6 hours / week for 4 weeks - $555

For levels 1 & 2 only.

If you're planning a trip to France, this new version of the travellers' course is made for you!!!

This crash course will provide you with the language skills used in daily situations while travelling.
You will learn everything you need to know in order to interact with French speakers while exploring the regions of France.

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Monday , Wednesday and Friday - 10.30 to 12.30

	Session dates 23 August - 17 September 2010

2 hours/week for 4 weeks - $205 (includes sampling of dishes)

For intermediate level.

You will focus on a specific region and develop your knowledge about its history, traditions and gastronomy. 

This course will introduce you to some specific regional recipes that we are sure will tantalise your taste buds.

And the icing on the cake: each course will finish with the sampling of particular dishes!

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Monday  6.15pm-8.15pm

Session dates

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2 hours/week for 4 weeks - $205

For upper intermediate  to advanced level.

The purpose of this class is to show the strong link between major French writers and the main cultural and esthetic streams of their time. We will not take literature as a mere example within a given period in art history, but rather examine how the style, the themes, the philosophy, the underlying statements of rich literary works are enlightened by the comparison with the spirit of its century: how a world vision can spread from architecture and music, painting and gardening, to writing. Our goal will be to encompass as much as possible the structural unity of each case through the diversity of arts and thoughts. Therefore, each course will be divided into two integrated parts: one dealing with an author of outstanding works, the other with the cultural vision of his time. 

We will first study: CORNEILLE and the BAROQUE ERA
then MONTESQUIEU and the ENGLISH / FRENCH GARDENS
and then later this year: LACLOS and the NEO-CLASSICAL STYLE
then MAUPASSANT and XIXth CENTURY PARIS.  

Tuesday evening 6.15pm-8.15pm


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Session Dates
2 - 23 Febuary 2010.	9 - 30 March 2010
2 - 23 November 2010

2 hours/ week for 5 weeks - $ 205

For intermediate level.

With the Alliance Française French Film Festival 2010 fast approaching, we are proud to present you a Panorama of French Cinema !

Through the inventions of Les Frères Lumière and a century of influence over European and International movie industries, France is actually the country where cinema was born.

This course will take you on a journey through four great periods of French cinematic history :
- Silent Movies with amazing filmakers such as Georges Méliès, Abel Gance, and many more . . .
-The classical Age ( 1930 to 1950) Jean Renoir, Marcel Carné . . .
- The New Wave (1960-1970) Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut . . .
- The Contemporary Era : Jacques Audiard, André Téchiné, Philippe Garrel . . .

Each class will incorporate movie extracts illustrating the theme of the day.

In addition to learning about the history of cinema and France itself, as seen through the eyes of influential French filmakers, this course is a great opportunity to discover other aspects of French Cinema including : Centre National de la Cinématographie, which helps and supports the French movie industry, the annual Cannes International Film Festival, the controversial status of entertainment workers, and much more . . .

These classes are primarily designed for students who already have a good level of french ( starting level 5/6) and they are held on Thursday from 6.15pm to 8.15pm.

They will be the perfect way to improve your communication skills and will equally enable you to appreciate milestones in french cinema in a friendly and welcoming atmosphere.

Finally, the course will also help you make an informed selection at this year's French Film Festival, due to recommence in February 2011  check www.frenchfilmfestival.org for updates.


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Dates
4 February - 4 March 2010.

2 hours/week for 8 weeks - $345

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For upper intermediate level.

What can French artworks tell us about the social-political context in which they were created?
Over 8-weeks you will learn more about French history and each lesson cover different historical periods, from the 12th until the 20th century.
This course is suitable for advanced-level students.

Thursday 6.15pm-8.15pm

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Session dates
13 May - 1 July 2010	28 October - 16 December 2010