"Easy-Learn" French Classes*
Speak French with our EASY-LEARN classes or brush up on your French before traveling. Also private tutoring. All levels. *Cooking Classes
Recipes from the best of France
 *Travel to France
Custom tours to Romantic France with a well traveled French native. To see this year's Itinerary CLICK HERE

France Photo Workshop
A Photo Workshop in conjunction with
Vive La France Tours

Children's Daycamps*
Authentic games, dances, and folk
songs from France

Teenage Workshop*
A French Language & culture
workshop for teenagers

Translation Services
Translation of documents,
letters,& Journals
*Social Activities
French holidays, movie nights,
get-togethers

Contact Information
Testimonials
Credentials

Our classes and French tours are small and amiable, and more like family than a formal school or tourist group. Our school uses a natural learning process recognized for its ease of learning and efficiency. You will speak conversational French very quickly, and understand the everyday language of France


Catherine Thorpe, the Salt Lake Valley instructor, and director of the school, is from Paris, France, and a Graduate of the Sorbonne University. She has been a University of Utah French Instructor for 10 years, Utah Opera Coach, and a former director of the Alliance Française language school. She has directed Vive la France  School for 12 years.


Deborah Tait, Catherine's daughter, is the Utah Valley instructor. She is almost a native of France, because her mother was born and raised in France.  Deborah spent several years with her French family, and lived on her own in France for 2 more years. Deborah was a Sterling Scholar in French, and finished her Bachelors degree in French literature at the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. She also has a Masters degree in French Teaching from the University of Utah, and has been a French instructor at the University of Utah and U of U Sandy extension for 8 years.