Are french lessons at the Alliance Francaise tax deductible?  What about if they are taken at a "regular" college or university?  These are classes that are not part of a degree program.  Thanks
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If you use them for business, they are.
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Two solutions: you raise the issue with the french administration....and don't be surprised if they have a go at you! Or consider yourself lucky and don't tell them, but if they have made a mistake and they notice later, they'll make you pay for it and probably with penalty. I've lived in France and to be honest...i've always had to pay my habitation tax even when i was on low income!
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Berlitz used to offer an immersion course that lasted two weeks.\nCheck:   Yahoo.fr for address & phone
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Hi there.  The taxation system here seems complicated - I'm in the process of looking for work in France.  The rates depend on your family situation and whether you are self employed or employed.  It is bureaucratic to register here as a business and there is a crackdown on people who are working for 'cash in hand'.  National Insurance contributions are high - up to 40% and then there is income tax on top (maybe 20%) + you will need to top up on health insurance.  If you are getting an income from UK - say from a property rental or investments then that would need to be declared in France.  If you aren't fully resident here then you can continue to pay your taxes in England under the common agreement (can't remember its name). I don't have all the answers yet by any means, but like you, have taken the plunge!  Most ex-pats I know have used the David Hampshire books as their starting point but you might need specialist advice.  Living France and other such magazines have listings and there are Anglo-info websites for the regions with contacts too.  All the very best with your move.
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In France, you can find two types of universities:\n- la faculté : there are many in Paris but there is no real competition between them. It depends more of where you live. Two of them are more famous than the others, though : la Sorbonne and Dauphine. They surely offer courses in English. Try to see their websites.\n- les grandes écoles : they are more selective (French students can only enter them after difficult entrance exams they usually take after two years of intensive preparatory classes) and they are better considered on the labor market. They usually all offer courses in English but it is reserved to foreign students who come from a partner foreign university. Moreover they are usually specialised in engineering ( Polytechnique in Paris)or business (HEC or ESCP in Paris) studies. For the other fields there are only the ENS schools who are the most selective grandes écoles in France. I think you can also only attend them if there is a partnership with your universities but they are different from the other schools because French students become civil servants when they get admitted so I don't know how it works for foreign students.
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I've never used any of it.  I went through my college bit by bit and took coursed just because the opportunities came up.  I can honestly say I learned more by doing things than sitting in a classroom and it's just a certificate now.  I own my own businesses and even though my degree is in business it would only help if I worked for me.  I guess I use some of the accounting, but then again I learned Quick books for that.  I had fun though.
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The 'Alliance Francaise' has a good reputation around the world. I'm French and I know many people who have learned Franch with this organisation: they were satisfied and their French is very good indeed!\nStill, the quickest method to learn a language is to spent a few months in the country.
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I didn't know they were teaching tax preparation in barber schools these days.  Just a suggestion but you might want to check any information regarding taxes with a tax professional.  Only in rare circumstances could the information your barber gave you be applicable.  I would not even guess what he was talking about.
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Go with your interests.  Personally, I find them all equally hard/easy. (I am native american, started with German, added French and I can read and make myself understood at a survival level in Spanish and Italian.)\nHowever, if there are any instructors that are 'TPRS' teachers  (ask around) take WHATEVER that language is.  There are not very many at the college level.  Also talk to other students and find out which language has the most instructors with high student ratings.  The teacher and teacher's methods can make all the difference for a beginning student.  They can dazzle you with complex grammar and lots of work, or they can lead you gently to the same end.  \nEnjoy, though,  Languages are fun if you decide to do the work to learn them!
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The legal concept called "intellectual property" is at work here.  \n\nThink of it as equivalent to going to a movie.  Because you paid admission to the theatre, is it your right to record the film being shown, and then to do what you want with that material?  Could you then take that material, burn it onto DVDs and sell copies?  No, that would be called piracy, and it is prohibited by federal and international law.\n\nIt's the same thing in a classroom.  If you are my student, you have not paid for the rights to my intellectual property.  My intellectual property includes anything I create (a syllabus, a lecture, a presentation, a book, an article, etc.).  Your tuition dollars do not entitle you to own any of these things.  Your tuition dollars DO provide you with the opportunity to attend classes at a university, and to choose (or not to choose) me as your guide and mentor as you attempt to learn certain things that lie within my field of expertise.\n\nIntellectual property law is important in that it is NOT anyone's right to do what they want with my lectures (tape them and post them online, burn CDs containing them, broadcast them over the radio, etc.).  If a student takes one of my classes, s/he enters into an agreement in which s/he will abide by the contract (syllabus) I have created, and will endeavor to earn a good grade by fulfilling that contract to the best of his/her ability.  If a student wishes to tape my lectures, s/he may ask that I permit this. (This is equivalent to asking to amend our contract - my syllabus.)   If I believe that this student will use my lecture only for purposes of study, I might agree.  Or I might not.\n\nBottom line?  Students do not pay for lectures, as they are not commodities.  They pay for the right to work toward an education, and an education is earned, not bought.
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If you work at that school, you can probably take classes for free.  I know the schools I have worked at let full time employees and sometimes the spouses and children take classes at no charge.  Review your employee handbook or look online at your human resources page because you probably can go for free!  Isn't that great news?  Whoo-hoo, I'm jealous!
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My question is, do you have a degree in English?  If so, there are many schools here in the US that you can work at, but you have to take a national exam to determine what grade level you can teach at.  As far as going to a school to extend your education, financial aid is available to all students who enter into college as long as you meet the certain criteria.  I am attending a community college here in Indiana, but financial aid and housing is available only in universities and some technical schools.  I am originally for the Houston, Texas area, there is Texas A&M and it has a really good English Program, Pre-Med, and also Business.  But do not let that be your only choice.  If you need some help looing for a school you can email me at joe_cop@yahoo.com I am always on.
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I have been taking on-line courses for about a year now. (Business Adminastration) I am taking them though the local college. I checked out the on-line at other places and their cost was 3 times as much as our local college. Yes, you can get financial aid for these, but it is no where near the amount that it will cost you. ADVISE: Get out of the one you found on the internet, and go to your local college, take the on-line courses through them. Your Financial aid will cover these. Books and all!!!
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I feel that anytime a class like that is offered you should allow your child to take it.  Any additonal free classes like that will only help in the long run.  For example; college admission; better jobs.  My daughter was introduced to several languages in our school system when she was smaller.  She is now finishing her 4th year and will receive an Advanced Diploma when she graduates from High School in 2007.(and will have 5 years of Spanish)  Most colleges look for a secondary language or require it for admission.  But clearly if your child truly does not like the class I agree that something else should be offered to those students.  (Choir, Art, Self Defense)  Maybe you could approach your local school board with these questions or start with the teachers/principals.  I really wished that I had parental and educational guidance when I was her age, to send me or even encourage me to try something new.  I would be making more money with another language today, if I had taken spanish.  Good luck.
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How about don't be so lazy.... go to Google type in French colleges etc. and get way more results than 5!
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The best way is not to take classes but to immerse yourself in the language.\n\nSee if you can get an exchange program where you go to an english speaking country for at least 6 months.  If you are immersed in the language at the same time you're studying it you'll become a much better speaker of the language.\n\nIf you're coming to the states avoid Alabama (my french teacher was born in France and moved to Alabama when he was 7, it was hell).
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The French colleges are present in many countries of the world. They are school establishments of the secondaries which exempts the courses fancais some. some propose even a French schooling (with a French baccalaureat)