LANGUAGE STUDIES:

French Conversation:

Meeting at The Railway Club, Truro, this French Conversation group, for established French language speakers, was somewhat limited in accepting additional members, due to having too many present to hold a reasonable conversation. Then, because we lost our French-speaking leader, we had to organise the sessions amongst ourselves.

Since then, we have settled into a routine whereby each member in turn takes charge of a week's session, preparing and handing out a homework exercise in advance, then conducting us through that work in the group, as well as keeping us all in order during the regular "La Semaine Dernière" spot. Our last session before Christmas will be on 6th December, restarting on 10th January 2012.

Building upon this experience and allowing for the seasonal fluctuations in attendance, we would now welcome some new members. We are a friendly lot and if you are moderately fluent in French and would like to give it a try, please contact Harry Nicholls on (01209) 860380 for more information.

French Film Group:

Meeting at Tony Herring's home on the second Friday of November, seven members watched the French Film "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg" on DVD, readily obtained on loan from the extensive Resource Centre of the Third Age Trust at Bromley. It was a gentle romance, unusual in that all the words were sung to background music!

February 10th:

We viewed "Manon Des Sources" the satisfactory sequel to "Jean de Florette" in which the baddies were punished and virtue was rewarded!

We meet again on 9th March, when we will view either "Babette's Feast" or "Amelie".

Bagas Tavas Kernuack - Cornish Language Group:

A small friendly group for informal Cornish conversation has started each Monday morning at 10.30am, meeting in the Cafeteria within Truro Cathedral, where everybody is welcome! Why not come along and enjoy learning a little of our own local language.

Chris Marks is our leader, who will be pleased to provide you withany additional information (01872) 501329.

Hablemos Español:

Simple conversation for improvers in Spanish:

This group is looking for anyone interested in developing their use of Spanish language. Meeting in members' homes, please contact me if you would like to come along. We meet weekly on Thursdays at 10.00am.

Always welcome any expressions of interest and offers of help, please! Please indicate your level, such as Basic, Moderate, Fairly fluent, etc. Our last session this year will be on 1st December and we plan to re-start in the New Year on Thursday, 12th January. Harry Nicholls (01209) 860380.

 

For all activities, please check our Google Calendar to confirm dates, times and location

Groups Coordinator - Duncan Tribute or (01872) 260792