2009-2010 Briançon: Collège Vauban 3ème

The citadel of Briançon in October 2009. Somewhere nearby a group of students from Troisième (Year 10) are meeting for one of their English conversation classes. As usual, everyone enjoys a picnic during which the conversation is in English, except when mischievous students think the teachers are not listening!!http://picasaweb.google.fr/alliance.anglaise05/20092010BrianconCollegeVauban3eme?authkey=Gv1sRgCO-t7v6gxN3IjwE#

2009-2010 Briançon: Collège Vauban 4ème

In the photo, six 13-14 year-old demoiselles from 4ème (Year 9) enjoy a picnic in the garden of the Hotel Edelweiss while chatting in English with Pippa, their Australian teacher. A seventh student was ill, others will join shortly, so the workshop is confirmed.

They may be young but all six are lively characters; it seems certain that everyone is going to have lots of fun in the forthcoming year.

http://picasaweb.google.fr/alliance.anglaise05/20092010BrianconCollegeVauban4eme?authkey=Gv1sRgCPXX3_6jzNzM_QE

Année Académique 2009-2010

Alliance Anglaise 05 propose les Ateliers suivants:

Briançon:

Adults: Forum **

Adults: Intermédiaire **

Adults: Saisonniers **

Elèves du Lycée d'Altitude: Seconde

Elèves du Collège Vauban: Troisième

Elèves du Collège Vauban: Quatrième

Elèves du Collège Les Garçins: Troisième

Elèves du Collège Les Garçins: Quatrième

Guillestre:

Adults: Forum **

Elèves du Collège Les Hautes Vallées: Troisième

Elèves du Collège Les Hautes Vallées: Quatrième

Embrun:

Elèves du Lycée Honoré Romane: BTS Tourisme

Elèves du Lycée Honoré Romane: Première

Elèves du Lycée Honoré Romane: Seconde

** Avec l'UTL du Grand Briançonnais.

Des échanges sur Internet et des visites éventuelles en Angleterre sont prévus pour tous les ateliers sauf ceux pour les élèves de Quatrième.

Student Visit Briançon: August 2009

Lucy was the first Troisième (Year 10) student from Chichester to visit Briançon. Both she and Manon having younger sisters, Emily was invited and enjoyed the company of Magali.
In the photo they and Claire, who visited Chichester in February 2009 with Manon and is dressed in yellow, were enjoying a not-very-serious guided tour of Briançon's medieval citadel with Anthony, who took the photo. http://picasaweb.google.fr/alliance.anglaise05/AA05August2009LucyEmily?authkey=Gv1sRgCN6wp5Gx7c-YwwE#

Embrun

Embrun, at 900m, has a milder climate than Briançon and Guillestre; winter snow melts faster and summer temperatures regulalry exceed 30c. A thriving market town and religious centre, Embrun life changed in 1960 when the Serre Ponçon damn was completed. Suddenly, the town overlooked France's largest inland lake which, thanks to summer sun and strong winds, rapidly became an obligatory destination for sailors and windsurfers.
Embrun is surrounded by ski-resorts and two national parks, Le Queyras and Les Ecrins, which offer all the pleasures of mountaineering, including lakeside picnics, via ferratas, mountain-biking and climbing glacier-clad peaks.

http://picasaweb.google.fr/alliance.anglaise05/Embrun?authkey=Gv1sRgCJLt-t3um7SBDA#

Guillestre

Guillestre is situated between Briançon to the north and Embrun to the south, at the entrance to the Queyras national park. It is linked to two major ski resorts, Vars and Risoul, and the military fortifications in nearby Mont Dauphin are part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.

In summer, the valleys surrounding Guillestre are very popular with white-water enthusiasts.

http://picasaweb.google.fr/alliance.anglaise05/Guillestre02?authkey=Gv1sRgCOCsgJPphOvn2wE#

Briançon

Situated at nearly 1300m, Briançon is nearly as high as the summit of Ben Nevis! A Mediterranean climate, although allowing snow to settle for 5 months each winter, ensures that summer months are hot and sunny. Italy is less than 10 miles away and Turin is the nearest large city.
Briançon forms part of the Serre Chevalier ski complex; a ski-lift is situated in the town centre and anorak-clad skiers and snowboarders are common sights from December until April.

http://picasaweb.google.fr/alliance.anglaise05/Briancon?authkey=Gv1sRgCKeVud-ko-_aJg#

Student exchange November 2007

The first students from Chichester to visit Briançon arrived in November 2007. They discovered the beauty of the Briançonnais mountains and the generous hospitality of the local inhabitants.

Apart from visiting Briançon and socialising with friends, the visitors, much to their amazement, were invited snowboarding at 3300m on the glacier above Les Deux Alpes.
For some photos of the experience, please consult :

http://manon-alexandra.skyrock.com

Student Profile: Jean Baptiste

Jean Baptiste, a qualified carpenter, wanted to improve his English so he could work for an international non-governmental organisation. He joined an Alliance Anglaise 05 workshop in September 2008: his adventure was about to begin.

http://picasaweb.google.fr/alliance.anglaise05/AA0520072008?authkey=Gv1sRgCIGghtfwpbeQ2AE#

Student profile: Florence

Florence first visited Scotland in February 2008 , staying as au pair girl for two weeks with friends of Anthony. Having passed her bac in June 2008, she returned to Scotland in August 2009 as a guest of different friends. In exchange for free board and lodging she gave private French lessons to Brian and Janet.
Visiting Edinburgh enabled her to enquire about student jobs for next summer. Meeting Cayle and Hugo, she was introduced to Scottish student life, which included socialising in local pubs. She also attended the Edinburgh Festival.

http://picasaweb.google.fr/alliance.anglaise05/AA05FlorenceProfile?authkey=Gv1sRgCOmT0uKB0MaFjAE#5367867531660625378

Student profile: Manon

After her bac, having specialised in English and Spanish, Manon wanted to live in England. So she became "au pair" girl in a family with two young boys. She attended language school, obtaining a Cambridge certificate in "English as a Foreign Language". She also worked as a waitress and joined a local drama club where a slight French accent was no hindrance to performing in English.
Having been accepted to study at Portsmouth University, Manon will soon be starting a new life as an English university student.
http://picasaweb.google.fr/alliance.anglaise05/AA05ManonProfile?authkey=Gv1sRgCKSGp-a-_6PP_gE

History of Alliance Anglaise 05

2006-2007
Workshop for Briançon adults and pilot class at the Lycée d'Altitude (Terminale + Première).


2007-2008:
Workshops for adults at Briançon and Guillestre.
Official workshop at the Lycée d'Altitude (Terminale + Première). Internet exchanges with students at Bishop Luffa School/Chichester High School for Girls. Two Chichester students visited Briançon in Novemeber 2007, the first school visit, and 6 Briançon students visited Chichester in February 2008. Another student to Scotland as au pair for two weeks.


2008-2009:
Workshop for adults in Briançon and Guillestre **
Lycée d'Altitude Briançon: Terminale + Première **
Lycée d'Altitude Briançon: Seconde (New!) **
Collège Vauban Briançon: Troisième (New!) ***
Collège Les Garçins Briançon: Troisième (New!) ***

Lycée des Hautes Vallées Guillestre: Troisième (New!) **
Lycée Climatique Honoré Romane: BTS Tourisme (New!) **

** Internet exchanges with correspondents in England.
*** Internet exchanges plus school visit.

Over 70 students enrolled for the various workshops. Lisa, Rachel and Lindsay helped Anthony with the teaching.

A typical English Conversation workshop.

Rachel hiding behind a cushion while students enjoy themselves, nothing unusual in the world of Alliance Anglaise 05.

Welcome!

The Alliance Anglaise 05 mission is to help inhabitants of the Hautes-Alpes department communicate with the world outside France.

Local schools teach grammar and vocabulary and introduce students to anglo-saxon literature. Others teach essential English for professionals, especially important in a region dependent upon tourism.
Alliance Anglaise 05 complements these efforts. We don't teach English, we encourage students to exploit existing knowledge, permiting them to communicate in the language of globalisation. Our teachers, all anglophone, impart everyday English spiced with the culture of their country of origin.
Complementary to our conversation workshops, limited to 10-12 students for maximum efficiency, we connect students to British correspondents and incite exchange visits. We also help ex-students organise work assignments in English-speaking countries.
The French intone "Vive la difference!!". Agreed. But how much better to discover and appreciate the multitude of differences that distinguish the French from Anglophones!!
Anthony Scrimgeour August 2009