by Alliance Française | May 20, 2010 | Blog
Come and share with us an evening of games and drama in accessible French!Tuesday 1st June, 20108.30 pmComedy Box, above the Hen and Chicken210 North StreetBedminster, Bristol, BS3 1JF£2 at the doorTuesday 1st June will be the end of a ten-week course, and the evening...
by Alliance Française | May 13, 2010 | Blog
Suzanne had some difficulty coming back to England because of the ash cloud ( le nuage de cendres) from the Islandic volcano ( le volcan islandais), here is what she wrote:Piegee en Paradis>je me trouve sur une plageAu pays du MexiqueIl fait tres beauLa mer est...
by Alliance Française | May 1, 2010 | Blog
A fantastic way to communicate in French:Broaden your knowledge of French cuisineDevelop your vocabulary around foodImprove your communication skills in a small group of like-minded studentsTake home a delicious dish One of our students taking French tuition with us...
by Alliance Française | Apr 19, 2010 | Blog
An ex-student of Alliance Française de Bristol who used to take French tuition a few years ago is a very keen rugby supporter. He goes to nearly all the 6 nations games ( le tournoi des six nations) and loves going to Paris to Le Parc des Princes. He had an...
by Alliance Française | Apr 10, 2010 | Blog
Good Friday ( le vendredi saint) is not a bank holiday in France. On Easter Sunday ( le dimanche de Pâques) Easter eggs ( les œufs de Pâques) get dropped in the gardens or on balconies by the bells ( les cloches) on their way to Rome where they will ring for the...
by Alliance Française | Mar 27, 2010 | Blog
Although Spring has officially arrived, it was announced on the French radio on March 20th, sleet and snow are forecast for next week so a poem about Winter and snow is still appropriate!Renee who started her French class with us last September and who was then almost...
by Alliance Française | Mar 7, 2010 | Blog
Come to our photo exhibition on the 13th March 2010, 19h30, at St Lukes’Church Hall-Wellsway in Bath.The theme is “Tableau d’enfance”. Do you have a fond souvenir of your childhood? Share it with us with the help of a photo and a short text in French (maximum 800...
by Alliance Française | Mar 1, 2010 | Blog
Florence, French tutor and guide will talk and show photos on modern gardens in Paris that you may know nothing about. She’ll also present some unusual and quaint ones in the Loire Valley: plenty of new ideas for visits!French students taking tuition with...
by Alliance Française | Feb 20, 2010 | Blog
French people like sending their Valentine messages via the national press: one of our French tutors has looked at some of these messages with her students in one of the French lessons as well as some of the more famous quotes on love. Here are a couple:”Le cœur...
by Alliance Française | Feb 8, 2010 | Blog
Here is a little poem for Candlemas, la Chandeleur. In the old days in France, women lit candles, des chandelles so the word Chandeleur , to protect the house from fire and lightning. Do you know that in France we eat pancakes, des crêpes on that day? And you must...
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