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
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| Ascension Day |
Thursday, May 29,2025
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| Whit Monday |
Monday, June 9, 2025
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| National Day | Monday, July 14, 2025 |
| Assumption Day |
Friday, August 15, 2025
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| All Saints’ Day |
Saturday, November 1st, 2025
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Armistice Day 1918
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Tuesday, November 11, 2025
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Christmas Day
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Thursday, December 25, 2025
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See also
