by Alliance Française | May 4, 2014 | Blog
Un acrostiche ( acrostic in English) is a poem you make up using vertically all the letters from one word, each letter starts a verse. Alan, student in Martine’s Tuesday morning French class, wrote one using the word: A tire-larigot, which means doing something...
by Alliance Française | Apr 27, 2014 | Blog
Isa, our French chef and French teacher, once again is ready to teach a new recipe: une blanquette de poissons aux légumes printaniers et risotto aux petits pois et safran.La blanquette de veau is a traditional French dish with pieces of veal cooked in a white sauce...
by Alliance Française | Apr 19, 2014 | Blog
Alliance Française de Bath will be showing Itinéraires on Friday, 25th April, for more info …Itinéraires is a drama by Christophe Otzenberger with Yann Tregouët, Céline Cuignet and Lionel Abelanski.Thierry who is 18 has had problems with the police and is trying...
by Alliance Française | Apr 12, 2014 | Blog
The whole French group went to Lille with Eurostar and spent the weekend exploring Lille, its museums, markets, cafés and restaurants.This is what one of Isabelle’ s students wrote on their return:Mon activité préférée à Lille était le marché couvert, parce...
by Alliance Française | Mar 29, 2014 | Blog
Come and join Alliance Française students in Bath to hear what Lionel can teach you about different champagnes and of course, to taste them. Lionel, who used to be a French teacher, is now a specialist on French wines. He has a wonderful selection of private photos on...
by Alliance Française | Mar 23, 2014 | Blog
Still within the context of La semaine de la langue française et de la francophonie, here is s story about the word: A tire-larigot which we had last week. But this story has a twist to it as it refers to l’OuLiPo ( L’Ouvroir de la Littérature...
by Alliance Française | Mar 16, 2014 | Blog
Every year a whole week is dedicated to the French language in France and in all the countries where French is spoken, for instance in some parts of Africa, in Quebec, in L’Ile de la Réunion in the Indian Ocean and in plenty more. Ten unusual words are chosen to...
by Alliance Française | Mar 9, 2014 | Blog
Photo by K_rho CC BY 2.0Those of you used to visiting the South of France will be familiar with Occitan. It is the most spoken regional language in France, and you will find speakers in Spain, Italy and Monaco as well. Its literature, poetry and music go...
by Alliance Française | Mar 2, 2014 | Blog
It is organized by Emilie, one of the French tutors in Bristol, and takes place next Sunday at 6.30pm, at The Lansdown in Clifton. Thank you to the owners of the pub who do not charge for the room so….. the entrance is free! The film is called Louise...
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