Sunday 29 January 2012

Don't forget to come and see the French show prepared by students doing the French drama course with Alliance Française de Bristol:

A French show of dialogues, games, speed dating and more....
Audrey, the French tutor running the drama course, encourages you:

" Venez voter pour le couple gagnant: il y a un fermier qui cherche l'amour, un danseur célibataire depuis au moins 20 minutes, la belle Tiffany, mamie Josette"...

Cela vous met l'eau à la bouche?
( Do you feel tempted? Does it make your mouth water?)

Why not come and watch the show at The Hen & Chicken, North Street, Bedminster, Bristol at 8.30pm on Tuesday, January 31st? You'll enjoy the show even if you only have a little bit of French and you'll meet students studying in our French classes and several of our French teachers.
For more info...

You'd like to watch a video of one of the shows? Here is the link...

Sunday 22 January 2012

Did you know that the next show prepared by students taking French drama classes is coming up soon?

Audrey, our French drama tutor, has a great show to present on 31st January with a group of 6 students who have been following the French drama course for the last 10 weeks.
The show, all in French, is a mixture ( un mélange) of improvisations ( des improvisations ), sketches ( des sketches )and games ( des jeux ) involving the audience ( le public ).
It is great fun and you only need a good GCSE French to follow and participate.


Here is what the French tutor sent to the students who followed the previous French course after the show:

Vous avez été vraiment super hier. J'ai eu des messages ce matin de personnes impressionnées! Encore merci pour tout votre travail, votre enthousiasme et bonne humeur. Vous vous rendez compte de tout ce que vous avez créé à partir de rien? Que vous avez su divertir 45 personnes pendant plus d'une heure? Je suis très fière de vous tous!


If you wish to be impressed and have a very enjoyable evening, please come to our show of French sketches and word games, for more info...

If you would like to find out about Audrey, the French drama tutor, listen to her interview on Alliance Française de Bristol podcast...

Sunday 15 January 2012

Quelles sont vos bonnes résolutions pour 2012?

What are your new resolutions for 2012? This is a common question asked in France as in England.
We are now the 15th January, if you made a resolution on the 1st, did you stick to it or have you already given up? It may make you feel better to read that, according do an English study, only 12% of you will keep it up ( tenir sa résolution)!
Here is what a French psychologist, Sophie Achard, recommends:
«pour parvenir à tenir ses bonnes résolutions, le mieux est de n'en prendre qu'une» So, stick to one resolution, this is the message. And, she also says that you must not hesitate to reward yourself at each step:
«Il ne faut pas hésiter à mettre en place un système de récompense et à se féliciter pour chaque micro progrès accompli»
VIPs in le département du Lot ( South West of France) have been very proactive in their New Year resolutions! Here are some examples of what they wish to achieve:
« Parvenir à prendre 10 jours consécutifs de vacances ».
« Ne pas perdre mes clés et mieux ranger mon sac à main »
« Perdre 5 kg ».
« Découvrir les quelques restaurants gastronomiques lotois où je ne suis pas allé ».
and some more demanding ones:
« Continuer à mettre mon énergie et mes idées au service de tous ».
« Œuvrer à ce que quelles que soient nos différences de religion ou de philosophie, nous puissions travailler ensemble au bonheur de tous ».
Has your New Year resolution been to learn French? I hope you haven't given up already, the blog will help you keep it up!
If you haven't made a resolution yet, it is not too late: why not join one of our French classes? There are still a couple of places in our French tuition groups, our French cookery workshops are starting early February ( one place left), our next French drama course will take place in March but there is a show on 31st January, come and see what fun it is! For more info on all these French courses...

Saturday 7 January 2012

Winter is here and where is the snow?

No white Christmas for us this year unless some of you went skiing as the snow just obliged a couple of weeks before Christmas.
Suzanne, a student with our French tutor, Jocelyne, likes the snow and has written a poem about it. Here it is:

Pourquoi aimer la neige?

Pourquoi il faut qu’on aime la neige ?
Ça provoque plusieurs problèmes.
Bien sur je dois être très folle,
Si je dis que je l’aime.

Quand ce n’est pas possible d’aller dehors
Et il fait froid pour beaucoup des jours,
C’est facile de détester la neige,
Et souhaiter l’été encore.

Mais attendez ! La neige est bonne.
Ça nous donne un peu de magie.
Elle est blanche et propre et pure et belle,
Elle est vraiment une utopie !

La meilleure raison pour aimer la neige,
La chose plus formidable aussi,
C’est seulement avec la neige,
Que c’est possible de faire du ski !

Suzanne has been taking French tuition with Alliance Française de Bristol for several years now and has progressed in leaps and bounds!
There are still a few places left in a couple of our French classes, so do contact us if you would like to join, for more info...