Alliance Française DuPage, Inc. - P.O.Box 3992 - Naperville, IL 60567 - USA
Language Workshop
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.
Our next Language Workshop will be Tuesday, February 1 from 7:00-8:00 pm via Zoom.
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 use the form below to register for the workshop and receive the Zoom link. Deadline for registration is Sunday, January 30.
Worksheets, Homework and Answers
February 1, 2022
Homework to do before class:
- Lecture: Les Soldes en France (print and prepare)
- Devoirs: L’accord du participe passé et vocabulaire (print and prepare)
Pages to be reviewed from the January 4 workshop:
January 4, 2022
Homework to do before class:
Please correct the homework at home and bring questions to class.
To Print and Review/Prepare:
- Brise-glace le 4 janvier 2022
- Vocabulaire Faire les magasins (Let’s go clothes shopping!)
- L’accord du passé composé avec avoir
Pages to be reviewed from the December 7 workshop:
Extra practice:
- Profiter des marchés de Noël (courtesy of Lawless French)
Practice your French listening comprehension while learning how to make the most of traditional Christmas markets in France. Click any French phrase for related grammar lessons as well as the English translation. - Advent Calendar (courtesy of Lawless French)
A tiny French challenge every day until Christmas - translate each seasonal term to open a door.
December 7, 2021
Homework to do before class:
- Devoirs le 2 novembre (print and prepare)
- Devoirs TV5 MONDE (print and prepare)
Please correct the homework at home and bring questions to class:
- Answer key: Réponses: les devoirs le 2 novembre : Complétez les phrases avec un mot de vocabulaire du Programme Télé
- Answer key: Réponses: devoirs le 2 novembre Les publicités
Pages to be reviewed from the November 2 workshop.
To Print and Review/Prepare:
- Brise-glace le 7 décembre 2021 (print and review)
- Depuis + le présent (print and review)
- Thanksgiving – le jour de l’action de grâce (review)
November 2, 2021
Homework to do before class:
Please correct the homework at home and bring questions to class:
Pages to be reviewed from the October 5 workshop:
To Print and Review/Prepare:
October 5, 2021
Homework to do before class:
Pages to be reviewed from the September 7 workshop:
- Réponses le vocabulaire de la technologie activité: Utilisons le vocabulaire de la technologie
- Réponses oral practice comparative and superlative bon bien
- Bon/ bien oral questions: Bon/bien questions for oral practice
To Print and Review/Prepare:
Please correct the homework at home and bring questions to class.
September 7, 2021
To Print and Review/Prepare:
- Le brise-glace
- Vocabulaire de la technologie de communication
- Using "good" and "bad" as adjectives and adverbs (bon, meilleur vs. bien, mieux)
May 4, 2021
Homework to do before class:
- Devoirs: le 6 avril Avoir ou Être? (print and prepare)
- Devoirs : Lecture Bruxelles (print and prepare)
Please correct the homework at home and bring questions to class.
To Print and Review/Prepare:
Pages to be reviewed from the April 6 workshop:
April 6, 2021
Homework to do before class:
- Devoirs: Les Adjectifs mobiles (print and prepare)
- Devoirs: Le Petit Déjeuner (print and prepare)
Please correct the homework at home and bring questions to class:
Pages to be reviewed from the March 2 workshop:
To Print and Review/Prepare:
March 2, 2021
Homework to do before class:
- Devoirs: L'usage de l'imparfait et le passé composé (print and prepare)
- Le Carnaval à Nice (print and prepare)
Please correct the homework at home and bring questions to class:
- Answer key: Réponses: L’usage de l’imparfait et le passé composé
- Answer key: Réponses: Le Carnaval à Nice
Pages to be reviewed from the February 2 workshop:
- Answer key: Devoirs le 5 janvier 2021 - Near future, present progressive, recent past
- Answer key: Devoirs le 5 janvier: Déterminez le temps
- Answer key: Le Carnaval au Québec
- Answer key: Practice activity #1 done in breakout room
- Answer key: Practice activity #2 done in breakout room
To Print and Review/Prepare:
- Quelques expressions pour décrire le passé (print and review)
- Adjectifs mobiles / Movable adjectives (print and review)
To Print and bring to class - see directions on page: