About Alliance Francaise Rockhampton

The Alliance Française was founded in Paris in 1883. It is a world wide non-profit cultural organisation, supported by the French government. It has three goals: to offer courses in French language, to promote French culture, and to encourage cultural diversity. There are over 1,000 branches in 137 countries, with more than 460,000 students per year, which makes it the largest language teaching association in the world. The first Alliance Française in Australia was set up in Melbourne in 1890. There are now 31 Australian branches, six in the capital cities and 25 in the smaller towns and regional areas. The Rockhampton branch was established in 2001 and celebrated five years of existence in December 2006.
At Rockhampton, classes are taught by well qualified, fluent French speakers and the atmosphere is friendly and relaxed. The program covers the four basic skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing in French with an emphasis on oral communication.