French

Organiser:   Tony Smith - french@ashbyu3a.co.uk - 01530 831822

This new French group is hoping to improve their spoken French, initially by conversation and perhaps later by some form of instruction.
We meet once a fortnight on Mondays at 11am at the Ivanhoe Club, Wilfred Place in Ashby. There are also fortnightly conversation sessions at one of the member's houses on a Tuesday evening for those who are more fluent.

October

The French group continues to meet on alternate Mondays at the Ivanhoe Club, Wilfred Gardens, Ashby at 11am. The next meetings will in October on Mon 27th and in November on Monday 10th and then the 24th.

We start most sessions with each member in turn giving us a résumé in French of their news and the events of the last week in which they may have participated. Afterwards we will continue to read the letters of Hugo Cotton who emails regularly (he is French and teaches English in schools but has a 'Learn French' podcast and follows up his sessions with emails) and we try and incorporate some revision/ learning - recently we have concentrated on revising verb declension.