ABOUT US
Bienvenue - Welcome!
MISSION STATEMENT
Our mission is to promote knowledge and appreciation of the French language and Francophone culture and to encourage understanding of and friendship with the French-speaking world.
Towards that mission we know that for more than a century, an ever-increasing number of French language students of all ages and origins choose to join and study at their local Alliance Française.
Our Alliance Française de Sarasota is part of the world's largest network of French language schools and cultural centers with over 830 independently run chapters established in 133 countries that reach over 550,000 students.
WHY LEARN FRENCH
French is the native language of 200 million people around the world and the second language of millions more. Most agree that French is one of the most beautiful languages! Here are several reasons to learn the language of Molière
WORLD LANGUAGE
There are over 200 million French speakers across five continents. French is the second most widely studied foreign language after English.
TRAVEL
France is the world’s number one tourist destination, attracting 70 million visitors a year. French also comes in handy when traveling to Africa, Switzerland, Belgium, Monaco, Canada, and the Seychelles, and more.
CULTURE
French is the language of cooking, fashion, theatre, the visual arts, dance, and architecture.
French is a beautiful, rich, and melodious language of love. French
FUN
French is a fairly easy language for native English speakers. More than 50 percent of the current English vocabulary is derived from French.
LOVE & REASON
French is a beautiful, rich, and melodious language, an analytical language often called the language of love. French is a language that structures thought and develops critical thinking.
JOBS
A knowledge of French opens the doors of companies in France and other French-speaking parts of the world (Canada, Switzerland, Belgium, and Africa).
HIGHER LEARNING
Knowing French provides access to top-ranked universities and business schools in Europe and globally.
ABOUT US
The Alliance Française de Sarasota is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit Florida corporation and part of the Federation des Alliances Françaises USA, which supports its members to fulfill their mission
In the U.S. the Délégation Générale de la Fondation Alliance Française located in Washington, D.C, serves the entire network of U.S. Alliances Françaises.
Alliance Française chapters offer hundreds of cultural and social events per year, enabling them to establish global partnerships and to promote local Francophone talents or artists from France or Francophone regions (Québec, Francophone Africa, Haiti, the Caribbean, etc.).
As a result of the diversity of these partnerships, the Alliance Française offers a chance for speakers (lecturers, writers, artists, business owners, associations) to make contact with new audiences, including not only members and students of Alliance chapters but also students, professors and researchers from American universities (Departments of Romance Languages or French Studies, Political Science and European Studies, Law, Theatre Studies, etc.), students in French and French-American schools, international schools and art schools, members of foreign cultural centers, Francophone and Francophile communities associated with French companies, French-American Chambers of Commerce (FA million French speakers on the five continentsCC) and audiences of theaters, festivals, and museums..
CONTACT US
Alliance Française de Sarasota
Midtown Plaza Office Center
1223 South Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, Florida 34239
Telephone: 941.955.0700
Email: alliancefrancaise@verizon.net
Website: www.afsarasota.org
Plenty of free parking in the Plaza. Take the elevator next to Michael's Wine Shop to the second floor. Make a left and then another left to our office.
Soyez les bienvenus et à très bientôt!
Opening hours: Mon. - Thurs. 9 AM - 3 PM
To meet with us, please e-mail or call. We will contact you as soon as possible.
Visits to our offices are
by appointment only.