BAY AREA FRENCH CLASSES

EFBA is a nonprofit organization promoting bilingualism, specifically by teaching French in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.

EFBA is a unique French school for children ages 5 to 18. Since French is a minority language in the Bay Area, we have created several programs aiming to offer sufficient exposure to the language to help children willingly and effortlessly become bilingual. We offer 3 interdependent programs throughout the year for all ages and levels: affordable online French classes, afterschool Bay Area French classes, excellent Summer Camps and engaging cultural outings. These programs are different in nature but share the same goal: to expose children to the French language and motivate them to learn through play-based methods adapted to their level.

Thanks to our programs and classes, learning French in the San Francisco Bay Area is fun and easy. Children don’t even realize they’re learning French! 

Our French language learning programs

ONLINE AFTERSCHOOL

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IN-PERSON AFTERSCHOOL

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SUMMER
CAMPS

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CULTURAL
ACTIVITIES

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VIRGULE
COLLECTION

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PRIVATE & SEMI-PRIVATE LESSONS

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“At EFBA, we think that the possibility of preserving the native language contributes to the well-being and psychological balance of the entire family, as well as to building the children’s identities in the context of a happy bilingualism. For those whose family did not emigrate from a French-speaking country, the discovery of another language at the youngest possible age provides a wonderful form of mental gymnastics that allows the creation of new synapses and opens the mind to the world. Most importantly, we must break away from the monolithic perspective to embrace linguistic and cultural diversity, which is another form of biodiversity, and as such, a valuable asset.”

– Gabrielle Durana, Founder and President of EFBA 

FRENCH TEACHING STAFF

Our mission becomes reality thanks to the commitment and professionalism of our teaching staff, volunteers and employees of the organization. Our teaching staff is made up of professionals from both traditional and extracurricular education backgrounds.

FRENCH-SPEAKING VOLUNTEERS

Each year, about one hundred volunteers contribute their time to organize our after-school programs in different cities, play with the children in summer camps or accompany them to museums.

PERMANENT EMPLOYEES

Our executive team is composed of 12 permanent employees who manage the organization and maintain the vitality of our mission.

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PARENT TESTIMONIALS

FASCINATING VENUES

“The students have the opportunity to visit fascinating venues throughout the greater Bay Area. It’s a wonderful way to get kids to interact with a cultural topic, enhance their French vocabulary all while immersed in the language. The colorful and interactive workbooks have a fun scavenger hunt format that the kids really enjoy. There is almost always a good time of outdoor fun and games lead by the staff. The kids get to meet new French students from other communities and interact with French speaking adults who have different accents and backgrounds, which is helpful to their immersion experience.”

– Genene and Andrew

A GOOD PROGRAM

“Learning French was Tristen’s decision. After having heard one French song from my CD, he thought its sound was beautiful. So, at this moment, I started my researched on web and found EFBA in January 2013. EFBA was able to provide a special need assistant for Tristen. It makes him to learn as much as he can. For me, it’s reassuring that Tristen is fully covered safely during this class time. Moreover, class time was good, small class and location was close to my home. (…) As a parent, I can say EFBA is a good program because you have knowledge and patient team to educate kids in after-school program.”

– Haiyu and Tristen