November 2020 Program
Normandy Month
Special events and classes
Perspectives of Normandy
Unfortunately we were unable to secure a guest speaker for our regularly scheduled Perspectives series this month. As a substitute, we invite you to view the the Normandy tourist bureau website that is filled with beautiful imagery and information about this intriguing area.
Click Here ➔ NORMANDY
Unfortunately we were unable to secure a guest speaker for our regularly scheduled Perspectives series this month. As a substitute, we invite you to view the the Normandy tourist bureau website that is filled with beautiful imagery and information about this intriguing area.
Click Here ➔ NORMANDY
Grammar Boot Camp
Verbs Verbs Verbs
One Day Only
Saturday November 7th
12:30-2:00pm
Zoom
Our ongoing grammar bootcamp will focus on French verbs. We will talk about the tenses, conjugation, structures and usage. We will see different groups of verbs such as regular (ending with -er and -ir) and irregular verbs (usually ending with -re, -oir, etc). With Native French Speaker Christelle Tsalefac.
Apéro National French Conversation Group
November 10th and 11th
Federation of Alliances Françaises USA
En français
Many Alliance Française chapters in the United States organize free French conversation groups, and many of those groups have moved online. Check with your local chapter for availability. If your local Alliance doesn’t offer an online conversation group or if you’d like to pick up some additional practice, you can join a hosted national group that meets via Zoom on the second Tuesday of each month. Participants are invited to enjoy their favorite beverage during our “Apéro” conversation.
The group is for intermediate to advanced (or fluent) speakers who are current members of Alliance Française de Jacksonville Join Here. Native speakers are welcome. This group conversation is for adult participants, ages 17 and up.
Note that conversation groups are not substitutes for taking an official French class. Conversation groups are for informal practice and for sharing the joy of conversing in French with other like-minded Francophiles or Francophones.
The national group meets by Zoom for 55 minutes on the second Tuesday and the second Wednesdays of each month, and meets in two different time windows to accommodate our after-work Apéro theme (choose the time that works best for you):
2nd Tuesday of each month @ 2:15 pm PT / 4:15 CT / 5:15 pm ET
2nd Wednesday of each month @ 5:15 pm PT / 7:15 CT / 8:15 pm ET
The groups are now hosted by two members of the Federation of Alliances Françaises board – Charles Coulon for the Tuesday session and Linda Witt for the Wednesday session. Attendees will be assigned to breakout rooms of 4-5 people, with each breakout session lasting 14 minutes. The rooms are then are re-created (for a different mix each time). In this way, participants get to meet and chat with a variety of participants from different backgrounds, regions, and fluency levels.
Participants will need to use Zoom (a free videoconferencing service). To get on the invitation list for the “Apéro-National” sessions, click here.
French Conversation
Bayeux Tapestry
One Night Only
Thursday November 12th
6:00-7:30pm
Zoom
Listed on Unesco's Memory of the World register since 2007, the Bayeux Tapestry is a genuine masterpiece of Romanesque art. This one-piece canvas wall hanging, embroidered in the 11th century, is of a length of 70m and a height of 50cm.
It offers an illustrated narration of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 by the Duke of Normandy, later to become William the Conqueror. It is a truly unique document on European life in the Middle Ages.
Discussion topics and vocabulary will be sent out prior to the class. Taught by Director of Education David Bellamy.
It offers an illustrated narration of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 by the Duke of Normandy, later to become William the Conqueror. It is a truly unique document on European life in the Middle Ages.
Discussion topics and vocabulary will be sent out prior to the class. Taught by Director of Education David Bellamy.
Club de Lecture
La Promesse de l'Aube by Romain Gary
November 19th @ 6:00 pm
Alliance Française de Jacksonville Zoom Conversation
"Romain Gary, pseudonyme de Romain Kacew, né à Vilnius en 1914, fait le récit de son enfance et de sa jeunesse auprès de sa mère, ancienne actrice russe portée par un amour et une foi inconditionnelle en son fils. L'histoire, pleine d'humour et de tendresse, raconte la lutte sans trêve qu'elle mène contre l'adversité, l'énergie extravagante qu'elle déploie pour qu'il connaisse un destin grandiose et les efforts de Romain, qui est prêt à tout pour faire coïncider sa vie « avec le rêve naïf de celle qu'il aime»."
La Promesse de l’Aube est paru en 1960. Le livre est adapté au cinéma par Jules Dassin en 1971 et par Éric Barbier en 2017, ainsi qu'au théâtre.
You are welcome to read the book in English and join the French speaking group discussion. The English title is Promise at Dawn, available on Amazon: paperback and Kindle.
Please RSVP at [email protected]
You will obtain the zoom details of the meeting in reply
Beaujolais Nouveau
and
Normandy Cheese Tasting
November 20th
6:00 - 7:00 pm
Via Zoom
Join us as the Alliance Française de Jacksonville presents its unique version of 2020's Beaujolais Nouveau release.
Sommelier and fellow Alliance Française de Jacksonville member Dwayne Holden will be on hand to talk about the Beaujolais Nouveau tradition. In addition we will also be welcoming a Charlotte Itnyre a Certified Cheese professional to walk us through the Normandy cheeses.
A specially selected package of Normandy cheeses (Pont L'eveque, Camembert and Livarot), a bottle of Beaujolais and one baguette will be available from JJ's Bistro starting on November 19th ($40). Please note that there is plenty of cheese for several people, so gather your "pod" of friends and enjoy this Friday evening together.
Please purchase a ticket for each Member or Non-member viewing the zoom tasting.
Sommelier and fellow Alliance Française de Jacksonville member Dwayne Holden will be on hand to talk about the Beaujolais Nouveau tradition. In addition we will also be welcoming a Charlotte Itnyre a Certified Cheese professional to walk us through the Normandy cheeses.
A specially selected package of Normandy cheeses (Pont L'eveque, Camembert and Livarot), a bottle of Beaujolais and one baguette will be available from JJ's Bistro starting on November 19th ($40). Please note that there is plenty of cheese for several people, so gather your "pod" of friends and enjoy this Friday evening together.
Please purchase a ticket for each Member or Non-member viewing the zoom tasting.