Events

The emphasis is on making students enjoy coming to classes by encouraging their interests and involving them in French culture. Cultural and social outings are organised within a class or for the whole of the Alliance Française.

Current events are usually described on our blog, do have a look at it!

Individual classes organise:

  • Trips to France (accompanied by a teacher with total immersion in the language).
  • Meals out.
  • Wine tasting.
  • Cinema or video sessions.
  • Guided walks.
  • ‘Dégustation’ of the French galette.

Alliance Française de Bristol and Bath offers for this year:

  • A show of sketches and word games

    • Students of Alliance Française de Bristol have been having fun learning French through theatre. Anyone with a little bit of French will understand the show and will really enjoy the evening.
    • Contact: 0117 924 78 09
    • Cost: £2
    • Date: Tuesday, 31st January, 2012
    • Meeting Place: The Hen and Chicken, Bedminster
    • Time: 8.30pm

  • Cineclub in Bath

    • Les mauvais joueurs, by Frédéric Balkdjan with Pascal Elbé and Simon Abkarian: French drama for students taking French courses in Bath with Alliance Française and for anyone enjoying French.
    • Contact: 01225 31 29 30
    • Cost: £6, one drink included
    • Date: Friday, 20th January, 2012
    • Meeting Place: Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath
    • Time: 7.10pm for 7.30pm

  • Wine workshop in French with Lionel, specialist on French wines!

    • Tutored tasting with Lionel, French sommelier and also French tutor!
      • "J'apprends le français et je goûte des vins".
      • Students taking part in this French workshop will be interacting in French with Lionel, learning specific French vocabulary about wines and asking questions in French. It will be a French class where students will taste wines selected with great care by Lionel.
      • A two hour workshop not only for students who take French tuition with Alliance Française but also for all lovers of French wine with a good GCSE French!
      • 10 people maximum, so book early!
    • Contact: 0117 924 78 09
    • Cost: £24, for the 2 hour French class, tasting 4 wines accompanied by nibbles.
    • Date: Thursday, March 8th, 2012
    • Meeting Place: Central Bristol
    • Time: 7.30 pm

  • Grenoble et sa région by Thierry Viennois

    • Lively talk with exciting photos followed by food and wine for students taking a French course with Alliance Française de Bath and anyone with a good GCSE in French.
    • Contact: 01225 31 29 30
    • Cost: £9
    • Date: Saturday, March 17th, 2012
    • Meeting Place: St Luke's Church Hall, Wellsway, Bath
    • Time: 7.30pm

  • Thierry Viennois: France- Angleterre: que de différences?

    • Come and find out what all these differences are and perhaps add some that you have noticed yourselves. This talk is presented by a popular French lecturer and is for students taking French lessons with Alliance Française de Bristol but also for everyone interested in France, a good GCSE French is recommended.
    • Date: Friday, March 23rd, 2012
    • Time: 8pm
    • Cost: £8
    • Place: Badock Hall, Stoke Park Lane, Stoke Bishop ( parking available)
    • Contact: 0117 924 78 09

As a student taking French tuition with Alliance Française you can benefit of:

Individual classes organise:

  • Trips to France (accompanied by a teacher with total immersion in the language).
  • Meals out.
  • Wine tasting.
  • Cinema or DVD sessions.
  • Guided walks.
  • 'Dégustation' of the French galette.

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