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19th June 2012 matinée à thème
3rd July 2012 matinée à thème
including coffee and croissants
£15 (advanced booking). £20 if paid on the day. Please check if not booked as places are limited.
Availability
As of early June we have places available.
Email us for more details or to reserve a place.
To book your place, telephone Judith Stephens on 01395 597221
or email: sidburymill@btconnect.com
June and July matinées à thème
These mornings are activity based and entirely French speaking. They are aimed at those who have a working knowledge of spoken French but want to consolidate what they know, and gain confidence actually using their spoken language. Perhaps you are an improver or intermediate student. The activities are loosely based on a partifulr theme for each morning and are exclusively oral, and aimed at getting you to practise, practise, practise your spoken French. You may well revisit French which you have already "studied" at some time in the past, but you should start to build up a reliable bank of basic spoken language that you can actually come up with without thinking too hard!
Venue
The mornings take place in the inspirational setting of the Kingfisher Gallery at the Sidbury Mill in Sidbury, a working watermill, restored, owned and run by Judith Stephens and her husband. The workshop (atelier et dejeuner) is hosted by Judith. Delicious freshly brewed coffee (or tea etc on request) is served during the morning, and a sandwich style lunch with refreshments later on. Sidbury Mill, Sidbury, Devon, EX10 0RE.
The plan is for a 10 o'clock start, so arrivals from 9.50.
Refreshments will be available and a sandwich lunch is included in the price. Parking is available at the Mill
Approach
The setting will be relaxed and informal. We expect everyone to make lots of mistakes, to go blank sometimes, and have to gesture and gesticulate to make up for forgotten or missing words! Nearly everyone who joins a language group as an adult is worried that everyone else will be much more advanced, speak better, remember everything and make very few mistakes. So if you are worrying about this, you know you will be with like-minded people! In fact you will be doing everyone a favour by making a mistake or forgetting something, because most people will be thinking "oh good, I'm not the only one to forget things!"
