LEWISTON — The Dolard & Priscilla Gendron Franco Center will host French classes for adults starting Monday, Sept. 10.

The 10-week session will be held Mondays from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. through late November. The classes are intended for those who want to improve their proficiency in French.

Varied topics will be used as a guide to help with speaking. The pace is relaxed and class is taught in French with English explanations, as needed. Students are asked to bring a binder or folder and something to write with.

Vanessa Stasse will teach the course. Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec to Belgian parents, she has a master’s degree in anthropology from Laval University in Quebec City. She has lived in Maine for more than 10 years, teaching French and yoga, and interpreting in French, English and Portuguese.

Classes will take place in Heritage Hall at the Franco Center. The cost for the 10 classes is $120.

To register by mail, send contact information and payment to Adult French Classes, Gendron Franco Center, 46 Cedar Street, Lewiston, ME 04240. The center requires a minimum of eight people per class session. If that threshold is not met, full refunds will be issued to those who have registered and paid.

The center will offer a class for beginners later in the fall. Dates are still being determined. The center also offers French conversation opportunities, a French film series, as well as other cultural and language programs in partnership with community organizations. 

For more information go to FrancoCenter.org, email jjacques@francocenter.org or call the center at 207-783-1585. Like the Franco Center on Facebook to keep up to date on these and other programs and events.

The center is handicapped accessible and is at Cedar and Oxford streets in Lewiston, just across the Bernard Lown Peace Bridge from New Auburn.

Vanessa Strasse