by Alliance Française | Dec 15, 2017 | Blog
Nearly everyone interested in French language and French culture knows about the cartoons ( les bandes dessinées ou BD) with Astérix and Obélix but not so many people are aware that Goscinny created these characters ( ces personnages) although his name appears on each...
by Alliance Française | Dec 10, 2017 | Blog
With Christmas fast approaching (avec Noël qui approche à grands pas) some students have asked me if it was possible to get some French cheese in Bristol. La réponse est oui! While your local deli will probably stock some delicious hard cheese (fromage à pâte dure)...
by Alliance Française | Dec 2, 2017 | Blog
If you saw the film Elle s’appelait Sarah you may like to read more about what was going on in France during the second world war ( la deuxième guerre mondiale). Françoise, one of our French tutors, studied UN SECRET de Philippe Grimbert with one of her advanced...
by Alliance Française | Nov 24, 2017 | Blog
Students learning French with Alliance Française de Bristol have discovered Jean Rochefort’s clever and moving obituary on France Inter, by François Morel. Take a few minutes to listen to this wonderful bit of French poetry. Students have taken this opportunity...
by Alliance Française | Nov 19, 2017 | Blog
With some of of 33 weekly classes to learn French in Bristol or one of our 9 French classes in Bath, we have been talking about all the different facets of France. To do so we listened to Marc Lavoine’s song C’est ça la France, listing a lot of little...
