Courses & Workshops
Courses start at the beginning of each month throughout the year.
You can start focus workshops (grammar, speaking...) in the middle of a session.
We kindly advise you to register at least 4 weeks before the course starts in order to secure a seat.
Veuillez consulter les dates proposées.
If you enrolled after 2019, you can download your school certificate by going to your profile https://www.alliancefr.org/my/account My administrative space"
If you were registered before 2019, we can issue a manual certificate after payment of editing costs
A language test is sent to you after we receive your payment and before you start your course, in order to evaluate your level and place you in the right group.
We have enough groups to offer you the right course for your needs.
We cover levels A1 to C1.
The customer service is there to advise you. It is open from Monday to Friday from 9am to 11am and from 1pm to 3pm. We welcome walk-ins.
Our classes have a maximum of 14 students.
This French course is oriented towards self-expression and communication through an original and structured method that involves phonetics, vocabulary, and grammar(both oral and written) through various activities and dialogues.
No books are necessary for this course. You will work on extracts from contemporary plays, film dialogues, and authentic documents taken from the press including: interviews, biographies, reviews of shows, summaries of films and plays, cartoons, etc.
Yes, we offer massive open online courses on the France Université Numérique website:
Vivre en France (A1)
No, we do not offer courses for children and teenagers. The minimum age to take a course at the Alliance Française de Paris is 18.
No. You can download a school certificate attesting to your participation in an Alliance Française course (e.g.: 72h intensive course for level B2 from July 1st to July 28th).
If you wish to be officially certified, you can register to DELF, TEF, DALF or CLOE.
Administrative Rules
We invite you to contact the Customer Service Department with the following information:
SURNAME
FIRST NAME
DATE OF BIRTH
NATIONALITY
TYPE OF TRAINING DESIRED (e.g.: intensive, online evening course, grammar workshop...)
DESIRED START DATE
DURATION OF TRAINING (ex: 1 month, 2 months...)
and your employer's contact information
ORGANIZATION NAME
ADDRESS
HR CONTACT EMAIL
We will then send a quote that must be accepted by the employer.
If you wish to change your course dates, it is necessary to inform us at least 2 weeks before the planned starting date of your course.
Only one postponement is allowed.
In the event of absence, courses cannot be made up or refunded.
Yes because Alliance Française de Paris is a higher education institution.
However, we are not responsible for the visa process.
If a registration certificate certificat de préinscription is requested by French visa authorities, we can issue one for 350 € but it will be not refundable if you do not get the visa. If you get the visa and are able to join our classes, we will deduct 250 € from the course fees.
We invite you to contact the French Embassy or Consulate in your country directly to find out how to obtain a visa.
With official proof, payments made for your course can be refunded.
The application fee and the deposit cannot be refunded.
Compte Personnel de Formation (CPF)
The processing time for CPF requests is 11 business days, or 15 calendar days.
For example, for the session starting on Monday, March 2, the deadline for submitting a request on Mon Compte Formation is February 12.
Vous pouvez utiliser votre CPF pour financer une formation à la langue française à l'Alliance Française de Paris. Retrouvez les informations en suivant ce lien : CPF à l'Alliance Française de Paris.
DAEFLE, DAMOCE and DPFAP cannot be funded by CPF as well.
The following Alliance Française de Paris courses are eligible for CPF funding:
intensive course
semi-intensive course
hybrid in-person course
hybrid course in a virtual classroom
C1 class in the late afternoon (in person)
C1 evening classes (virtual classroom)
Workshops on oral communication, grammar, phonetics, DELF B1 or B2 preparation, and French courses using theater techniques are not eligible for CPF funding.
Professional training courses for teachers (DAEFLE, DPAFP, etc.) and managers (DAMOCE) cannot be funded by the CPF. Except for the CPF reserved for civil servants.
As with individual enrollment, our courses are open to students aged 18 and over. To apply for CPF training at the Alliance Française in Paris, you must have achieved level A1.
We hope the situation will change soon and invite you to browse our website on a regular basis.
To be funded by your CPF, a certification must validate the training.
Therefore, anyone taking French as a foreign language courses at the Alliance Française in Paris must pass the CLOE certification in FLE at the end of their training.
Training requests must be made directly on the Mon Compte Formation website by selecting the type of course and the desired duration. It is possible to register for a period of 1 to 4 consecutive months using your CPF, except for C1 courses.
If you wish to finance a course that costs more than your CPF account balance, you can supplement the payment with your own funds by paying the difference directly on MonCompteFormation.
Once our school has received the application, a placement test is sent to the student. Based on the results of this test, we will decide whether or not to accept the application for the course.
You can contact customer service atcpf@alliancefr.org.
Other Questions
Following our MOOCs do not lead to a certificate, but to an "attestation of successful completion" if you have validated more than 50% of the course.
On this certificate, you can find the logos of the Alliance Française de Paris and of the France Université Numérique (FUN) platform who will send you the certificate.
For all questions about the DAEFLE, please consult the following page:
This course is offered in partnership with the CNED.
For more information:
The building is accessible to people with reduced mobility.
In order to welcome you in the best conditions, we invite you to send us an email to the following address: inscription@alliancefr.org