News archive for the 'French Language' group

French Language-June

Monday Group:   We will meet on June 11, June 18 and June 25 each time at Kensington House at 2.00 p.m.   Gradually we expect to develop grammatical mastery as a regular discipline in line with the approach outlined in “French Grammar in Context”, our new text book.   Even so, “holiday French” will no doubt have to be dealt with as people plan what to do and where to go this summer.

Wednesday Group: At the time of compiling these plans, it’s still not clear whether we will be able to meet on Wednesday June 6.  But we definitely plan to meet on the remaining Wednesdays in June, i.e. June 13, June 20 and June 27, all at 2.00 p.m. in Hudson Primary School in Moorhey Road.  We may well have some new members to join us.  The functional and communicative approach to learning French will continue with the aid of our course book “Perfect Your French” as the holiday season approaches.   June would be a good time to see if members would like to suggest any variations for next year  in the approach we normally follow.

French Group of the Week

Many, many thanks to everyone who contributed so colourfully to our “French Group of the Week” exhibition on May 8,  A wonderful way to celebrate VE day, a date that was totally ignored on our side of the Channel.   So many wonderful photos, cards, maps, brochures and pictures of famous French personalities.   Having some people in our group who actually own property in France is now a great advantage.  They bring us so much new local material.   I haven’t even mentioned the delicious nibbles!   So thank you all once again……..readers who are not yet members of any of our French groups, you may have noticed there was not a single sign displayed that said “Danger!” or “Non aux Anglais!”   Variety is the spice of Gallic  life.    As it is in the whole of our U3A.  So I can’t really say “Vive la différence!”

David S. Ward