French is widely spoken: In France, of course, and also in Belgium, Switzerland, Québec, and many African countries (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Zaïre, Burundi, Rwanda, Cameroon, Gabon, Niger, Burkina Fasso, Tchad, etc...).

French writer of the 20th century, Louis Aragon was involved in Dadaism from 1919 to 1924. He then became a founding member of Surrealism in 1924, with André Breton and Philippe Soupault. In the 1920s, Aragon became a fellow traveler of the French Communist Party along with several other surrealists, and took out his card in January 1927.

Our latest French acting export and Oscar nominee has found his target roles in Hollywood! Playing 50 different villains!

Leyla loooooves our French jokes and puns series, so much indeed that she wanted to record her own: here you go (elle est trop mignonne)... Enjoy!

Many beginner and intermediate students are looking for French movies easy enough to understand. It's quite a challenge, so I asked my students and ex-students to help me put together a list of French films they found easier to understand, and these were the most popular results.

Today, I’m going to read a poem almost all French children know; they might have learned it as a poem, or as a song. It was written by Jacques Prevert, famous 20th century author who wrote simple poetry using everyday language, hence making him very popular in our school system - remember that French children have to memorize poetry throughout their studies, but particularly in elementary school to develop their memory as well as taste for French literature.

On my first day at my new school, not only did I meet my new teacher, Monique, and all my new friends but I also learned a poem.  I miss summer vacations but I'm so happy to be learning new things at school...

A hilarious moment from Catherine Tate's BBC comedy sketch show about a French class. Hilarious British humor... and who better to make fun of the French than the English :-)

After decades of research, the French have invented a revolutionary technology that will change the wine world forever!

OK, I was just flabergasted when Olivier showed me this... Someone used a recording of my free French audiobook À Moi Paris, Une Histoire au Présent to make this vidéo. These are synthetic French voices - too funny for me to hear my own text with other voices !!