Events

The emphasis is on making students enjoy coming to classes by encouraging their interests and involving them in French culture. Cultural and social outings are organised within a class or for the whole of the Alliance Française.

Current events are usually described on our blog, do have a look at it!

For interviews of French guests of Alliance Française de Bristol and Bath or interviews of French tutors, listen to our podcasts…

Alliance Française de Bristol and Bath offers for this year:

  • A show of sketches and word games

    • Students of Alliance Française de Bristol have been having fun learning French through theatre. Anyone with a little bit of French will understand the show and will really enjoy the evening.
    • Contact: 0117 924 78 09
    • Cost: £2
    • Date: Tuesday, 31st January, 2012
    • Meeting Place: The Hen and Chicken, Bedminster
    • Time: 8.30pm

  • Cineclub in Bath

    • Les mauvais joueurs, by Frédéric Balkdjan with Pascal Elbé and Simon Abkarian: French drama for students taking French courses in Bath with Alliance Française and for anyone enjoying French.
    • Contact: 01225 31 29 30
    • Cost: £6, one drink included
    • Date: Friday, 20th January, 2012
    • Meeting Place: Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath
    • Time: 7.10pm for 7.30pm

  • Wine workshop in French with Lionel, specialist on French wines!

    • Tutored tasting with Lionel, French sommelier and also French tutor!
      • "J'apprends le français et je goûte des vins".
      • Students taking part in this French workshop will be interacting in French with Lionel, learning specific French vocabulary about wines and asking questions in French. It will be a French class where students will taste wines selected with great care by Lionel.
      • A two hour workshop not only for students who take French tuition with Alliance Française but also for all lovers of French wine with a good GCSE French!
      • 10 people maximum, so book early!
    • Contact: 0117 924 78 09
    • Cost: £24, for the 2 hour French class, tasting 4 wines accompanied by nibbles.
    • Date: Thursday, March 8th, 2012
    • Meeting Place: Central Bristol
    • Time: 7.30 pm

  • Grenoble et sa région by Thierry Viennois

    • Lively talk with exciting photos followed by food and wine for students taking a French course with Alliance Française de Bath and anyone with a good GCSE in French.
    • Contact: 01225 31 29 30
    • Cost: £9
    • Date: Saturday, March 17th, 2012
    • Meeting Place: St Luke's Church Hall, Wellsway, Bath
    • Time: 7.30pm

  • Thierry Viennois: France- Angleterre: que de différences?

    • Come and find out what all these differences are and perhaps add some that you have noticed yourselves. This talk is presented by a popular French lecturer and is for students taking French lessons with Alliance Française de Bristol but also for everyone interested in France, a good GCSE French is recommended.
    • Date: Friday, March 23rd, 2012
    • Time: 8pm
    • Cost: £8
    • Place: Badock Hall, Stoke Park Lane, Stoke Bishop ( parking available)
    • Contact: 0117 924 78 09

As a student taking French tuition with Alliance Française you can benefit of:

Individual classes organise:

  • Trips to France (accompanied by a teacher with total immersion in the language).
  • Meals out.
  • Wine tasting.
  • Cinema or DVD sessions.
  • Guided walks.
  • 'Dégustation' of the French galette.

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