by Alliance Française | May 27, 2012 | Blog
The jury ( le jury) du Festival de Cannes chose Michael Haneke’ s latest film, Amour to receive La Palme d’Or. The main actors of Amour are French: Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva, which is rather nice as no French film and no French actors were...
by Alliance Française | May 20, 2012 | Blog
Anne, French tutor and qualified guide, is taking a group of students having French tuition with Alliance Française around Bristol on 24th May.La visite guidée will be entirely in French and will enable students to discover Bristol through its architecture, its...
by Alliance Française | May 13, 2012 | Blog
Our French teacher, Gwen, has a group of students who hardly had any French when they started in the Autumn, here is a poem written in March by Klaudia:Sous la maison il y a un petit appartement.Dans le petit appartement il y a un escalier.Sous l’escalier il y a...
by Alliance Française | May 5, 2012 | Blog
We are going to go to the polling station ( le bureau de vote) tomorrow, 6th May to elect (élire) our new president. We always vote on a Sunday ( dimanche).Voting is not compulsary in France but usually, at least 70% of people vote.Les bureaux de vote will open at 8am...
by Alliance Française | May 1, 2012 | Blog
A sprig of lily of the valley ( un brin de muguet) is a must on 1st May ( pour le premier mai). It is meant to bring you luck ( porter bonheur) as explained on the blog on 1st May last year. One sprig is sold for 1.50 euro this year. It is the only time that you will...
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