by Alliance Française | Mar 23, 2014 | Blog
Still within the context of La semaine de la langue française et de la francophonie, here is s story about the word: A tire-larigot which we had last week. But this story has a twist to it as it refers to l’OuLiPo ( L’Ouvroir de la Littérature...
by Alliance Française | Mar 16, 2014 | Blog
Every year a whole week is dedicated to the French language in France and in all the countries where French is spoken, for instance in some parts of Africa, in Quebec, in L’Ile de la Réunion in the Indian Ocean and in plenty more. Ten unusual words are chosen to...
by Alliance Française | Mar 9, 2014 | Blog
Photo by K_rho CC BY 2.0Those of you used to visiting the South of France will be familiar with Occitan. It is the most spoken regional language in France, and you will find speakers in Spain, Italy and Monaco as well. Its literature, poetry and music go...
by Alliance Française | Mar 2, 2014 | Blog
It is organized by Emilie, one of the French tutors in Bristol, and takes place next Sunday at 6.30pm, at The Lansdown in Clifton. Thank you to the owners of the pub who do not charge for the room so….. the entrance is free! The film is called Louise...
by Alliance Française | Feb 23, 2014 | Blog
Les JO d’hiver de Sotchi ( Winter olympics in Sotchi) were very promising for the French athletes and the results are very pleasing. France got 15 medals ( 15 médailles), 4 more than in 2010. French commentators have been talking of une moisson de médailles ( a...
by Alliance Française | Feb 16, 2014 | Blog
As usual, Isa, our French tutor and chef, will be showing and helping students make a dish. It will be a dessert this time. Here is some vocabulary to do with preparing de la pâtisserie:You may learn to make some pastry ( de la pâte) with flour ( de la farine), butter...
