1.5 hours per week for 5 weeks Starting June 29, 2023
At French Library
Join Cassandre to explore 19th century Paris and let yourself be transported to one of the most fascinating periods in the city's history. Come and learn French while discovering the City of Light in a unique and captivating way!
Vous connaissez Paris, ses grandes façades blanches, ses toits en zinc, et sans doute également l'architecte Haussmann. Mais savez-vous que les travaux d'Haussmann ont provoqué de vives polémiques ? Que c'est à cette époque que le "Préfet Poubelle" impose l'outil du même nom ? Que l'éminent écrivain Emile Zola s'est vivement opposé à cette transformation radicale de Paris ? Venez découvrir l'histoire passionnante de la ville lumière à travers les yeux du Baron Haussmann, de ses contemporains à travers plusieurs textes, images, et reportages. Apprenez comment la modernisation de Paris a façonné son architecture, son style de vie et son économie, jusqu'à aujourd'hui. Vivez l'effervescence de l'époque et la controverse suscitée par les travaux d'Haussmann. Rejoignez-nous pour explorer le Paris du 19ème siècle et laissez-vous transporter dans l'une des périodes les plus fascinantes de l'histoire de la ville. Venez apprendre le français tout en découvrant la ville lumière d'une manière unique et captivante !
Objectifs communicatifs et linguistiques:
Review core skills and linguistic competencies of B1 level : relative pronouns, past tenses, subjunctive mood. Practice all four skills, through conversations, readings of novel excerpts and newspaper articles ; listen to videos and podcasts and discuss!
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