Facilitated by Alliance Française de DuPage members Diane Hoffmeyer and Phyllis Perkins, our free language workshops for AF DuPage members give you the opportunity to brush up on specific language topics.
Language Workshop is held on the first Tuesday of the month, September through May, from 7-8 pm. Workshops will be held online through Zoom until further notice.
2020-2021 Workshop Dates
February 2, 2021
March 2, 2021
April 6, 2021
May 4, 2021
If you are not currently an Alliance Française DuPage member, you can sign up online or download a PDF membership form to mail in with your check.
Please register for the workshop two days in advance to receive the Zoom link. The deadline to register for the February workshop is Sunday, January 31.
Pages to be reviewed from the January 5 workshop:
To Print:
Homework to do before class:
Homework to do before this class:
At the December workshop we worked on the Conversation Dirigée in groups. It reviews the use of the verb devoir and some verbs that take a preposition or not before a noun. It is here for you to review, write or practice. At the January workshop, volunteers may read their conversation.
Please check the answers below and bring any questions you have to class:
Please print before class:
Homework to do before this class:
Le climat, le temps et les zones climatiques (print) Will check answers in class.
Devoirs: "nice" (print) Will check answers in class.
Devoirs: Le verbe devoir (print)
Please check the answer key below and bring any questions you have to class.
Devoirs: Le verbe devoir réponses
Brise-glace (Print. We ask you to prepare three sentences for class.)
Differences of Use of Prepositions between French and English Verbs (print and review before class)
Here are the answers to the translation homework for those of you who chose to complete this page. It was optional. Bring your questions to class. We will not be going over each of the answers.
Devoirs - Les Traductions: réponses
Look over the different ways to say "nice" in French. Read through the conjugations of "devoir" and its various meanings. Bring your questions to class.
Comment dit-on "nice"? (print)
Le verbe devoir (print)
Les réponses des devoirs de 8 septembre
To do before class:
Deux vérités et un mensonge
Vocabulaire - Le corps et la figure (print)
Le corps (print)
Homework to be done after class:
Des achats (print)
Portrait d'une famille d'extraterrestre (print)
Le corps (print)
To do before class:
Les 3 “P”: Personnel – Professionnel – Particulier
Les prepositions de lieu chart
Deux chambres d'étudiants
Homework to be done after class:
Les prepositions de lieu
Desnos bio
Description d'une chambre