French Language Courses
We offer online lessons as well as lessons in person. Contact us now for an assessment.
Alliance Française, the French specialist, offers French tuition for:
- Small classes (8 to 10 students for the majority of lessons, 3 classes with 8 to 12) in North, Central and South Bristol and online
- Online classes
- Individuals
- Business and specific purposes
- Preparation for DELF DALF, TEF and TCF nationalité française
Our lessons are kept informal, motivating and above all professional – our teachers are French nationals, specifically trained and qualified to teach French to adults. Their experience and dedication have always been essential to the success of our courses. Over 65% of our students re-enrol for more French tuition.
The official centre for French language and culture
Alliance Française is a global network of associations which aims at establishing a dialogue of cultures through high quality French tuition and organising cultural activities in 130 host countries. In the United Kingdom, courses and cultural events are offered through a well-established network of 13 language centres and 52 clubs.
The Alliance Française de Bristol, established in 1983, with a branch in Bath since 1993, has grown from strength to strength, with more than 60 courses running each year and more than 500 students last academic year.
2021-22 promises to be an exciting year, with more French classes and French cultural events online and in person if possible. Never want to miss one of our events again? Subscribe to our newsletter: http://eepurl.com/c3PoQ
Latest Blog Updates
Have you seen or read the play La femme du boulanger by Marcel Pagnol?
Martine, French tutor with Alliance Française de Bristol, read it with a group of students. They took some of the parts and read them out loud in the lessons.It is the story of a baker whose wife, Aurélie, has disappeared, everybody knows she has left with a...
What clichés do you know about the Bristish and the French?
What do the French say about the British?The first thing is that they don't talk about the British ( les Britanniques), they talk about the English ( les Anglais) and they don't seem to understand the difference between the English, the Scots ( les Ecossais) and the...
Do you know the painting by Hogarth The Gate of Calais or O the Roast Beef of Old England?
This painting is actually in an exhibition at Bristol City Museum, for more info.Why The Gate of Calais? The painting ( le tableau) depicts a scene in Calais where Hogarth stopped on his way back from a visit in France. He was drawing the arms of England on the old...