Calendar of our French lessons

Daytime group lessons: 5 lessons per week (mornings from 9am to 1pm). A session includes 4 weeks of classes. If you would like to take two weeks of classes, you will enter a current session. Beginners must enrol at the beginning of each session.

Evening group lessons: 2 lessons per week (Tuesday and Thursday from 6pm to 8pm). A session includes 4 weeks of lessons.

2025 calendar - Day courses

To guarantee continuous and coherent progress, our courses are aligned with the CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, and integrate a cultural and intercultural dimension.

Which programme should I choose? Learning Program.

2025 calendar - Day courses

Sessions Start date End date
1 January 6, 2025 January 31, 2025
2 February 3, 2025 February 28, 2025
3 March 3, 2025 March 28 ,2025
4 March 31,2025 April 25, 2025
5 April 28, 2025 May 30, 2025
6 June 2, 2025 June 27, 2025
7 July 7, 2025 August 1st, 2025
8 August 4, 2025 August 29, 2025
9 September 1, 2025 September 26, 2025
10 September 29, 2025 October 24,  2025
11 October 27, 2025 November 21, 2025
12 November 24, 2025 December 19, 2025

 

2025 calendar - Evening courses

If you’re only available at the end of the day, we offer an EVENING COURSE PROGRAM.

Sessions Start date End date
1 January 6, 2025 January 31, 2025
2 February 3, 2025 February 28, 2025
3 March 3, 2025 March 28 ,2025
4 March 31,2025 April 25, 2025
5 April 28, 2025 May 30, 2025
6 June 2, 2025 June 27, 2025
9 September 1, 2025 September 26, 2025
10 September 29, 2025 October 24,  2025
11 October 27, 2025 November 21, 2025
12 November 24, 2025 December 19, 2025

* The Intensive French course (32h) starts on Mondays and the Extensive French course (16h) on Tuesdays.

Closing days

The Alliance Française Lyon is closed on public holidays.

Please note there is no discount or a postponement on courses when the school is closed because of public holidays.

Public holidays Dates
New Year’s Day Wednesday, January 1st 2025
Easter Monday Monday, April 21, 2025
Labour Day Thursday, May 1st, 2025
Victory Day 1945
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Ascension Day
Thursday, May 29,2025
Whit Monday
Monday, June 9, 2025
National Day Monday, July 14, 2025
Assumption Day
Friday, August 15, 2025
 All Saints’ Day
Saturday, November 1st, 2025
Armistice Day 1918
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Christmas Day
Thursday, December 25, 2025

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