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Offering language courses in:  ARABIC - CHINESE - ESOL- FRENCH - GERMAN - LATIN - PORTUGUESE - RUSSIAN - SPANISH - SWAHILI

French Teachers

Olivia Barone

Olivia is currently pursuing a PhD Program in French Studies with an emphasis on linguistics and language acquisition at the University at Albany.  She has just completed all of her course work for her PhD and she hopes to be back, teaching with CRLC, at both of our locations.  She has a B.A. in French Education as well as a M.A. in Holistic Education from SUNY Fredonia.  She has a permanent New York State certification in French grades 6-12. Olivia was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. She teaches group classes and private lessons to students all grades and specializes in integrating interactive activities to suit individual learning styles and goals.

Kate Crosby

Kate is a NYS certified French teacher currently teaching for the South Colonie School District.  She loves everything about French and teaching the language.  She will be offering classes to children and adults at CRLC's two locations, Albany and Ballston Spa, as often as she can find the time.

Rama Das

Rama, a native of India, has been teaching French for more than 20 years.  Fluent in English, French, Hindi and Bengali, Rama has had a lot of experience both learning and teaching languages.  She is offering classes at CRLC's Ballston Spa location.

Armelle Lefebvre

Armelle, a native of France, is available primarily at our Ballston Spa location for children's and adult classes.  She was an IBM programmer for her first career and able to teach business French specific to computers for corporations. 

Helene Pafundi

Upcoming Events

Fulfill your dream of learning another language, or picking up where you left off in HS or college, starting in March 2010.
Several levels of:
Spanish, German and French
New classes forming in:
English, Arabic, Portuguese, French & Russian

First Friday April 2, 2010
Celebrate Guatemala: A multimedia presentation about the women, weavings and fair trade artesania, 6-8:30 pm
BSpa location
Do you have photos from Guate that you would like to share? Please email Kim

Already have proficiency in another language?   Join any of our existing classes after requesting a placement test via email.

On-site Classes...at your school or business

Testimonials..."The small class size ensures that each student speaks, writes, and listens to Spanish during each session."

Ballston Spa's First Friday free events at 6:00 PM on the first Friday of each month. Follow the link below to see what else is happening in the Village's First Fridays.

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