Holiday French: Winter Escape to the Alps

Planning a trip to the French beautiful snowy mountains? Whether you are going to the Alps for a relaxing holiday or for a ski trip, this workshop will equip you with the verbs and phrases to make for an enjoyable trip.

We will talk about the French mountains, we will role-play common situations like buying your "forfait" to get you on the slopes, booking a ski class, we'll study the adequate vocabulary for the equipment and most important, we will practise ordering food and drinks for your after-ski! 

About the Tutor

Vanessa Franchetti is a native French speaker from the Principality of Monaco in the South of France.

She studied at Nice University where she gained an MA in English, a diploma in “Teaching French for Foreigners” and the French equivalent of the PGCE, the CAPES. Following her studies, during which she spent a year in Omagh as a language assistant, she went on to teach English in secondary schools in Cogolin near St Tropez and then in Paris.

She moved to Belfast in 2009 and since then has taught French in a wide variety of contexts, including Queen’s University, the Crescent Arts Centre, primary schools, businesses and home tutoring.

The conversation classes that she offers in the Crescent Arts Centre are spread over five levels, from beginner through to post university level and the focus is on interacting orally with confidence. In addition, she has brought her love of French music and dancing to Belfast where she regularly performs and teaches.