Since 2005, we have been working with local schools and parents to bring our popular children’s French classes to classrooms outside of the Alliance Française. Native French teachers from the Alliance Française Palmerston North can come to your school during the day or for after school French lesson
DurationSince 2005, we have been working with local schools and parents to bring our popular children’s French classes to classrooms outside of the Alliance Française. Native French teachers from the Alliance Française Palmerston North can come to your school during the day or for after school French lessons. All our teachers are qualified in teaching FLE (French as a second language) and/or trained as primary school teachers in France.
Courses include interactive ways of learning French such as singing, games and role-play. Classes are ideal for children in Years 1 – 8.
Adults
Learn and practise French in a friendly and convivial atmosphere at the Alliance Française Palmerston North. Whether you are a complete beginner or an advanced speaker, we have the appropriate class to match your level and your goals.Our regular on-site French classes run for 1.5 hours each week for an average period of 10 weeks.The courses are taught in small groups with 12 students maximum.
Children And Teenagers
Encourage your children’s natural ability for languages with the Alliance Française Palmerston North! Classes are taught by fully qualified native French teachers enabling your children to learn French in complete immersion from an early age.
Classes provide a structured routine that is both dynamic and interactive. They incorporate lots of fun activities, such as drama, crafts, music, role-play and plenty of lively and popular games to keep the children’s motivation and interest in French.
High School Students
Alliance Française Palmerston North has a range of courses dedicated to 13-18 year old students who study French at school and wish to boost their learning in order to achieve best results.
Why choose our courses
They are complementary to the school curriculum: new activities and documents are used to practise and reinvest the skills and themes learnt at school.
Students benefit from a complete immersion in the francophone and Francophile environment at the Alliance Française.
Teachers use authentic class material, from French TV, magazines, movies, carefully chosen and adapted by our educational team.
Courses are fun! Less formal exercises and homework, more interaction and real life situation.
Most of our classes focus on oral communication in small groups and allow our students to expand their comprehension and speaking skills.
Formed in 1949, the Cercle Français de Palmerston North held its first meeting on 15 July that year in the Workers Educational Association (W.E.A.) rooms, Church Street. The President was Mademoiselle Geneviève Pichard. The Cercle then began to meet fortnightly with a programme of talks, plays, music, films, andconversation groups, ending the year with a Soirée de gala, attended in 1949 by thirty-one members and guests.
Among its members, then and now, are native speakers of French resident in the region and others with an interest in the French language and culture. The Cercle established links with French teachers and schools in the region. For the first time, it organised an Oral French Competition (a Concours oral) in 1959. This continues to be an important annual event.
In 1954, the Cercle became affiliated to the Alliance Française de Paris. In line with other Cercles Français in New Zealand, it changed its name in the 1970s to Alliance Française de Palmerston North. The Fédération des Alliances Françaises de Nouvelle-Zélande was established in 1979 to link the Alliances, and in particular to organise annually a national Oral French competition for senior pupils of French, with prizes consisting of airfares and a course of study in Paris or New Caledonia.
The focus of activities has now changed from regular monthly meetings with social and cultural programmes to French language classes for adults and children with a Francophone teacher. At different levels, these classes serve a variety of purposes. In addition, the Alliance participates in the annual Festival of Cultures and the City Library’s cultural programme, and celebrates the French National Day, 14 July. Café-conversation meetings take place most weeks in the city.
The Alliance Française de Palmerston North benefits from the support of the Alliance Française Foundation in Paris, the Embassy of France in Wellington and the General Delegation of the Alliance Française Foundation in Auckland.
In 2010, the Alliance Française de Palmerston North became an Incorporated Society and registered as a Charitable Entity.
A summary account, in English and in French, of the history of the Cercle Français and the Alliance Française de Palmerston North, with other documents, is held in the Ian Matheson City Archives, Palmerston North City Library, The Square, P. O. Box 1948, Palmerston North.
Come along and enroll in this fun and varied course with the goal of starting to communicate in colloquial French and to develop foundational skills in French. Learn to introduce yourself in French, use functional language for a variety of situations, and experience French cultures such as wine.
At EarthDiverse, we believe that language is culture, and there is no true understanding of other cultures unless we make an effort to learn non-English languages.
Learn this beautiful language and prepare for further study or travel. Suitable for complete beginners and those with some basic French.
We offer GROW programmes, immersion opportunities as well as the French National Language Adviser who can work with your school to help strengthen the teaching of French. We also have close relationships with the New Zealand Association of French Teachers(NZAFT) as well as the French Embassy.
French course is offered by Palmerston North Intermediate Normal School. Our courses are taught by highly qualified and experienced teacher who are extremely dedicated to ensuring you leave with all the necessary skills to broaden your horizons and never be lost for words again.
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