# FRENCH 15 - Intensive Beginning French: Parisian Culture & Life Semester: Spring | Year offered: 2026 | Link: [Course Website](https://locator.tlt.harvard.edu/course/colgsas-124332/2025/spring/12548) This intensive Beginning French course provides an accelerated introduction to Beginning French with intensive work on interpersonal communication and interpreting and producing language in written and oral forms. Students explore diverse facets of Parisian life through the interpretation and exploration of photos, art, and film and through interactions with native French speakers. Students learn to speak and write in the past, present, and future, make descriptions, ask questions, make comparisons, accept and refuse invitations, give advice, and express hypothetical situations, emotions, and opinions. --- ## Course Head [### Nicole Mills ](/people/nicole-mills) Joint Director of Language Programs Coordinator of the French Language Program Language Advisor for the Office of International Education Adjunct Lecturer on Education in the Harvard Graduate School of Education Co-founder & Advisor of the Certificate in Teaching Language & Culture Academic Degrees: Ph.D. in French and Educational Studies, Emory University; M.A. in French literature, Emory University Research Interests: Psychology of language learning and teaching, virtual environments in language learning, curriculum development, &... ![A professional portrait of a smiling woman.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8296/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-05/Nicole_Mills_102_web2.jpg?h=0d0e4564&itok=83yfIIcH) See also:- [ Language ](/class-categories/language) - [ French language ](/keywords/french-language) - [ French ](/language/french) - [ Nicole Mills ](/language-instructor/nicole-mills) - [ Spring 2026 ](/class/term/spring-2026)