Whether you want to travel to France or to prepare for a diploma (DELF/DALF), our native French teachers will help you gain confidence and achieve your goals.

We offer 4 different learning paces to suit your commitments:

- Term Courses:  2 hours a week over 10 weeks

- Express Courses: 4 hours a week over 5 weeks (Saturday mornings)

- Intensive Courses: 1 week courses during the school holidays
- Ateliers Cinéma (Cinema Workshops): once a month

--Summer Courses: 1 to 3 weeks courses in January

Course Structure

Calendar of 2010 Courses

Private Tuition

Soirées du mardi (Casual Conversation evenings)
P'tit Déj du jeudi (Casual Conversation mornings)
Podcast

COURSE STRUCTURE

Our levels are defined according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages provides a practical tool for setting clear standards to be attained at successive stages of learning in an internationally comparable manner. It provides a basis for the mutual recognition of language qualifications, thus facilitating educational and occupational mobility.

For more information, you can access our complete course description.

Express Courses  Term 3, 2010   SESSION A: 17 JUL > 14 AUG   SESSION B: 21 AUG > 18 SEP

4 hours a week over 5 weeks (Sat 9.00am to 1.00pm)
Timetable Term 3/2010
*General Courses
All levels, from Beginners to Advanced

$325 C/ $295 + textbook (Alter Ego)

*Special Courses

Advanced Conversation & Dalf Preparation - from Advanced 6
This preparatory course will give you the opportunity to practice your oral skills and to become familiar with general content of the examinations.
Sat 9.00am – 1.00pm

$330 C/ $300

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Intensive Courses WEEK 1: 28 JUN > 02 JUL WEEK 2: 05 > 09 JUL

FRENCH FOR TRAVELLERS - $240 C: $215
3 hours a day over 5 days

The perfect survival kit for your trip to France! You will be placed in simulated situations as a tourist in France
and you will learn basicFrench through role playing, audio tools, games and authenticmaterials (maps, menus...).
For complete beginners only. 

PRONUNCIATION FOR BEGINNERS - $165 C: $150
2 hours a day over 5 days
Improve your pronunciation and understanding of spoken Frenchthrough audio exercises and tongue-twisters.
Practical andcreative exercises will make this workshop both challenging andfun!
Beginners 3 to 6 only.

SPEAKING WORKSHOP FOR BEGINNERS - $165 C: $150 - NEW!
2 hours a day over 5 days
This is the ideal workshop to re-use your basic knowledge ofFrench and be able to communicate in real-life
situations throughrole-playing. The best way to reinforce your speaking andlistening skills!
For Beginners 4 to Beginners 6 only.  

INTERMEDIATE CONVERSATION - $165 C: $150
2 hours a day over 5 days
In this class, you will reinforce your conversational and listeningskills and apply the grammar and vocabulary
learned in general classes. You will work on authentic material such as "Bien-Dire" magazine which will
stimulate discussions on a variety ofdifferent topics.

ADVANCED CONVERSATION - $165 C: $150
2 hours a day over 5 days
The best workshop to broaden your vocabulary and review grammar points in context! This class explore French
and Francophone societies through different topics such as culture, the arts, literature and politics.

Week 1: 28 June > 02 July 2010

Week 2: 05 > 09 July 2010

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ATELIERS CINEMA - NEW!

For Advanced Students

Our new monthly rendez-vous is the ideal workshop for those who love French cinema. You will get the chance to watch a French movie by some of the most renowned directors, and practice your French during a discussion conducted by our teacher Vincent following the film, while sharing a glass of wine and some cheese in a very friendly atmosphere.  

Price: $30
(each workshop, includes a glass of wine and cheese)

Bookings Essential: telephone 9525 3463  

WEDNESDAY 18 AUGUST, 6PM TO 8.30PM
BOUDU SAUVE DES EAUX (Boudu Saved from Drowning) (1932) - 81 mins – B&W Directed by Jean Renoir. Starring: Michel Simon In French with English subtitles SYNOPSIS This comic tale of an anarchistic social outcast is the early masterpiece that propelled the career of master French director, Jean Renoir (La Règle du Jeu). Boudu, a disillusioned, ageing tramp, attempts to commit suicide by throwing himself into the Seine. He is rescued, however, by a prosperous Parisian bookseller, who tries to reform the vagabond in the ways of bourgeois life. Boudu is less than grateful, and abuses his rescuer before seducing his host's wife with his anarchic charm. Finally, and in danger of succumbing to the trappings of middle-class society, the curmudgeonly tramp commits one final act of rebellion. Remade in 1986 as Down and Out in Beverly Hills (starring Nick Nolte and Bette Midler), this bold and often hilarious satire is a timeless French film classic.
Jean Renoir talks about ' Boudu sauvé des eaux' - click here
This cinema workshop is presented with the support of Umbrella Entertainment.

Upcoming Atelier Cinema: Wednesday 8 September from 6.00pm to 8.30pm.

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Past Ateliers Cinema

WEDNESDAY 21 JULY, 6PM TO 8.30PM
L’ANNEE DERNIERE A MARIENBAD (Last Year at Marienbad) (1961) - 94 mins – B&W Director: Alain Resnais Script: Alain Resnais, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Adolfo Bioy Casares (novel) Cast: Delphine Seyrig (A), Giorgio Albertazzi (X), Sacha Pitoëff (M), Françoise Bertin (Un personnage de l’hôtel) SYNOPSIS The location is a sprawling baroque hotel set in beautiful sculptured gardens.  At a large social gathering, a stranger, X, accosts a young woman, A, and tries to convince her that they have met before, one year ago, perhaps at Marienbad.  X reminds A of her promise to leave her husband, M, and elope with him.  But A has no recollection of the meeting taking place...

PRIVATE TUITION

Tailor-made courses to suit your specific needs and your busy lifestyle.

We can arrange private lessons for adults, teenagers and children, individuals or small groups. Classes may be held at the Alliance Française, or at a location more convenient for you. Please contact us for further information or to make a booking on 9525 3463.

SOIREES DU MARDI

Conversation evenings, with a glass of wine & some French cheese.

Every Tuesday, from 6.30pm to 8.00pm

$17 Full / $14 AF Members

CALENDAR 2010

SUMMER COURSES

Enrolment Deadlines:

Adult Courses: 23 December 2009
French for Travellers, one-week Intensive Courses: 06 January 2010

Adult Summer Courses

18-hour Summer Course, twice a week, over 3 weeks – Starts 4 January 2010

Levels : Beginner 1 to 6, Intermediate & Advanced Conversation

$295 C/ $266

Beginner 1 – Wednesday & Friday – 10.00am-1.00pm or 6.00 to 9.00pm

Beginner 2 – Wednesday & Friday – 6.00 to 9.00pm

Beginner 3 – Monday & Wednesday – 10.00am-1.00pm or 6.00 to 9.00pm

Beginner 4 – Tuesday & Thursday – 6.00 to 9.00pm

Beginner 5 – Monday & Wednesday – 6.00 to 9.00pm

Beginner 6 – Monday & Wednesday – 6.00 to 9.00pm

Conversation Intermediate A (I1 to I3) - Tue & Thu: 10.00am to 1.00pm or 6.00pm to 9.00pm
Conversation Intermediate B (I4 to I6) - Tue & Thu: 10.00am to 1.00pm or 6.00pm to 9.00pm
Advanced Conversation – Mon & Wed: 10.00am to 1.00pm or 6.00pm to 9.00pm

Adult Intensive Courses

15-hour Intensive Course, 3 hours a day over 1 week

Levels : Beginner 1 & 2 only

$240 – C/$216

Beginner 1 – Monday to Friday – 6.00 to 9.00pm – Starts 11 January 2010

Beginner 2 – Monday to Friday  – 6.00 to 9.00pm – Starts 18 January 2010

French for Travellers

15-hour Summer Course, 3 hours a day over 1 week

For Complete Beginners only
Monday to Friday – 6.00 to 9.00pm – Starts 11 January or 18 January 2010

$250 – C/ $225

Pronunciation Workshop - NEW!

10-hour Summer Course, 2 hours a day over 1 week

Beginners : Monday to Friday – 6.00 to 8.00pm – Starts 11 January (from Beginners 3 - not suitable for Complete Beginners)

Intermediate : Monday to Friday – 6.00 to 8.00pm – Starts 18 January 2010 (from Intermediate 1)

$162 – C/ $146

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