Le Bulletin - Alliance Française Silicon Valley

Le Bulletin
Alliance Française Silicon Valley
Language School and Cultural Center
A non-profit 501 C (3) established in 1970 , member of the Paris based Fondation Alliance Française.
afscv.org
Volume 44, Issue 1
Winter Session 2014
The Destination to All Things French
Mot du President
SAVE THE DATE FOR THE
ASSOCIATION’S
2013 GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Dear Friends, dear Members of the Alliance Française of Silicon Valley, dear Students,
Welcome to our new Bulletin designed by our Digital Media specialist Upi Struzak. We hope you like it.
Here we are, it is this time of the year when we like to send each other best wishes and Happy Holidays!
Allow me to add my voice on behalf of the Alliance Française, my colleagues on our Executive Committee and
our Board of Directors. It was a pleasure to see so many of you at our Christmas Party. Thank you for coming.
2013 was a big year for the AFSCV!
We have more than doubled the number of Members from 110 to 221 and that is enough to make us all proud
of our work. But there are more reasons to make this a big year and I am excited to offer you new events
and programs in 2014.
Join us at our General Assembly and learn about our plan for the coming year.
Volunteering is an important and welcomed activity. Please let us know if you or a member of your family is
willing and able to volunteer. Email me directly to discuss if you have areas of interest you feel could help.
Thank you and again, our very best wishes for a happy and
wonderful New Year 2014!
Max Bouchard
President
January 11th from 1 to 2 pm
(Doors open at 12:45pm)
Location: 1243 San Tomas Aquino Rd,
San Jose 95117
All Members in good standing are welcome.
There will be no vote but a presentation and a Q&A.
Please join us (bring your Membership card) which will
give us an opportunity to exchange views and hear
your wishes and expectations.
Please register by sending an email to:
[email protected] before January 8th
Thank you
Le French Film Club will present a movie on January 17th. The film title will be announced January 1st. Please check the website for further information
Don’t forget to sign up for your newsletter online at afscv.org to get the latest updates and information!
Please visit our website for last-minute news and updates! N’oubliez pas de consulter notre site web pour les informations de dernière minute!
FREE EVENT
New!
Our annual Galette des Rois
+ Film will be held on:
Friday, January 24th, 2014, at 7 :00pm
West Valley Branch Library
1243 San Tomas Aquino Road, San Jose
“Marius”
A 2013 film from the book by
Marcel Pagnol and directed by
Daniel Auteuil.
In French with French subtitles
Entrée gratuite - Dons appreciés!
Free entrance - Donations welcome!
Replongez avec plaisir dans l’univers
ensoleillé de Marcel Pagnol que Daniel
Auteuil a adapté avec justesse. Dans les
années 30, le jeune Marius travaille dans le
bar de son père, César, sur le Vieux-Port de
Marseille. Il rêve de partir à l’aventure sur les
océans, mais l’amour qu’il porte à son père et
à la jolie Fanny le retient.
Revisit the sunny world of Marcel Pagnol,
adapted by Daniel Auteuil with gusto. In the
30’s, young Marius works in his father’s bar on
the old port of Marseille. He dreams of leaving
for ocean adventures, but the love he feels for
both his father and his pretty girlfriend, Fanny,
holds him back from following his dreams.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2014
PRESIDENT, Max Bouchard
SECRETARY, Upi Struzak
TREASURER, Pending
PUBLIC AFFAIRS & DEVELOPMENT,
Patrick Consorti
HUMANITIES, Anaïs Saint-Jude
PEDAGOGICAL STRATEGIES,
Danielle Trudeau
CULTURAL ATTACHE, Hélène Laroche
CULTURAL AFFAIRS, Bernadette Theisen
Ex-Officio
HEAD OF SCHOOL,
Marie-Claude Cauvin-Garrity
LE B U L LE T I N
V O LU M E 4 4 , I S S U E 1
Le mot culturel : appellation d’origine protégée
Malgré les bouleversements dans les habitudes alimentaires en France ces dernières années, la
grande majorité des Français demeurent de fins gastronomes et sont restés très attachés aux produits
d'excellence, aux produits de terroir.
Un grand nombre d'entre eux se sont donc réjouis fin Novembre quand on annonça que l'agneau de
pré-salé venait d'obtenir le label appellation d'origine protégée. Ce label très exigeant est la reconnaissance pour les éleveurs qui laissent paitre leurs troupeaux devant le Mont-Saint-Michel, sur une lande
couverte de cristaux de sel.
Ces étendues d'herbe rase, les prés sales, s'étendent sur des kilomètres à la ronde, et sont souvent
battues par des vents du nord/ouest. Les brebis y paissent tout au long de l'année et se nourrissent
d'une végétation unique, riche en oligo-éléments. Afin de garder le label Appellation d'Origine Protégée, le berger doit impérativement suivre à la lettre certaines conditions. Les agneaux, après leur sevrage, ne doivent connaitre que les marées.
L'AOP est un gage de qualité pour le consommateur. C'est un label reconnu dans toute l'Europe.
L'agneau de pré-salé est un savoir-faire connu depuis le 10e siècle. Il s'agit pour la France de mettre
en avant ses atouts : production limitée, finesse de la chair, viande exceptionnelle, à la saveur particulière, que les chefs des grandes tables s'arrachent.
Alors, je vous souhaite de vous régaler en ces fêtes de fin d'année.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
BULLETIN EDITOR, Sylvie Legon
BOOK & CINÉMA CLUB,
Bernadette Theisen
CAFÉ CONVERSATION, Sylvie Charmot
Bernadette Theisen
Cercle de lecture / Book Club
Nous nous réunirons le jeudi 23 janvier a 16 heures, au Boulanger de Los Gatos pour discuter le roman de Claude Gallay : Seule Venise (2009)
DIGITAL MEDIA, Upi Struzak
Le jeudi 27 fevrier pour discuter :Kampuchea de Patrick Deville -2011- Pour tout renseignement,
prière de contacter [email protected]
FRENCH FILM CLUB, Max Bouchard
Petit jeu / Quizz
Déjeuners / Luncheons
Voici la réponse au petit jeu paru dans le
bulletin précèdent :
Pour participer, écrivez à [email protected]
LUNCHEONS, Stella Tan
MEMBERSHIP, Marie-Annick Bonmarin
SCHOLARSHIP, Jacqueline Walker
UNIVERSITY OUTREACH, Nina Tanti
Come to meet us
January 11th at the AGM
l'édifice ou l'on voit encore des traces de boulets
datant de la Révolution française, c'est l'église Saint
-Roch. Sur ses marches, Napoléon Bonaparte fit
mitrailler les insurges royalistes, le 13 vendémiaire,
an IV.
Et maintenant la question pour le mois de janvier
2014 :
D'ou vient le nom de la rue de l'Arbre-Sec?
Veuillez envoyer vos réponses a
[email protected]
Each month, the AFSCV organizes a lunch at the home
of one of our members.
Next 2 luncheons will be on Jan 15th and Feb 26th.
If you would like to participate, please contact Stella Tan
at: [email protected]
at least one week before.
Stella Tan
Expo Camus / Visit by Appointment
The exhibit of the work of Albert Camus continues into 2014 with our 7 multimedia panels being shown at various private places such as Reed Smith Law Firn,
Google HQ and others.
You can visit the exhibit at our Campbell Office by appointment only. Please call or email Max Bouchard (408-761-8158 [email protected]) or call your
teacher and see if she is available to show you the panels.
Do bring a smartphone with you to enjoy the full benefit of the show and prepare your visit by downloading the IFCAMUS application either from the Google
Playstore or the Apple iStore.
Albert Camus was a French-Algeria-born French Nobel Prize winning author, journalist, and philosopher. His views contributed to the rise of the philosophy
known as absurdism.
Camus was awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize for Literature "for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems
of the human conscience in our times.”
V O LU M E 4 4 , I S S U E 1
Cours de l’Alliance Française
French as a Second Language.
Evening classes are held at :
591 W. Hamilton Ave, Campbell– CA 95008
Main Lobby Entrance-Suite 101
Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced levels for
adults and teenagers.
Winter 2014 session:
January 13th to March 27th (11 weeks)
Four Sessions per Year:
Winter: Jan/Feb/Mar
Spring: Apr/May/June
Summer: July/August/ Sept
Fall: Oct / Nov / Dec
LE B U L LE T I N
Beginner I (Absolute Beginner) 100 Wednesday
7:15-8:45 p.m.
Connexions 1 unit 1
01/15 – 03/26
11 weeks
102 Thursday
7:15-8:45 p.m.
11 weeks
Beginner II
Connexions 1 units 2-3
Full details on the website: afscv.org
Beginner IV
Connexions 1 units 5-6
Beginner V
A1 Connexions 1 unit 8
Un grand merci à elle pour son sérieux et son
dévouement sans faille !
Marie- Hélène
Room # 10
104 Monday
7:15-8:45 p.m.
11 weeks
$247
Marie-Claude
Room # 5
105 Thursday
7:15-8:45 p.m.
11 weeks
$247
Sylvie
Room # 5
01/16 – 03/27
Beginner VII
A1 Connexions 1 unit 9
107 Wednesday
7:15-8:45 p.m.
11 weeks
$247
Karima
Room # 4
01/15 – 03/26
A1 Connexions 1 unit 12
109 Wednesday
7:15-8:45 p.m.
11 weeks
$247
Marie-Hélène
Room # 10
01/15 – 03/26
A2 Connexions 2 unité 3
203 Tuesday
7:15-8:45 p.m.
11 weeks Marie-Claude
$247
Room # 8
01/14 – 03/25
Intermediate A
Cet automne, la directrice
des classes de français ,
Marie-Claude Cauvin-Garrity,
a fêté ses 20 ans
d'enseignement et d'organisation !
$247
Room # 7
01/13 – 03/24
Beginner Intermediate
Célébration
$247
Marie-Claude
01/16 – 03/27
Beginner IX
This Winter sessions starts Jan 13th
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A2 Connexions 2 unité 6-7
207 Tuesday
7:15-8:45 p.m.
11 weeks
$247
Marie-Hélène
Room # 10
01/14 – 03/25
Advanced Intermediate
A2 Latitudes 2 unité 7
227 Wednesday
7:15-8:45 p.m.
11 weeks
$247
Sylvie
Room # 5
01/15 – 03/26
Advanced A
B1 Forum 3 unité 8
327 Tuesday
7:15-8:45 p.m.
11 weeks
$247
Loubna
Room # 4
01/14 – 03/25
Advanced B
B2 Edito unité 5
337 Tuesday
7:15-8:45 p.m.
11 weeks
$247
Sylvie
Room # 5
01/14 – 03/25
NOTA
Le French Film Club and Cinema Club—Clarification
Le Bulletin is published bi-monthly by Alliance Française Silicon Valley, printed and distributed to members without emails and on request. An electronic
version is available on the Website: afscv.org and
sent with promotional emails for which registration
is available on our website.
The AFSCV offers two cinema events:
Send all correspondence regarding this bulletin,
advertisement and the website to:
AFSCV, PO Box 111267, Campbell-95011-1267
or email us at [email protected] . Or to reach an
executive, use : [email protected]
Le French Film Club (a.k.a FFCPA) is integrated in our regular Monthly events. These
MovieNights offer a French Film with English Subtitles, French Food and Wine and
French Conversation to brush up your French. Reservation is not mandatory but
recommended online at: lefrenchfilmclub.org Open to all AFSCV members at a 30%
discounted ticket price of $10 all included, film and buffet.
The Cinema Club is a school activity which is offered once a quarter , on the last
week. The film will be in French with French Sub-titles and it will be showed at the San
Jose West Library (Or at the school if the library is not available. It will be free,
included in the cost of a session ( No price increase!) Reserved in priority to students
and family members, reservation at [email protected] is preferred. Thanks!
We look forward to your participation. Thank you!
ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE SILICON VALLEY
Alliance Française Silicon Valley
P.O. Box 111296
Campbell, CA 95011-1296
Phone: 408.445.2095
Fax: 408.253.4659
E-mail: [email protected]
Please visit our website for last-minute news and
updates!
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informations de dernière minute!
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