Alliance Francaise: Good or Bad?

[s...]

Bonjour tout le monde!

Does anyone know if the holiday programs at Alliance Francaise are useful? Are they worth it??

Also, is there a 'tsfx' for french, possibly??

Merci beaucoup,

s.

[aabattery]

Bonjour!
Les programmes d'alliance francaise sont tres utiles - je les ai fait l'annee derniere et ils m'ont aide beaucoup. Les jours d'immersion d'alliance francaise et meme les camps sont tres bien aussi.

Il n'y a pas un programme de TSFX pour le francais malheureusement. Il n'y a que l'Alliance Francaise si tu veux ameliorer ton francais en dehors de l'ecole.

J'espere que ma petite promotion d'Alliance t'aide!

[Panicmode]

It's definitely worth it. Particularly with languages, the key is exposure. The Alliance Francaise days provide a good opportunity to immerse yourself in the language. Even better would be a trip to France/ a francophone country but I understand this is not possible/plausible for everyone.

To get more exposure make sure you watch French news on SBS, watch a new French movie weekly and endeavour to read as many articles in French as possible.

[TheFatDuck]

The holiday intensive programs were quite useful. A bit intimidating at the start of the year though. When you do the listening it feels as if you hear mindless blabber. Although, by the end of the year, the Immersion days are excellent and help to consolidate your knowledge/skills. I personally found the writing immersion day more useful than the oral (basic oral drills rather than a full practice oral). However, it was right in the middle of exams so it was quite difficult to sacrifice a whole day.