With Paris as both backdrop and classroom, combine classroom instruction, real-life scenarios, and authentic experiences to improve comprehension and spoken command of the language. Explore Paris’ dynamic contemporary cultural scene, learning about French society, youth culture, film and media, music, dance, and cuisine. Interview Parisian market-goers to find the city’s best cheese, croissants, and other French specialties, talk with a museum guard at the Musée d’Orsay about their favorite Degas painting, or prepare a discussion about the role of French hip-hop. Limited class size allows you to set personal language goals together with your instructor so they can provide guidance in the areas you most want to improve. You are required to speak only French in class, and may research an independent topic of your choice relating to French life, which you present during the last week of the program. A minimum of two years of French study is required.