by Alliance Française | Apr 5, 2015 | Blog
Audrey’s students have plenty of imagination and are very good at using the passive form in French: well done!!Here is another student proving she has a good alibi: La coupable, ce ne peut être moi! Il y a quelques raisons. Premièrement, Audrey a été retrouvée à...
by Alliance Française | Mar 29, 2015 | Blog
Audrey’ students in her Thursday French class are determined to prove that they have not committed the crime ( ils n’ont pas commis le meutre) and they all find good alibis ( de bons alibis) and reliable witnesses ( des témoins sûrs). This student was with...
by Alliance Française | Mar 22, 2015 | Blog
Audrey asked her students in her Thursday French class to write a story about a murder ( un meurtre) or a premedited murder ( un assassinat) and who did her students choose to kill? Their French teacher!! ( Leur professeur de français!)Here is one of the...
by Alliance Française | Mar 15, 2015 | Blog
The film will be La Cérémonie, a drama ( une comédie dramatique) by Claude Chabrol with Isabelle Huppert and Sandrine Bonnaire.Sophie, Sandrine Bonnaire, works as a maid ( une bonne) for a well do to, cultivated family ( une famille aisée et cultivée). They live in an...
by Alliance Française | Mar 8, 2015 | Blog
We had some lovely weather lately and we did think Spring ( le printemps) was here. So, Catherine, a student in Audrey’s French tuition group, got busy in her garden ( elle a fait du jardinage), took some cuttings ( des boutures), she chose comfrey or knitbone (...
by Alliance Française | Mar 1, 2015 | Blog
With her Monday evening French class, Isabelle, has been looking at words related to a specific month of the year. One of her students introduced La fête des agrumes ( citrus fruits) or La fête du citron ( lemon) in Menton.The festival starts on 14th February and...
by Alliance Française | Feb 22, 2015 | Blog
Martine’s Friday morning French class listened to Bernard Lavilliers’ s beautiful song, Les mains d’or when Jac&Co came to visit Alliance Française in late 2014 and were to sing this song for us. There are some striking ( frappantes) and...
by Alliance Française | Feb 15, 2015 | Blog
Where would you say la St Valentin is most celebrated? Here are some statistics taken in Metronews this week: France comes in 3rd place ( 3ème place) after the US and the UK, with 51% of couples celebrating. The most common presents are: Un dîner ( a meal): 37% Des...
by Alliance Française | Feb 8, 2015 | Blog
Le club de lecture ( book club) in Bath is now in its second year and Véronique, the French tutor, who is organizing it, is very pleased by the response and interest.Students and teachers will be meeting next Thursday, for more info… Of course, Patrick...
by Alliance Française | Feb 1, 2015 | Blog
Audrey, our French tutor, in charge of the French drama workshops, is all set for the next show which will take place on Tuesday at 8.30pm, for more info on venue and time …The show is entitled Maître Chef after the English programme but also the French one,...
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