With the advanced speakers we aim to speak in French as much as possible and members are encouraged to suggest topics for discussion, texts or short stories to read together. With the intermediates, we are currently mainly using a BBC textbook; new/used copies of which are readily available online. Costs to attend cover room hire… Read more

We are a group of 14 “Francophiles” keen to improve our skills and confidence in speaking French and our ability to understand spoken French. Our group varies in ability but none of us is a beginner.  We meet on the first and third Wednesdays of the month at the Tarporley Community Centre. The meetings are… Read more

Primarily we try to develop conversation skills, although, of necessity, we also cover grammar to help us in this. We are very fortunate to have the indispensable help of a native Italian speaker who also helps us with the more idiomatic nuances of the language. We also have several members who have either lived and/or… Read more

The Spanish ‘Chat, learn, laugh’ group has an emphasis on practising speaking our Spanish and getting comfortable using it in a relaxed and supportive atmosphere rather than being taught it. None of us speak Spanish as a native or fluent speaker although it is also not a beginners group. We have a variety of Spanish… Read more