No. 169                                                             Mai/ Juin 2017
Message from the President:
  
M. Silvia Bettega, Ed.D.
  


Click the link below for Silvia's personal comments on youtube:


En Alliance,
  
Silvia
Upcoming Events events

 
Monday, May 8th, 2017. Summer classes begin! See listing and descriptions below.
 
Sunday, May 21, 2017 @ 3:00 PM.  AFH Annual Meeting (See article)
 
T hursday, May 25, 2017. McFarland Awards Book Fair

Sunday, June 11, 2017, 3 PM. AFS Model T Ambulance - World War I France(See article)
 
Saturday, May 6th and 20th; June 3rd and 17th, 2017, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM. Café et conversation at Café Mozzicato, 329 Franklin Ave., Hartford. Join your Alliance Française friends on Saturday mornings for French conversation and socializing. This is a great opportunity to practice speaking French or to maintain fluency. All levels are welcome.

 

 Exciting Summer Course Offerings!

 

See the course listing below for fun and interesting options for French study this summer. We are offering vocabulary for francophone travel, beginner through advanced readings covering Daudet, Perrault and others. Go to the movies with Audrey Tatou and study "conversation, chanson and vidéo" as well as review the often confusing but interesting world of French idioms. There is something for everyone at all levels! Email Larry at dirafh@gmail.com or call (860-278-9999) to register. 
   
Join us for a very special AFH Annual Meeting!
  
When: Sunday, May 21, 2017
Where: 75 Charter Oak Ave. Hartford, CT
Time: 3h00 p.m. - 2nd floor
  
This year's annual meeting will be a very special one because on that day, the AFH Board of Directors will   
Markus Centola, accordion and Michal Piraneo, clarinet
officially dedicate one of the classrooms to our friend Dick Perlot for his faithful service to our organization. We will be joined for the occasion by the Perlot family and some friends.
 
In addition, and to make this celebration all the more special, the Gypsy Jazz band Chat Noir will be in charge of the musical entertainment.
  
The band takes European cafe music to the next level. Their unique repertoire is inspired by music from France, Italy, Russia and other countries. In a special combination of accordion and clarinet arrangements, the group will present music from the repertoire of Edith Piaf and popular movie music excerpts.
  
La Brioche French Bakery will provide refreshments. Members $10 Non-members $15. Call Larry in the office (860-278-9999) or email ( dirafh@gmail.com) to reserve your place.
 
 
Model T Ambulance: World War I France
Story telling and Outdoor Wine Bar
 

 
Sponsored by the Alliance Française de Hartford and AFS with participation from the Model A Club of Connecticut.
 
Don't miss this unusual event hosted by the Alliance Française de Hartford! On Sunday, June 11 at 3:00 P.M. (torrential raindate: June 25) come see a resto
red ambulance from World War I, used by AFS (American Field Service) in France.   Mr. George King III from North Franklin, CT will share diary entries of ambulance drivers during World War I in English and tell his tale of how he completed the restoration of his Model T Ford Ambulance by using original parts. This attests to the fine volunteerism of A. F.S. during the war.  
 
There will be a Power Point Presentation and a five minute movie showing his journey through Paris during the Bastille celebrations in 2014, the one hundredth anniversary from World War I. Afterwards, we invite you to an outdoor wine bar, along with baguettes, French cheese and grapes. At that time, there will be photo opportunities with the amazing ambulance in the parking lot of the Connecticut Association of Non-Profits at 75 Charter Oak and Wyllys Street.
 
Thanks to the Model A Club of Connecticut, a half dozen Model A's from the years 1928 to 1931 will tour the parking lot with great pride. The drivers will be happy to answer questions about their antique vehicles and to pose for pictures. For this event only, please park BEHIND building 2, up the street on Wyllys
and turn right on Hartford Square West.
$10 admission for members of Alliance Française de Hartford. $15 for non-members.
 
Please call Larry Hall, Alliance Française Executive Director for a head count 860-278-9999, email (dirafh@gmail.com), or better yet, please send him a check in the mail to: Alliance Française, 75 Charter Oak Avenue, Suite 1-202 Hartford, CT 06106.


AFH Club de Lecture
 
Prochaines réunions:  15 July 2017 Pas pleurer par Lydie Salvayre; 21 Octobre 2017 Chanson douce par Leila Slimani; ( Pour plus d'information, addressez-vous à John Soares @ jmsoares@comcast.net . ou Sharon Straka à skstraka@gmail.com.
 
 
Summer Classes 2017
Alliance Française of Hartford
75 Charter Oak Ave., Suite 1-202, Hartford, CT 06106
 
All our language classes offer an immersion experience in the French language. Students are encouraged to express themselves in French. Grammar is a tool, not a goal.
 
Summer semester dates: Session 1: Weeks of May 8th to June 9th, 2017
Session 2: Weeks of June 27th to August 8th, 2017
(check with instructor for dates)
Tuition: $180 ($175 if registered before May 1st)
 
All Class Hours: 5:45 - 7:45 pm at AFH offices

 
                        
Class Session    Level Day Instructor
Carnet de voyage     1 Beginner - Advanced Monday Dahmane
Les lettres de mon moulin d'Alphone Daudet     1 Intermediate-Advanced Tuesday Marianne
Easy French Reader     1 Beginner to intermediate Wednesday Marianne
Astérix et Cléopâtre     1 Adv. Beginner - Advanced Monday Marianne
Le Français en conversation, chanson, grammaire et vidéo     1 Intermediate Wednesday Jenny
Le Français en conversation, chanson, grammaire et vidéo     1 Intermediate Thursday Jenny
Un mot, des expressions     2 Advanced Monday Dahmane
Les contes de Perrault     2 Intermediate - Advanced Wednesday Marianne
Le petit Nicolas     2 Adv. beginner- Intermediate Tuesday Marianne
Summer at the movies with Audrey Tatou     2 Intermediate - Advanced Monday Marianne
Le Français en conversation, chanson, grammaire et vidéo     2 Intermediate Wednesday Jenny
Le Français en conversation, chanson, grammaire et vidéo     2 Intermediate Thursday Jenny
 

 
Summer Session 1
 
Carnet de voyage
 
Ce cours s'adresse aux étudiants débutants et de niveau intermédiaire. Il a pour objectif de les aider à acquérir le vocabulaire de voyage. De l'achat du billet d'avion à la rencontre avec des amis français ou francophones, en passant par la réservation d'une chambre d'hôtel, l'orientation dans le métro parisien..., ce programme à vise à mettre à la disposition des étudiants des outils d'échange, leur permettant d'effectuer un bon séjour en France ou dans tout autre pays francophone.
 
This course is for beginner and intermediate students. It aims to help them to acquire the vocabulary of travel. From the purchase of a plane ticket to meeting with French or francophone friends, through booking a hotel room, orientation in the Paris subway..., this program seeks to make available to students, communication tools allowing them to have a good stay in France or in any other French-speaking country.
 

Les lettres de mon moulin - Alphone Daudet

Read this collection of classic stories by French novelist Alphonse Daudet to get a flair for 19th century Provençal life through these tender, charming, funny or tragic short stories, familiar to every French person.  The well-known "La chèvre de M. Seguin" will delight you.  
  
Materials
Alphone Daudet - les lettres de mon moulin
ISBN-13: 978-2038717204 (2007) or ISBN-13: 978-2035850768 (2010)
Publisher: Petits classiques Larousse
  
Please order as soon as possible to have the material available for the first class. Available online at  Abebooks.com,  Amazon.com, and other websites.  Can also be ordered through bookstores such as Schoenhoff's in Cambridge, MA and other bookstores.
 
 
Easy French Reader
 
In this 6 week class you will read simple stories and/or about a few historical French figures. Level: beginner to intermediate
 
Materials
Easy French Reader with CD-ROM : A Three-Part Text for Beginning Students
Author: R. de Roussy de Sales
Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 2 edition (November 6, 2008)
ISBN-10: 9780071603423

 
Astérix et Cléopâtre
 
Enjoy this graphic novel, the 6th in the Astérix comic book series.  The hero, Astérix travels with his gaullois friends Obélix and Getafix, along with trusted companion Dogmatix, to Egypt to help queen Cleopatra win her wager with Ceasar to build a great palace in Alexandria.
 
Materials
Astérix et Cléopâtre, René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo
ISBN 10: 2-01-2100066
Publisher: Hachette
 
Please order as soon as possible to have the material available for the first class. Available online at  Abebooks.com ,  Amazon.com , and other websites.  Can also be ordered through bookstores such as Schoenhoff's in Cambridge, MA and other bookstores.
 
 
 Le Français en conversation, chanson, grammaire, et vidéo

Suitable for all intermediate levels from low to high. Not suitable for beginners or very advanced students. 
 
Practice your French this summer with a fun, lively, interactive class using guided conversations, vocabulary building, songs by french musicians, video clips, and practical tips on tricky grammatical points.  Come meet your new friends and enjoy some french culture in French!
 
Required books: Complete French Grammar by Annie Heminway, Le Petit Nicolas et les copains by Sempe et Goscinny.  Very useful: A Votre Tour.

Session 2
 
 Un mot, des expressions / The word and his idioms
 
Les langues possèdent leurs propres secrets de construction du sens. L'un des secrets les mieux gardés, peut-être le plus impénétrable, est celui des expressions idiomatiques que l'on désigne également par le terme peu digeste d'idiotisme. Porteuse de significations socio-culturelles et historiques, imagée ou métaphorique, l'expression idiomatique est une construction linguistique dont le sens nous est livré par le tout et non par la signification des mots pris séparément.
 
On dit que l'anglais est la langue idiomatique par excellence et soit! Mais le français n'est pas en reste. La richesse de cette langue génère de expressions aux contours surprenants et très inattendus.
 
Les expressions idiomatiques font appel aux éléments de la nature, à l'héritage grec, aux couleurs, à la science, aux parties du corps, au règne animal,... Jongleurs de mots en devenir, de niveaux intermédiaire et avancé, ce cours va vous embarquer vers de nouveaux horizons de la langue et de la culture française à travers un angle tant original que novateur.
Ne faites pas grise mine ! C'est simple comme bonjour. On ne va pas dormir comme des loirs, on va démarrer sur les chapeaux de roues et on va s'amuser comme des fous... Allez, allez ! Et que ça saute ! Il faut se jeter à l'eau.
 
All languages possess their own secrets of meaning. One of the best-kept secrets and perhaps the most impenetrable are idiomatic expressions or idioms. Carriers of socio-cultural and historic meanings, either imaginative or metaphorical, the idiomatic expression is a linguistic construction in which meaning is in the expression as a whole and not in the individual significance of each word taken separately. It has been said that English is the language of idiomatic expressions par excellence, and that may be so! But French is not lacking in this regard. The richness of French creates expressions of surprising and unexpected contours. Idiomatic expressions call on nature, ancient Greek culture, colors, science, the parts of the body, the animal kingdom....
 
"Jugglers of words," who wish to become more proficient in French, both intermediate and advanced speakers, this course will launch you toward new horizons in the French language and culture from an original and unusual angle.
 
"Ne faites pas grise mine ! C'est simple comme bonjour. On ne va pas dormir comme des loirs, on va démarrer sur les chapeaux de roues et on va s'amuser comme des fous... Allez, allez ! Et que ça saute ! Il faut se jeter à l'eau."
 
 
Les contes de Perrault
 
Read Charles Perrault's collection of literary fairy tales.  Published in 1697, they were moralistic or didactic and intended for adults.   
 
Materials
Histoires ou contes du temps passé
Petits classiques Larousse, 2006
ISBN-13: 978-2035881038
 
Please order as soon as possible to have the material available for the first class. Available online at  Abebooks.com ,  Amazon.com , and other websites.  Can also be ordered through bookstores such as Schoenhoff's in Cambridge, MA and other bookstores.
 
 
Le petit Nicolas
 
Join us in reading the illustrated stories of Nicolas, a young boy in France in the 1950s. Le petit Nicolas recounts  short humorous and tender stories written by  René Goscinny  and illustrated by  Jean-Jacques Sempé . 
 
Materials
Le petit Nicolas, Goscinny & Sempé
ISBN 10:  2070524272
ISBN 13:  978-2070524273
Publisher: Folio Junior / Galimmard (Mass Market)
Publication Date: 2013 (3rd edition)
Binding: Softcover
 
Please order as soon as possible to have the material available for the first class. Available online at  Abebooks.com ,  Amazon.com , and other websites.  Can also be ordered through bookstores such as Schoenhoff's in Cambridge, MA and other bookstores.

 
Summer at the movies with Audrey Tautou
 
It's summertime: let's enjoy some popcorn and French films featuring Audrey Tautou.  We will watch several movies, in French with subtitles, starring the famous actress, including the hilarious "Amélie", "Coco avant Chanel", "Thérèse D." along with a few others.  Note that some movies may contain language, violence or nudity/sexual content.
 
Materials
None.
 
 
Le Français en conversation, chanson, grammaire, et vidéo

Suitable for all intermediate levels from low to high. Not suitable for beginners or very advanced students. 
 
Practice your French this summer with a fun, lively, interactive class using guided conversations, vocabulary building, songs by french musicians, video clips, and practical tips on tricky grammatical points.  Come meet your new friends and enjoy some french culture in French!
 
Required books: Complete French Grammar by Annie Heminway, Le Petit Nicolas et les copains by Sempe et Goscinny.  Very useful: A Votre Tour.
 


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