At the French table, where do you place your hands? How do you signal you are done? Should you put your bread on the table or on your plate? How do you compliment on the food?
Although French table manners are Continental, there are many subtle traditions that you need to know to avoid faux-pas.
I use simple, everyday French to explain the most famous French poems. Not only is it a great cultural subject but it’s a fantastic way to learn new vocabulary, verb tenses and improve your understanding of deeper conversations. French culture is deeply engrained with poetry and these audiobooks will teach you both formal and modern pronunciation.
I use simple, everyday French to explain the most famous French poems. Not only is it a great cultural subject but it’s a fantastic way to learn new vocabulary, verb tenses and improve your understanding of deeper conversations. French culture is deeply engrained with poetry and these audiobooks will teach you both formal and modern pronunciation.
I use simple, everyday French to explain the most famous French poems. Not only is it a great cultural subject but it’s a fantastic way to learn new vocabulary, verb tenses and improve your understanding of deeper conversations. French culture is deeply engrained with poetry and these audiobooks will teach you both formal and modern pronunciation.
Fairy tales have been used for centuries to build up children’s vocabulary and teach French verb tenses, pronouns, linking words…
Here is my own lively rendition of these eight very famous French tales. I tell them here using relatively simple French, in a very lively way, the same way I told them to my young daughter, the same way my mother told them to me. Each tale comes with a French transcript and English translation.
Fairy Tales are a fun and enticing way to practice French for children and adults alike!
These audio books are about building steps to help you develop your French. Because you already know the story, it will be easier to understand my fun and lively version of the tale, which will in turn help you master the more challenging original 18th century version. Not just for children, these are perfect for people looking for a different type of study material, rich in vocabulary, expressions and verb tenses.
Companion audiobook to Level 1.
Reinforce your fundamental French vocabulary, and practice the grammar you learned in level 1 in the context of a longer story. Dialogues recorded at three different levels of enunciation (slower, enunciated and modern). Q & A section will entice you to practice out loud what you’ve learned and improve your confidence when handling simple conversations.
French adjectives follow very different rules than English adjectives: their pronunciation in particular changes a lot depending on the word they modify, this is why learning these adjectives with audio is so important.
This 2 hour 40 minute lesson will teach you in clear details all the logic that rules French adjectives as well as a lot of truly useful vocabulary to describe food, people, feelings etc… A major asset for all your French conversations.
Follow Kathy as she tours the basque village of Espelette and learns about its world famous peppers.
This might seem like a weird subject, but many of my students seem baffled by the European style bathtub: a regular bathtub, with a hand shower at the end of a cord, and very often no shower curtain or glass separator. “How the heck am I supposed to wash my hair??” they often ask…
Today, it’s my pleasure to share with you my daughter Leyla’s (8 years old on this video) rendition of “le Corbeau et le Renard” by Jean de la Fontaine.
“Axoa” (pronounced it “atchoa”) is a veal based stew typical of the French Basque region. Practice your French with this recipe translated into English.
Practice your French and discover the pristine and preserved island of Belle-Isle-en-mer in Brittany. This French story is written in an higher intermediate level of French, and comes with an English translation.
Beside being the home address of Quasimodo—literature’s best known hunchback and bell ringer—Notre Dame is also home to Point Zéro, the center of Paris.
Sauerkraut “la choucroute” is a traditional German and Eastern European dish which has been adopted in Alsace and Lorraine particularly, but enjoyed in restaurant throughout France as a typical French dish. There are many ways to prepare it, and today, I’ll tell you about my favorite – “la choucroute garnie à la bière”.