Alliance Française d’Atlanta

This is the best place to learn French in Atlanta. I have been going here four years now and study the Intermediate Advanced level currently. The location is central to the city, close to The High Museum and Piedmont Park, restaurants all around, parking in the building is validated if you are a student or member. Classes are kept to a manageable size and the teachers are all native speakers. They share the premises with the German institute so it really feels like an international language arts center. The staff are very nice, very helpful and fun. They have a well-​stocked library of books and DVDs — free to borrow if you are a member here. Your membership also gets you into some events free — including movie screenings at the venue. Other events you can get a discount and you can also get discounts at partner venues across the city. They host monthly prix fixe dinners at French restaurants so you can mingle with others outside your class and practice the language. I have enjoyed my classes there, borrow books and DVDs all the time, approach the staff if I have any questions about anything related to France and French, like the great rapport shared with the profs and other students in class. I would recommend studying French here if you’d like. The fees may scare you a bit, especially when its a new level and you have to pay for the books as well but they do allow staggered payments so you can choose to pay small amounts as you go along with the course rather than paying a few hundred bucks at the very beginning. They host events throughout the year which are an added bonus — great avenues to learn more about Francophone countries.