| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| Leader: | |
| Group email: | French group |
| When: | On Mondays 2nd & 4th Mondays 10.30 - 11.45 |
| Venue: | Bishop Auckland Methodist Church |
| Cost: | Share of room hire/expenses paid quarterly in advance |
The session includes some conversational French, some grammar, and some French culture, history, politics, or a topical subject. It starts at 10.30 and finishes around 11.30/11.45.
Meeting room costs are shared between members and paid quarterly in advance for September-November, December-February, March-May, and June-August as advised each quarter.
New members are very welcome. Please click on the link to contact Kate to be added to the group member list.
French lesson dates for 2025-26
| Q1 | 8th September | 22nd September | 13th October | 27th October | 10th November | 24th November |
| Q2 | 8th December | Bank Holiday week | 12th January | 26th January | 9th February | 23rd February |
| Q3 | 9th March | 23rd March | 13th April | 27th April | 11th May | Bank Holiday |
| Q4 | 15th June | 29th June | 13th July | 27th July | 10th August | 24th August |
News from the French Group
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2026 Activities
Read more: 2026 ActivitiesTraditionally Kate discusses French Epiphany customs during our first lesson of the year and this year was no exception. Part of the tradition is an almond-topped cake that contains a small item such as a charm-sized lamb. All members present eat a slice of the cake and the person who has the slice with the…
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Epiphany in France
Read more: Epiphany in FranceEpiphany, the cake, the 'fève', and the King or Queen!
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French 2023 Review
Read more: French 2023 ReviewThis summer we have covered reflexive verbs in present and past tenses, uses of ‘avoir’ and role plays in the post office, bank and hotel … and numbers which always catch us out. We studied the work of Haussmann redesigning Paris and the Belle Epoque that followed. This period inspired the art Toulouse Lautrec in…
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