Some Activities to Make Learning French More Engaging / Level B2-C1 Here’s a song performed by Jo Dassin, a perfectly bilingual singer. The French version is particularly useful for practicing verb tense agreement with our students: “Si + imperfect / present conditional.” Here’s a video of this song so you can hum along: As a […]
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Some Activities to Make Learning French More Engaging / Level B2-C1 Here’s a song performed by Jo Dassin, a perfectly bilingual singer. The French version is particularly useful for practicing verb tense agreement with our students: “Si + imperfect / present conditional.” Here’s a video of this song so you can hum along: As a
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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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A very informative little lesson, courtesy of Ekaterina, who shared her expert knowledge on the subject with us last fall. Let’s hear from her. How to pick mushrooms correctly? Last week, a young family asked me, “How do you pick mushrooms correctly?”This isn’t the first time someone has asked me this important question during mushroom
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From lovesickness to plain old sickness, here’s a quick dive into a linguistic world that’s very useful in everyday life. Songs are an important tool for language learning because they draw on the musicality of language and specific prosody. You’ve probably noticed that some of our learners have better pronunciation when they sing than when
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