by Alliance Française | Aug 23, 2015 | Blog
What do the French say about the British?The first thing is that they don’t talk about the British ( les Britanniques), they talk about the English ( les Anglais) and they don’t seem to understand the difference between the English, the Scots ( les...
by Alliance Française | Aug 16, 2015 | Blog
This painting is actually in an exhibition at Bristol City Museum, for more info.Why The Gate of Calais? The painting ( le tableau) depicts a scene in Calais where Hogarth stopped on his way back from a visit in France. He was drawing the arms of England on the old...
by Alliance Française | Aug 9, 2015 | Blog
Véronique, French tutor with Alliance Française de Bath, studied this book with a group of students this last academic year.The story is set in a deserted seaside town, there is the disappearance of a dangerous mentally disturbed man, a rape, a body or… bodies,...
by Alliance Française | Aug 2, 2015 | Blog
Paris Plage was created in 2002, it is la treizième édition this year and it becomes more and more ambitious every year.So what is Paris Plage?5000 tonnes de sable ( sable is sand)des piscines ( swimming pools)des buvettes ( small cafés)des glaciers ( icecream...
by Alliance Française | Jul 26, 2015 | Blog
Avignon is a small town in the South East ( dans le sud est) of France in le département du Vaucluse, North ( au nord ) of Arles and Nîmes.The popes lived in Avignon in the 14th century hence le Palais des Papes.Le festival d’Avignon is the most important...
by Alliance Française | Jul 19, 2015 | Blog
This novel encouraged a lot of discussions in Martine’s French classes, it was also a lot of fun as it is a book full of humour and wit.Here is what Pete had to say, in his own very witty way!Un aller simple – ça mérite un tour ?C’est un roman qui sort de...
by Alliance Française | Jul 12, 2015 | Blog
Martine read with her Friday morning French class as well as with her Wednesday evening French tuition group a novel by Didier Van Cauwelaert called Un aller simple. This book won the prix Goncourt in 1994.Here is a short summary and some positive comments about the...
by Alliance Française | Jul 5, 2015 | Blog
The riders (les cyclistes) were raising money (récolter de l’argent) for PROPS, a Bristol based charity for young people with special needs.The route took them through St Malo, a walled port city in Brittany...
by Alliance Française | Jun 28, 2015 | Blog
Come and join us for our 13th show of French drama this Tuesday upstairs at the Hen and Chicken. It’s an interactive show, and you will get to meet French celebrities (or maybe people pretending to be them)!The second part of the show is based on a reality tv...
by Alliance Française | Jun 21, 2015 | Blog
In one of our French teachers’ class, students were asked this question. One of them, Ingrid, gave this tongue-in-cheek answer:A mon avis, l’événement le plus important de ces 20 dernières années est un moment qui a uni les gens et les a incité à...
Recent Comments