by Alliance Française | Jan 7, 2017 | Blog
Every year at the beginning of January, bakeries in France ( les boulangeries) fill up with two types of cakes to celebrate the Epiphany: Les royaumes (meaning kingdom): Et les galettes: Both of these have a secret; in them are hidden little charms...
by Alliance Française | Dec 31, 2016 | Blog
Here is the second part and the end of the Tuesday morning French group Christmas sketch. Like last year, Robin, who wrote the sketch, chooses an extra syllable to start a word. He chose “bé” this time, so each time la Mère Noël asks him a question, the...
by Alliance Française | Dec 24, 2016 | Blog
For several years now, Robin, student in Martine’s Tuesday morning French class, has written a sketch about Christmas with Robin as the postman (le facteur) and Mother Christmas (la Mère Noël). Sarah is taking this part this year as Maureen who had done it for...
by Alliance Française | Dec 16, 2016 | Blog
Ahhh… I can smell the chocolates from here! Only a few days before Christmas, let’s see if you are ready for it! Have you bought your Christmas tree (votre sapin de noël)? If not it is high time you did it! (Il est grand que vous le fassiez!) You can...
by Alliance Française | Dec 10, 2016 | Blog
One of the pleasures of speaking French is to be able to read the newspaper. We have a list of great websites with news for you to choose from on our website (scroll down). Often, journalists won’t be entirely certain of the information they share. When they...
