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...
by Alliance Française | Nov 4, 2018 | Events, Workshops
A fantastic way to communicate in French with one of our French tutors and Chef! Broaden your knowledge of French cuisine Develop your French vocabulary around food Improve your communication skills in a small group of like-minded students Take home a delicious dish...
by Alliance Française | Oct 24, 2018 | Announcements, Blog
Follow our French teacher Isabelle and her group on their visit: Just a few days and it’s All Saints’ Day (La Toussaint) and what better topic to pick than the largest Parisian park and cemetery! Last summer, during my last visit to Paris with a group of students...
by Alliance Française | Oct 12, 2018 | Blog
Have you heard of L’atelier des lumières dans le 11ème arrondissement de Paris ? It opened last April in the premises of an old foundry which had been left unoccupied for several years. In 2013, Bruno Monnier, Président de Culturespaces, discovered the site, he was...
by Alliance Française | Oct 4, 2018 | Blog
Each year, two of our students applying for the Prix de la ville de Bordeaux are selected to go to Bordeaux for two weeks, take lessons with Alliance Française de Bordeaux and stay with a French host. Read one of the laureate’s experience from this year, Steve:...
by Alliance Française | Sep 22, 2018 | Announcements, Blog
Follow our French teacher Isabelle and her class in Paris: One of the many perks (un des avantages) of studying with Alliance Francaise is to go on a field trip (aller en classe de découverte) with your teacher as I did with my Wednesday group. We met in Paris, a city...
