by Alliance Française | Dec 14, 2018 | Blog
Steve, who learns French with Martine in Alliance Française de Bristol, has written this wonderful anecdote about his time in France: Le Cigare de Havane (passé composé imparfaitement) Un jour de canicule, je me suis trouvé dans une ville que je connaissais peu....
by Alliance Française | Dec 3, 2018 | Announcements, Events, Workshops
Have you always wanted to give a try to writing? Why not try to do it in French with Julie, our French writer and poet. She will guide you step by step for 6 sessions and you will produce a short story in French. What we offer: 6 sessions of 2 hours each 10:30 to...
by Alliance Française | Nov 27, 2018 | Announcements, Blog
What have these words all in common besides being French and relating to food (de la nourriture) in small bites size (une bouchée)? They are all dishes (des mets) that are served before a meal (un repas) as pre-dinner nibbles (des bouchées apéritives) for the infamous...
by Alliance Française | Nov 16, 2018 | Blog
Now that you have started your lessons, are you going to say this to your teacher? « Professeurs, vous êtes vieux…. Votre culture aussi » This was one of the many slogans created and used by students during the unrest in May 1968. And they were right, schools and...
by Alliance Française | Nov 10, 2018 | Blog
Three years ago on 13th November, several terrorist attacks took place in Paris, all of them perpetrated by IS, we say Daech in French. One of them was supposed to take place at le Stade de France in St Denis, but the terrorists did not manage to get into the stadium...
