French Music – Indochine Posted by Tim Hildreth on Sep 18, 2018
L’été touche à sa fin (Summer is coming to a close). It might seem a bit early to get nostalgic about it, but I find I’m already feeling ‘fallish’. La rentrée is behind us and les nuits sont plus fraîches (nights are cooler). What better time to review the seasons … and share another great song (one…
Close To La Flemme – Feeling Lazy In French Posted by John Bauer on Sep 12, 2018
Do you ever feel like you just need a fat morning? That lazy feeling of les tâches ménagères et les devoirs (chores and homework) piling up while you struggle to find motivation is pretty common, but knowing how to express it in French can be difficult. Un jour (one day), I was sitting in class…
French Culture – Alternative Transportation Posted by Tim Hildreth on Sep 11, 2018
Last week I talked about my love of driving in France. I even love to drive in Paris (zipping around Paris at night to catch the sights in their full lit-up splendeur is hard to beat for sheer joy!) but it’s not for everyone. Fortunately there are more and more ways to get around the…
Beauty In French – Introducing The Poet, Charles Baudelaire Posted by John Bauer on Sep 5, 2018
Learning about la culture (culture) is an important part of learning une langue (a language). For more modern music or movies, it can be easy to appreciate and often fun to use while studying French. However, looking at l’histoire (history) and all l’art et la poésie (the art and poetry) over the centuries, or sometimes…
French Culture – Driving in France Posted by Tim Hildreth on Sep 4, 2018
My son and I just got back from ten amazing days in France. We were going back to revisit some of the great places we saw the year before. We had a great time seeing family, eating great food, and exploring the sights (and in the coming weeks, I’ll share some of the highlights). And…
20 Questions With A Genie – Using Akinator To Practice French Posted by John Bauer on Aug 29, 2018
After several months of studying une langue (a language) it’s sometimes hard to find the motivation to keep going. Actually applying all the new information sometimes feels futile if you only use la langue in the classroom. Heureusement (luckily), there are many ways to bring French to life and make studying fun! Playing games and…
French Music and Vocabulary – Just say no Posted by Tim Hildreth on Aug 28, 2018
The French verb vouloir is a handy one for expressing what you want. It can also be handy for expressing what you don’t want, as in this song from Camelia Jordana. Camelia is preforming live at Les Victoires de la Musique a sort of French version of the Grammy Awards. If after listening to this catchy tune you…