Want to keep up with your French over the break between teaching terms, or just looking for something a little different? Look no further! Alliance Française de Brisbane offers themed and revision workshops for all levels. Take yourself on l'aventure française!
Explore the workshops currently on offer for adults below. For kids and teens holiday workshops, click here.
Enrol before Monday 22nd of June at midnight to benefit from our 5% early bird discount! Members get
10% off!
Get holiday-ready with this focussed course designed to prepare you to travel around the Francophone world with confidence.
In this fantastique course for beginners, we will help you order a croissant without flinching, ask for directions with poise, enjoy friendly encounters with locals and much more!
Suitable for beginners. No prior knowledge of French is required.
Tuesdays & Thursdays (2 weeks)
30 June - 9 July
9.30am–12pm
Or
6.10pm–8.40pm
$ 308
Ready to fast-track your French? This two-week intensive course offers 20 hours of immersive learning to build solid foundations in a motivating group setting.
You’ll cover pronunciation, basic grammar, and everyday communication skills, with plenty of practice to get you speaking confidently. Ideal
for complete beginners wanting rapid progress during the holidays.
Monday to Friday (2 weeks)
29 June - 10 July
10am–12pm
Or
6pm–8pm
$ 499
You finished Elementary 1 and you want more? Make the most of your holidays and progress quickly with this two-week intensive course offering 24 hours of immersive French learning.
Strengthen your foundations, improve your confidence in speaking, and build fluency through practical communication activities and key
grammar revision.
Monday to Friday (2 weeks)
29 June - 10 July
9.30am–12pm
Or
6pm–8.30pm
$ 595
Do you want to give your pronunciation a leg up? Would you like to bring more flow to your speech and feel more confident in speaking
French? Join us and learn to speak like a Frenchie!
This workshop is designed to help you improve your accent through practical pronunciation lessons, reading exercises and speaking practice.
This class is suitable for beginners and students from the Elementary (A1) levels through to Upper Intermediate (B2) levels.
Tuesdays & Thursdays (2 weeks)
30 June - 9 July
5pm – 7pm
$ 240
Come and explore French through music. We’ll listen to a range of songs and discover artists from different parts of the French-speaking world, using music as a way to talk about culture, identity, and what the lyrics mean to us.
This is a relaxed, friendly space to practise your French without pressure. We’ll work on listening and speaking, learn new vocabulary, and share ideas, all through songs.
And if you feel like singing (or even dancing), you absolutely can!
Monday & Wednesday (for 2 weeks)
29 June - 8 July
5pm–7pm
$ 240
Two separate refreshers of the key skills from Elementary 1 to 3 and Elementary 4 to 5. In these 6-hour workshops, you’ll review
essential vocabulary, boost your speaking confidence, and revisit core grammar (present tense, passé composé, adjectives, articles,
basic pronouns). Ideal for students currently enrolled in Elementary clases.
Elementary 1 to 3
Mondays 29 June & 6 July
9.30am–12.30pm
$ 240
Elementary 4 & 5
Wednesdays 1 July & 8 July
9.30am–12.30pm
$ 240
Pronouns are key to speaking and writing French naturally. This two-part workshop series covers the most important personal and relative
pronouns, helping learners avoid repetition and improve fluency. Participants can then progress to advanced pronoun combinations and
double-pronoun structures used in more sophisticated spoken and written French.
Part 1: A2–B2 – Personal and relative pronouns (le, lui, y, en, qui, que, dont, etc.)
Tuesday 7 July
6pm–8pm
$ 75
Part 2: B1–B2 – Double pronouns and advanced pronoun combinations
Thursday 9 July
6pm-8pm
$ 75
Whether you're still mastering the difference between the passé composé and the imparfait or looking to refine your
storytelling skills, this two-part workshop series will help you gain confidence using French past tenses. Topics include the use of passé
composé,
imparfait and plus-que-parfait, agreements with auxiliary verbs, and strategies for describing, narrating, and sequencing
events naturally and accurately.
Part 1: A2–B2 – Passé composé, imparfait and agreements
Monday 29 June
6pm–8pm
$ 75
Part 2: B1–B2 – Advanced past tenses and narrative techniques
Wednesday 1 July
6pm–8pm
$ 75
Take your French to the next level with this intensive grammar workshop. Over two 3-hour sessions, you'll review key B1 structures including
the present subjunctive, si clauses (si + imparfait + conditionnel), and a range of French pronouns.
Through clear explanations and practical activities, you'll strengthen your accuracy and gain confidence using these essential structures in both speaking and writing.
Suitable for B1 learners.
Tuesday 7 July & Thursday 9 July
9.30am–12.30pm
$ 180
This workshop explores the French people actually use in everyday conversations. You'll discover common expressions, informal language, and
little shortcuts that make spoken French sound more natural.
Over two relaxed and interactive sessions, we'll use videos, dialogues, and speaking activities to help you understand and use everyday
French with confidence.
Friday 3 July & Friday 10 July
5pm–7pm
$ 136
What if you woke up with no memory… and only French clues to help you escape?
In this immersive 2-hour workshop, participants work in teams to solve puzzles, decode messages, and uncover their identity in Amnésia, a narrative escape game designed for French learners.
The workshop focuses on communication, problem-solving, and collaboration, helping participants build fluency and confidence in a fun and
engaging setting.
Tuesday 30 June
10am–12pm
$ 75
Want to feel more confident writing in French?
In this 2-hour workshop, learners will practise building clear and simple texts in French, step by step. Starting from everyday sentences, participants will learn how to organise ideas, link them together, and write short messages, descriptions, and opinions.
This is a practical, interactive workshop designed to help you write more naturally and with greater confidence.
Thursday 2 July
10am–12pm
$ 75
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