Here is a selection of EASY exercises to get you started gently… To be or to have? Review of the present tense Many of – a thematic vocabulary list related to a specific topic. Gardening -the song of the month is on the same topic: In the Countryside -a spotlight on an artist (film or […]
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November 24, French Teachers’ Day… Shaping the Future. This date has been observed since 2019 at the initiative of the FIPF, the International Federation of French Teachers. There are 900,000 of us French teachers, spread across five continents, teaching the language of Molière with passion and dedication. Here is the official message from its president,
November 24, French Teachers' Day… A date to remember from now on. Read More »
When Urbain apologizes to the “vegans” at the Montreux Festival, only to end up declaring his love for the French language, you really have to master a language quite different from the one taught in our classrooms, and yet his lexical liberties and colloquialisms are quite common and perfectly understandable to the majority of native
The French Language Unbound: A Brief Look at Slang, Verlan, and Other Idiomatic Quirks… Read More »
Today, we’re going to explore a world that everyone would gladly do without: the dentist’s office… Yet it’s something we simply can’t avoid, even if the mere sound of the drill would send more than a few people running—myself included… Some useful phrases for going to the dentist: A conversation at the dentist’s office: Would
At the dentist: From words to toothaches… Read More »
Or why it’s absolutely essential to put things into perspective and not make a big deal out of them in order to get through it… This time, it was Ke Bi who asked us: “Do you have an explanation for why the letter ‘x’ is pronounced ‘s’ in ‘dix-sept’ and ‘z’ in ‘dix-neuf’?” A
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