Finesse your French: how to engage with contemporary France part 6
Learn to engage with contemporary France with part 6 of our guide to finessing your French!
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11, 2018
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05, 2018
Finesse your French: how to overcome your French learning frustration – part 1
Do you have a case of French learning frustration? Don't worry – we've got your back.
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10, 2017
English language proficiency: why is France lagging behind?
Why does France rank so poorly for English language proficiency? Is linguistic inadequacy merely a cultural excuse?
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08, 2015
Entrepreneur Lisa Vanden Bos: bridging the French culture gap with FUSAC
Meet entrepreneur Lisa Vanden Bos, whose magazine FUSAC has helped make life easier for many-an-Anglophone in Paris.
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05, 2015
#Fautesdefrançais are the new black: the French language in turmoil
The French language isn't just backbreaking for foreigners. As it turns out, French speakers have a hard time spelling it, too!
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05, 2015
9 unexpected reasons why learning French is the best idea ever
Speaking a foreign language has so many benefits, but here are nine unexpected reasons why learning French is the best idea ever.
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02, 2015
How to maintain your French brain: a daily routine for Francophiles
We all know that feeling. You’ve just spent a number of weeks in France and your French is on point. Slowly your French brain starts to wither - what do you do?
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12, 2014
The mechanics of learning French – how does it all work?
Have you ever wondered what exactly goes on in our brains when we are learning French or any other language? Well it's time to find out!
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12, 2014
Inside French artists’ homes with the Alliance Française Paris Île-de-France
To delve more into the lives of Balzac, Bourdelle or Zadkine, follow the same path as the students at Alliance Française Paris Île-de-France in these heavenly places: for a complete immersion in French culture, as well as enjoying a moment suspended in serenity and happiness.
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09, 2011
The road to Paris
En tous cas, I refuse to look through the rose-coloured glasses that so many expats in France love to wear. France is a great country but it's not all Ladurée macarons and walks along the Seine, en fait far from it. And for the record, I don't subscribe to the views that French women never get fat (they can and they do), that the French are all oh-so stylish (they're not – you only need to take the Metro to realise they’re clinging to and riding off an old reputation), and that you can never eat a bad meal (you can, just head to the Latin Quarter, it's inevitable).
