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Yesterday and today … Courrier International invites us to an exciting time travel to remember Queen Elizabeth II. An opportunity to revise the use of past tenses in French.

 

Instructions: Read the text and the verbs in bold, then find our grammar sheet at the end of the article. It’s a gift, don’t forget to download it.

« Le monde au début du règne d’Élisabeth II : Staline, Edgar Faure et “Chantons sous la pluie”.

La reine Élisabeth II est morte le 8 septembre 2022. Soixante-dix ans plus tôt, en février 1952, c’est un autre monde qui a assisté (assister à ) – en noir et blanc – à son accession au trône britannique.

Le journaliste britannique Peter Oborne plonge soixante-dix ans en arrière en ouverture de son article consacré au décès de la monarque britannique publié par Middle East Eye. “Quand Élisabeth II est devenue (devenir) reine à l’âge de 25 ans le 6 février 1952, Winston Churchill était (être) Premier ministre, Staline était (être) à la tête de la Russie et Farouk était (être) roi d’Égypte. Au Royaume-Uni, il n’y avait (avoir) pas d’autoroutes et pas d’Internet, et la radio était (être) plus répandue que la télévision.”

“En 1952, la population mondiale était (être) d’environ 2,6 milliards de personnes”, contre près de 8 milliards en 2022, se souvient aussi Business Insider. Aux États-Unis, “Harry Truman était (être) président, un café coûtait (coûter) environ 30 cents, et l’espérance de vie moyenne était (être) de 71 ans pour les femmes et de 65 ans pour les hommes”, contre 82 et 78 ans aujourd’hui. En 1952, “la poliomyélite faisait (faire) des ravages aux États-Unis, avec 58 000 nouveaux cas”, et les pilules contraceptives n’étaient (être) pas autorisées, rappelle le site américain.

En France, en février 1952, l’éphémère premier gouvernement d’Edgar Faure est au pouvoir, sous la présidence de Vincent Auriol.

Dans un article paru en 2012 pour le jubilé de diamant d’Élisabeth II (soixante années de règne), c’est un voyage dans la capitale britannique telle qu’elle était (être) en 1952 que proposait CNN.

“Si vous souhaitez téléphoner, il vous faudra trouver une cabine téléphonique rouge, à condition d’être prêt à affronter les nombreux épisodes de smog qui affectent Londres à l’époque, décrit le média américain. […] En décembre 1952, 4 000 personnes sont mortes étouffées par la pollution urbaine de la capitale, et des milliers d’autres sont tombés malades.”

Sept ans seulement après la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, “le rationnement de certains produits alimentaires était (être) encore en vigueur en 1952 : celui du thé a pris fin (prendre fin) en octobre et celui des bonbons et du sucre seulement en 1953, retrace aussi CNN. […] Les plus gros postes de dépense des ménages après le loyer étaient (être) les cigarettes : 6 % du budget des familles partait (partir) en volutes de fumée.”

Le “blockbuster” dans les cinémas britanniques en 1952 ? Chantons sous la pluie, avec Gene Kelly. En France, la même année, c’est Fernandel dans Le Petit Monde de don Camillo qui tient le haut de l’affiche.

“Qu’est-ce qui n’a pas changé (changer) à Londres depuis 1952 ? interroge le média américain. Les Britanniques sont toujours fous de football et de cricket, et ils vont toujours au pub. Les grands monuments de Londres comme la cathédrale Saint-Paul, la Tour de Londres et le Parlement sont encore debout. Les bus rouges à impériale et les taxis noirs sillonnent les rues, et la météo est toujours la même.”

Le monde au début du règne d’Élisabeth II : Staline, Edgar Faure et “Chantons sous la pluie” (courrierinternational.com)

 

GIFT: Download now our Grammar sheet here and practice!

Find all ALIP’s French courses here.

 

 

ALIP in Paris offers a year-round French course program for all your goals:

• Preparing for graduate school – you will soon be entering a Grande Ecole or University in France, learn at ALIP everything you need: how to study in France, how to take notes, how to communicate with professors, administration and other students, how to understand a lecture and do research, how to make a summary or a revision sheet, how to work in a team. You will also work on academic assignments: oral presentation, defense, debate, written presentation, argument. Techniques and methods, intercultural comparison, practical advice, systematic exercises and role-playing.
• Discover French and French culture – you want to discover Paris and its culture for a month, live the Parisian way of life!
• Learn French intensively – you have time, you want to immerse yourself in Paris and meet other students who love the French language.

 

All our programs for the 2022-2023 school year

 

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Spend the beautiful month of June in Paris!

Discover and improve your French language in an international and friendly atmosphere, coaching, communication, games, culture, outings …

From May 30th to June 24th : 16 or 20 hours per week, from 780€.

BOOKING

The Louvre Museum

The name alone makes us dream. And there are many of us who dream and visit it every year.

It must be said that there is a lot to see: more than 500,000 works of art are kept there, which is incredible for a Parisian museum.

And among these treasures, there are many masterpieces from around the world. It is a journey through the world and also through the key periods of the history of humanity.

We tell you a short history of this monument of the Parisian artistic life.

« In the Middle Ages, King Philippe Auguste, of the Capetian family, built a fortress near the Seine that would become a royal secondary residence a few centuries later, under King Charles V.
François Ier, in the 18th century, settled there permanently, with his 16 children!

The building will undergo many changes over time but Louis XIV will finally abandon it in favor of the Palace of Versailles. But the museum project was born with him.
It was at the time of the French Revolution that the first royal collections were exhibited.

The Louvre was almost destroyed by fire during the events of the Commune. But the museum was saved from the flames and continued to evolve.

In 1988, the architect Ming Pei built his glass pyramids there. In 2012, Islamic art made its debut in the museum. Today, two “Louvres” are born: in Lens in France and in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.»

 

♥ What will we see at the Louvre? ♥

Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa (1503), Veronese’s The Wedding at Cana (1562-1563), Géricault’s The Raft of the Medusa (1818-1819), Ingres’ The Great Odalisque (1814)… And let’s not forget Khorsabad’s Winged Bulls (circa 710 BC), the famous Scroll of the Sea (circa 1880 AD), and the C.), the famous Crouching Scribe (circa 2620-2500 BC), the Venus of Milo (circa 150-130 BC), the Victory of Samothrace (circa 200-185 BC)
The Venus of Milo (c. 150-130 BC), the Victory of Samothrace (c. 200-185 BC) and many others.

Have a nice trip in art and culture!

Join ALIP for a cultural french course

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The show is back!

Rendez-vous: February 26 › March 6, 2022
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles
9am to 7pm – Every day

See the show your way! Animals, products, farmers, news about agriculture …

Products from regions across france and its overseas territories and from the rest of the world / Livestock production and its sectors / Agricultural services and professions / Crop and plant sectors, gardening and vegetable gardens

 

Time to learn some French vocabulary :

Une vache : a cow

une chèvre : a goat

un cheval : a horse

un chat : a cat

un chien : a dog

la ferme : farm

la pêche : fishing

le pain : bread

l’environnement : the environment

les forêts : forests

les fruits et les légumes : fruits and vegetables

les fruits de mer : seafood

les abeilles et le miel : bees and honey

les alcools : alcohols

les marques : brands

les poules : chickens

l’huile : oil

les canards : ducks

 

And more to learn in our French courses at ALIP!

 

Your plan is to learn French intensively? Choose our 3 – 6 – 9 months French course.

 

 

Our program allows you to take French courses for 12, 24 or 36 weeks (with a few weeks break, guaranteed rest 😉 ) and to evolve among our different levels!

In the program of your 20 hours of weekly classes:

– General French class: improve your level of everyday French, discuss with international students in human-sized groups supervised by expert and dynamic teachers

– Conversation class: develop your oral communication skills on various topics in small groups

– Project class: have fun designing projects from A to Z, which will allow you to communicate with French speakers from all over the world and develop your team spirit.

– Thematic workshops: 6 hours per week of cultural, linguistic or specific courses: gastronomy, grammar through games, theater, business French, phonetics or culture among others.

– Access to our exclusive e-learning platform to extend your learning at your own pace on your phone, computer or tablet

– Outings and extracurricular activities will also punctuate your stay!

 

3 sessions per year are available, you can start with the one that suits you best and stay for one, two or three consecutive sessions:

– October to January (the perfect opportunity to spend Christmas in Paris 😉 )

– From February to May (Spring in Paris, the good life!)

– From June to August (a French Summer!)

 

Good to know: you can pay your registration fee in several installments.

Discover the interview of Caroline, our French teacher and coach

 

“Hello Caroline, what French course did you teach at ALIP?

• Hello, I just left an amazing little group of international students that I followed from November 22 to December 17, 2022. The next group will run from January 17 to February 11, 2022.

Who were your students?

• Ilaria and Davide from Italy, Sueli from Brazil, Rumeysa from Turkey, Jessy from Indonesia and Anna from Romania. They were all beginners in French, except Sueli who had some good basics in French.

How did you work with this group?

• In fact, I adapted to their levels in French and I progressed according to what was happening in the class, the motivations and the needs of each student.

We have seen all the tenses and French grammar up to A2 level. We worked on French vocabulary allowing us to present ourselves (our qualities, our flaws, our passions), to speak about our close relations, our origins, our life and our work, but also about our hobbies. We were also able to talk about projects and work on the resume. Ilaria and Davide were looking for a job. We helped them (in French).

We also saw the history of Paris, of the districts, and of French language…

There was a very warm atmosphere in our French classes. Everyone had something to talk about, to say about life, love, work… One was hesitating in her love choices, the other was looking for her professional future. Any subject helped us progress in oral and written French throughout the different French lessons.

What is the ALIP touch that you brought to this French course?

• Ah, we were close to celebrating Christmas, so we each had a secret friend to treat and on the last day we had a buffet and gave each other gifts (we had to guess who the secret friend was and what the gift contained… in French!).

We also went on cultural trips in Paris and had lunch together at a restaurant.

The other specificity that I develop at ALIP is that I am a certified coach in personal and intercultural development. In times of covid, it is important to know how to welcome the person in his or her entirety with a lot of kindness and generosity.”

 

Thanks Caroline!

You study or will study Fashion in France or in French? 2 gifts in this article!!

Nice challenge, bravo!

Here is your first present :

Second gift:

To help you, today we have selected some useful videos to improve your French in this field.

• Who’s Next – Replay of Fashion conferences I conferences on trends, innovation, wholesale, retail, social networks and new fashion business models!
• Smart Creation, podcast, invites you to explore the potential of sustainable fashion. I Meeting with Christine Goulay from Pangaia, whose company is mainly focused on technology and innovation, and designs products made from bio-sourced and organic materials, which can also be biodegradable
• IFM Podcast: Fashion/textile: a look back at several decades of globalization
• Fashion with Loic Prigent’s humour
• Art & Fashion conference from CNRS

And to continue your learning, join one of our French courses.

Learning a language is living it.

 

Taking a French course in Paris means immersing yourself in a dynamic and multicultural city. But you still have to choose your language school carefully.

At ALIP, our heart has been beating for international students for a very long time. And above all, we are convinced that a friendly and dynamic atmosphere is necessary to develop the desire to learn.

ALIP‘s French courses include a wide variety of modules, where you will meet many different and warm personalities. Our teachers are coaches, companions, professional experts… But all of them have at heart to maintain a family and friendly atmosphere for all.

Among our activities, in addition to the various modules, you will join our project course: in small teams, you will create together a prototype of an object, a festival project, an exhibition, a reportage… Each project invites you to meet Parisians, French speakers, foreigners, professionals or students and thus improve your French.

Our intercultural challenges offer you the opportunity to develop your team spirit while having fun. A challenge is launched to all the classes and may the best one win (shhh, it’s a secret, but in reality, everyone wins something at the end…): short film festival, pastry contest, French word challenge…

Finally, during your stay at ALIP, you will celebrate because that’s how we progress: educational activities, fun visits, and especially parties! At ALIP, we celebrate everything! The whole world is a party, we celebrate all the important traditions of our students’ countries and we also share our own customs.

So, at ALIP you are sure to learn a modern, lively and dynamic language.

We are waiting for you!

Our next 4-week French course will take place from January 17 to February 11, 2022.

Come and enjoy Paris in winter!

– 12 hours of French classes every morning
– cultural and educational outings in Paris
– cultural discovery workshops

Enjoy a friendly international atmosphere in a dynamic and safe neighborhood, just steps away from the Eiffel Tower.

–> Register now here

 

CHRISTMAS PROMOTION : with our partner Qualité Groupement FLE, we offer you an exceptional 5% discount with the code NOEL GPFLE noted on your registration form!

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In your graduate studies in France, there are many new skills to learn. ALIP School, a specialist in university education preparation, shares with you some elements to help you.

Today, we’re looking at note taking.
For your studies in graduate school or university, you need to know how to take notes. Teachers no longer give you their lectures but often give long speeches. You need to be able to take down the essentials of the lecture yourself so that you can work on them at home. It is sometimes difficult to listen and write at the same time. But you will see, to memorize a lesson, if you have written it yourself it will always be easier 😉

Here are some tips for getting started with note-taking skills. For more guidance and practice in other skills, join our graduate school preparation course.

 

 

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The French for Higher Education program includes a project module.

In small groups of students from different classes, you will participate in all the steps of building a professional project.
Here is a look at the work of an ALIP group, which chose to work on the theme of water. Click on to read the exhibition 😉

 

Join our graduate preparatory course for 3, 6 or 9 months. Next sessions: October 2021 – February 2022 – June 2022.

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Looking for a short but intensive language stay in Paris this winter? Whatever your level of French, our French and Culture 4-weeks course is for you.

Our assets :

• 16 hours of French classes and cultural activities for all in the heart of Paris. Gain confidence in your French communication skills, meet Parisians, take on challenges, exchange with international students... Themes are numerous and adapted to your level: leisure, art of living and customs, French history, humor, cooking and gastronomy, arts…
• A dynamic team in a central and human-sized school, certified Label Qualité FLE. A stone’s throw from the Eiffel Tower, in a safe and friendly neighborhood, our teachers will make you feel at home in our school.
• If you are an employee of a French company, take advantage of your Personal Training Account – CPF and get it for free!

Contact us for more information.

We look forward to welcoming you.

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 Upcoming Winter 2021 dates :

– November 22 to December 17, 2021. Ideal if you want to spend Christmas in Paris.

– From January 3 to 28, 2022

 

Looking for a longer and more intensive French course? Choose our 3-6 or 9-month French course.

 

 

 

 

The Alliance Linguistique et Interculturelle de Paris has just received the renewal of its Label Qualité FLE and Qualiopi center for its professional trainings. This double label has been delivered by France Education international, authorized to deliver Qualiopi on behalf of France Compétences.

“This certification should provide a better guarantee and greater readability of the training offer to companies and users.”

Obtaining this double label attests to the quality of our training implementation process and our approach to skills development.

For the companies and employees who trust us, it is the guarantee of a clear offer of quality training.

– Our professional language training for employees and companies

– Our French language courses

– Our English language training courses

In accordance with the Qualiopi and Label FLE standards, the audits focused on the procedures for welcoming our learners, the management of our center and staff, and the educational and administrative resources allocated to our training courses.

In the very complex context of our activity linked to the health crisis, this double label pushes us to pursue all our efforts with pride and joy. We are thrilled to welcome all our future trainees, international students, employees, language lovers, certification candidates…

More about Qualiopi

Contact us for more information

 

 

A good linguistic, academic and cultural preparation is necessary to succeed in your higher education studies in France.

Specialized in the preparation of higher studies for more than 15 years, this is what ALIP offers you.

ALIP, a Label Qualité FLE center is a linguistic partner of prestigious institutions. Its programs are designed to meet the expectations of your schools and universities.
Our Preparation for Higher Education program lasts from 3 to 9 or 12 months. A session lasts 3 months and includes 200 hours of intensive training. You can decide to take one, two or three consecutive sessions, depending on your level and your objectives.

Do not hesitate to contact us for personalized advice. We will be happy to study your study project.

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In addition to the general French or English courses and the cultural and professional workshops, here is an overview of your Preparation for Higher Studies program:

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Next course : Feb 28, 2022

Course schedule :
October to January
February to May 
June to August

All sessions are independent. You can start with the one that suits you best and register for one, two or three sessions. 

 

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This summer, learn French!

The borders are open again, so are our classes. We are looking forward to sharing all these great moments with you and helping you discover Paris!

Opt for our French and culture classes 16h or 20h per week. 3 dates in the summer :

• July 5 to 30
• from August 2nd to 27th
• from September 6th to October 1st

Price : 780 € for the 16h course – 920 € for the 20h course

Good to know : you are employed in France ? Activate your Training Account (CPF) and don’t pay for your course 😉 Direct access here

The strong points of this course :

• small, dynamic, multicultural and friendly group
• specialized and motivated teachers
• cultural workshops
• cultural activities and educational outings every week
• available teaching staff
• modern and secure premises

Join Roman, Fatemeh, Lisseth, Joanna, Lucia, Darina, Heather and the others… have fun!

 

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After several difficult months due to Covid, France is now progressively reopening its borders.

ALIP is ready to welcome you in the best conditions, in its school close to the Eiffel Tower.

Countries have been classified according to health risks. Here is the map as of June 2, 2021:

We explain the procedures according to your country of origin:

We look forward to seeing you in Paris 😉 Here is our summer program :

 

Learn more about ALIP

Discover our French courses

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It is with pride that we inform you that ALIP joins the Groupement FLE, alongside quality French language schools throughout France.

 

 

What is the Groupement FLE ?

Since 1994, the Groupement FLE has sought to bring together schools of French as a Foreign Language that meet quality criteria in order to make them accessible to international students, businessmen, school centers, international teachers and so on.

Quality, promotion and mutualization are the key words of this association, which has gradually become a partner of institutions such as Forum Campus France, Label Qualité FLE, la FIPF ou l’Institut Français.

Which reference frame?

The repository to which ALIP was able to respond covers 9 domains including :

• Structured organization
• Adapted premises
• Attentive reception of students
• Qualified teachers
• Effective pedagogy
• Loyal sales policy and honest information

More about the code of conduct

We are happy to put the richness of this new partnership at your service.

 

Come and learn French in the Spring in Paris

 

Our next French & culture course will take place from 1st to 26th March 2021 at ALIP. In the heart of Paris, we welcome you for a 16h or 20h stay per week, focused on French language and culture.
Find the program here.

Did you know it ? This program is accessible through your Personal Training Account (Compte Personnel de Formation – CPF)! Are you employed in France? Don’t pay for your course, register directly here and finance your course through your training budget.

No more reason to hesitate to learn French with us 😉

For more information about the CPF, please click here.
Contact us for any request.

 

 

Live from our Language courses at ALIP in January 2021 …

 

Here is a quick overview of our language training activities at ALIP for the beginning of 2021. We hope to have the pleasure to welcome you for one of our training courses this year! 2021, fill up with projects in French 😉

• Graduate Studies Preparation Course – 3 months: our Hiver and Automne groups continue to study at a distance and meet their teachers every day in person! NEXT SESSION: February 15, 2021! Register
• TCF / TEF exam preparation courses: Boubacar, Sohag, Sandeep, Manar and Ashkan are actively preparing their exams with Julie.
• Health English courses: Nicole and Marguerite train their students on scientific writings in English.
• French & Culture courses: Marina from Brazil, Roman from Ukraine and Susanne from Norway start their training with Aurélie, and will taste a good home-made cake on Thursday! NEXT SESSION: March, 2021! Register
• Planet ALIP – E-learning: Our Winter, Autumn, Stephane, Anastasia and Nicole students work on our online platform. Register

 

While waiting to meet you in our language courses, take care of yourself!