re about
French Conversation Club: la version vingt-et-unième des salons du dix-septième…
Please read the following to learn about us, and what we do in our events.
> You can learn French by yourself; you can study the grammar every day; reading will expand your vocabulary; with the help of television and radio you’ll improve your comprehension; but there is one thing -- the most important one that brings all your effort and endeavor to fruition -- that you cannot do by yourself: you cannot practice speaking French with/to yourself.
> French Conversation Club offers you that rare and precious commodity.
> Our members are advanced, intermediate, and beginner speakers. Meanwhile, we do not forget that learning a language is an ongoing process. With short tutorial presentations at each event, our events are more like an opportunity to learn and not simply a platform to socialize in French. We encourage you to bring a notebook and a French-English dictionary to the events—why not learning something new each time you attend an event?
> ** A few words about myself: I hold a master’s degree in French literature, have taught French at the college level, organized and hosted French conversation events for the past 18 years, and currently teach French in private sessions (one-on-one or small groups).
> Native, advanced, intermediate, and especially beginner levels speakers are welcome.
> For the time being, our events are held online.
Membership for the club is free. There is a $3 event fee. Once you sign up for an event, you will receive an email directing you how to pay the event fee—which you will pay on the morning of the event. Your contribution will help us offset the cost of maintaining this website.
*** This is a 40-minute Zoom meeting (the event is posted as 1 hour because this website does not provide the means to change 1 hour to 40 minutes).
If you would like to learn or improve your French, Hamid offers THE BEST one-on-one tutoring. For the beginners and intermediates, Hamid works on improving comprehension and speaking; and for the advanced speakers, Hamid offers college-level curriculum to sharpen their fluency.
> Merci et à bientôt,
> Hamid/French Conversation Club
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> Refund policy: Once you pay the event fee on the morning of the event, a transaction fee is going to be deducted by PayPal from it right away (I think for a $3 transaction it would be 15, or 20 cents). If the fee needs to be refunded, for a reason that is not related to my undoing, it will be refunded minus the transaction fee, or you can forward the paid fee to the next upcoming event.
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> *This meetup is for adults only.