LEWISTON — After a summer hiatus, the Franco-American Heritage Center has announced it will resume French Reacquisition classes for adults and Fun in French classes for children after Labor Day. Each set of classes runs for six weeks.

French Reacquisition classes are scheduled for Monday and Tuesday nights from 6 to 8 p.m. beginning Monday, Sept. 8. Mondays nights are for adults with intermediate to advanced French-speaking abilities, with class taught almost exclusively in French. Tuesday night classes are for complete beginners with little to no experience with the language and taught mostly in English.

The Monday sessions will skip a week on Oct. 14, to observe the Columbus Day holiday, while the Tuesday classes will run six consecutive weeks. Both will be taught by Diane Pelletier-Perron, a Lewiston native who spent 18 years living in France and who as a result has a deep knowledge of the differences between Parisian and North American varieties of French.

Fun in French classes will be held on Saturday mornings from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and are intended for children between the ages of 4 and 10. Each child or sibling pair must be accompanied by a parent, grandparent or other adult caregiver. Like the adult class, Fun in French will also break for Columbus Day weekend.

The purpose of Fun in French is not necessarily to make fluent French speakers out of children but rather to introduce them to their Franco heritage, to teach basic French expressions and to pass on the traditions their Franco ancestors brought with them as they settled in the area.

The course will be taught by Jacynthe Jacques, a native of Quebec who has lived in the Lewiston area for the last 17 years. Jacques will also begin teaching after-school French classes this fall at Sherwood Heights Elementary School as part of the Maine French Heritage Language Program, administered locally by the Franco Center.

The full six weeks of French Reacquisition classes costs $75. Fun in French classes cost $60 for six weeks, and additional siblings may be added for $40. Classes for both adults and kids require a minimum of eight students per session, with refunds issued to those who have prepaid if that threshold is not met.

More information about these classes can be found on the Franco Center’s new website at FrancoCenter.org in the “Education and Heritage” section.