by Alliance Française | Apr 11, 2012 | Blog
Audrey, our French drama tutor, is preparing some fun activities while helping you remember this grammar point that you keep getting wrong or teaching you some typical French expressions that you would certainly not have picked up at school!For instance:Le videur: the...
by Alliance Française | Apr 8, 2012 | Blog
John who was 98 last May, was a student in Martine’s French class for 16 years. We celebrated his birthday last year.Here is a tribute that Robin, a student in the same French group, wrote about John:JOHN DAVIS (1913-2012)John was a stalwart member of Martine’s...
by Alliance Française | Apr 1, 2012 | Blog
The tradition seems to go back centuries but nobody is quite sure where it comes from. When I was little, my sister and I always cut out big fishes and we used to try and stick one on each other’s backs without the other one noticing. My sister being much older...
by Alliance Française | Mar 25, 2012 | Blog
For once, the calendar date and the weather have coincided. If you look carefully on the calendar above, you will see:mardi 20 mars: printempsLe soleil brille: the sun is shiningLe ciel est d’un bleu d’azur: the sky is lovely and blueLes arbres ont des...
by Alliance Française | Mar 18, 2012 | Blog
What is la francophonie? Le Haut comité de la langue française in 1977 said:”C’est une sorte d’école de la fraternité humaine.” We should add it is for people speaking French all over the world, either as a mother tongue or as an administrative...
by Alliance Française | Mar 11, 2012 | Blog
Thierry Viennois, French lecturer for the French circles in the UK is coming to Bath on Saturday, March 17th to talk and show photos on Grenoble.Grenoble is situated in the Alps ( les Alpes ) and is near le Massif du Vercors, known for fantastic mountain sceneries and...
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