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FORTHCOMING TERM
ASSESSMENTS
French Courses.
We are opening few more classes on
April 10th for people who missed the February
Term. General French courses and conversation courses
will be available for adults and for teenagers the Alliance
has prepared a special week of intensive preparation to the
Leaving Certificate Oral examination.
The assessments for new
students will be held between 5pm and 7pm on the
following dates in March : Tuesday 20th
/ Wednesday 21st /
Thursday 22nd /
Monday 26th /
Tuesday 27th /
Wednesday 28th. Assessments
are free of charge and no booking is required. Please note that
you don't need an assessment if you are a complete beginner.
Full Brochure and timetable are available
here.
Alliance Française
1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2
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ERIK EGNELL
QUATUOR IRLANDAIS
Book Launch.
Erik Egnell was head of the Mission Économique of the
French embassy from 2000 to 2004. An Ireland and history
buff, in his essay he focuses on four exceptional figures from
modern Ireland who have loved or fascinated France :
Patrick Sarsfield, the
brilliant horseman serving two kingdoms, an officer in the
French armies and hero of the battle against the Orangemen ;
Theobald Wolfe Tone, the
great patriot, admirer of the French Revolution ;
Oscar Wilde, the man who had nothing to declare but
his genius ; The Celtic Tiger,
the mythical animal which made an ungrateful land into the
homeland of multinationals and one of the richest countries in
the world.
Thursday 8 March 2007 - 6.00pm
Alliance Française
1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2
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AURÉLIE MONTFROND
PAINTINGS
Exhibition.
Aurelie Montfrond will present a selection of oil and
watercolour paintings including several pieces on Dublin.
Her work, naïve and full of colours, is strongly inspired by
Chagall, Kandisky, and Hundertwasser. Previous
exhibitions included Monaco (2005) and the "Village
Suisse" in Paris (2004).
She currently works as a presenter for Radio Dundalk FM100
(www.dundalkfm.com)
where she hosts a weekly music / talk show centred around the
Irish music scene. She conducted numerous interviews with
high-profile Irish acts over the past year.
14th March - 14th April 2007
Opening Wednesday 14 at 6pm
Alliance Française
1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2
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UNIVERSITÉ D'ÉTÉ
PARIS SUMMER 2007
French Courses.
The second edition of l’Université d’été francophone will
be held in Paris, from July 22nd to July 29th
2007 with the topic: all equal,
all different, Europe as model ?
This event will bring together approximately 350 young
French-speaking people coming from 50 countries
covering the 5 continents, selected on several criteria :
l’Université d’été is opened to anyone aged from 18 to
30, studying or working, having a good level of French, and
showing real motivation, quality of personal, professional or
academic career.
To register candidates may download the form on the
official website and return it, by e-mail exclusively,
before Friday 30th March 2007.
The selected candidates will be informed at the end of April
2007.
July 22nd - July 29th 2007
Université d’Été Francophone
www.europe-jeunes-decideurs.com
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VISIONS D'EUROPE
COMPETITION
Competition.
Vision d’Europe 2007 is a French
language competition aimed at encouraging reflections
on multilingualism in Europe and the use of the French language.
In the week of 23-29 April,
the Alliance Française will organise this competition in
its premises and in the secondary and third level
schools of Ireland, on the theme of Europe.
To take part, you must be a 5th or 6th year student and first or
second year in higher education.
The Prize is a trip to Paris for one
week (7-14 July 2007), all included, along with the
winners from 35 different European countries.
So, come in crowds ! This will be a chance to find out, share,
and swop ideas!
For more information please contact
exam@alliance-francaise.ie
Alliance Française
1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2
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CONFERENCE IN
FRENCH STUDIES
Conference.
Dislocation : a post-graduate conference in French Studies.
While dislocation evokes alienation, disruption and the
disintegration of meaning, it may also be viewed as productive,
giving rise to new spaces of expression and orders of discourse.
The distance and disorientation experienced in a state of
dislocation can provoke the uncanny, but might also foster
reinterpretations of the boundaries of strange and familiar.
This conference will examine dislocation both
thematically and as a creative, figurative and conceptual space.
Through panels discussions
Irish, Scottish, English and French
academics will explore the works of, among others,
Proust, Albert Cohen, Lacan or Alain
Resnais.
Friday 23rd March 2007
Trinity
College Dublin
College Green, Dublin 2
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ATELIER THEATRE
THEATRE WORKSHOP
Workshop.
The aim of this workshop is to discover the theatre in French
through acting, mime and improvisation.
Participants must be over 16 and have an intermediate or
advanced level of French. Registration is 80 euro for the
weekend. Information : 085 771 05 19
Sat 31 March / Sun 1st April
from 10am to 3pm
Gaiety School of
Acting
2 Sycomore Street, Dublin 2
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CONTES POUR ENFANTS
FAIRY TALES WORKSHOP
Workshop.
Our Médiathèque is organising an
Atelier Contes (Fairy Tales Workshop) on
Saturday mornings from 11am to 12.15pm. The
workshop is open to children from 3 to 6 years old with a
good level of French. The
fee per session is 3 euro.
Bookings can be made on a weekly or full term basis. For further details & booking
contact: 638 14 43 or
library@alliance-francaise.ie.
Alliance Française
1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2
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JOUTES ORATOIRES
NATIONAL FINAL 2007
Debating
Competition. Having
commenced in October 2006, the National Competition will reach
its conclusion on Friday 30th March. From a total of
39 teams, Holy Family Secondary
Newbridge (Co. Kildare) and
St Mary's Secondary School Edenderry (Co. Offaly)
will contest the Final.
It is the first time in the history of
the Joutes Oratoires that both competing schools are from outside the
Dublin area.
Teams will debate the motion that "L'égalité est un rêve
impossible" (equality is an impossible dream).
The event will take place at the Aliance Francaise.
Friday 30th March - 6pm
For more information on the
National and the International French Language
Debating Competition click
here.
Alliance Française
1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2
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Summer courses for Teens
