by Alliance Française | Mar 22, 2015 | Blog
Audrey asked her students in her Thursday French class to write a story about a murder ( un meurtre) or a premedited murder ( un assassinat) and who did her students choose to kill? Their French teacher!! ( Leur professeur de français!)Here is one of the...
by Alliance Française | Mar 15, 2015 | Blog
The film will be La Cérémonie, a drama ( une comédie dramatique) by Claude Chabrol with Isabelle Huppert and Sandrine Bonnaire.Sophie, Sandrine Bonnaire, works as a maid ( une bonne) for a well do to, cultivated family ( une famille aisée et cultivée). They live in an...
by Alliance Française | Mar 8, 2015 | Blog
We had some lovely weather lately and we did think Spring ( le printemps) was here. So, Catherine, a student in Audrey’s French tuition group, got busy in her garden ( elle a fait du jardinage), took some cuttings ( des boutures), she chose comfrey or knitbone (...
by Alliance Française | Mar 1, 2015 | Blog
With her Monday evening French class, Isabelle, has been looking at words related to a specific month of the year. One of her students introduced La fête des agrumes ( citrus fruits) or La fête du citron ( lemon) in Menton.The festival starts on 14th February and...
by Alliance Française | Feb 22, 2015 | Blog
Martine’s Friday morning French class listened to Bernard Lavilliers’ s beautiful song, Les mains d’or when Jac&Co came to visit Alliance Française in late 2014 and were to sing this song for us. There are some striking ( frappantes) and...
by Alliance Française | Feb 15, 2015 | Blog
Where would you say la St Valentin is most celebrated? Here are some statistics taken in Metronews this week: France comes in 3rd place ( 3ème place) after the US and the UK, with 51% of couples celebrating. The most common presents are: Un dîner ( a meal): 37% Des...
