This summer, all eyes were on Paris, with the Olympics being the event of the year. Naturally, the French language was in the spotlight. Not only does it sound incredibly …
For me, and dozens of other francophiles, being French has always been synonymous with being cool, from fashion to film to food. Whether you’re newly in love with La Belle …
Everyone knows that French is the language of love, but how can you use that to your advantage if you want to get a date when you’re in the City …
Podcasts are all the rage these days–from true crime to feel-good romantic stories, there’s really something for everybody. Since podcast fever has spread to nearly all corners of the globe, …
LingQ was instrumental for my language learning. When I began studying French, I would do cold reads of various stories. I knew NOTHING except “merci”, “bonjour,” and that’s about it. I remember reading the stories and being clueless as to the vocabulary. Through these cold reads I began to assess the language. It’s something I often do with other languages. I did it with Italian and Portuguese, and after French, with Catalan, Norwegian, and Indonesian.
Is French hard to learn? You could say that. Most people who try to learn French will give up. But it doesn’t have to be that way. When …
French subtitles are comprehensible input for everybody, from beginners all the way to advanced language learners. But just as all language learning websites are not created equal, not all subtitles …
Learning a language by binge-watching Netflix shows, sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Well, I’ve been studying French every day since the beginning of 2020, and my main …
At some point in your language learning process, you’re probably going to want to graduate from single words and short phrases to longer and more complex French sentences. While this …
The big question most people who start learning French is usually, “How long does it take to learn French?” I was lucky enough to have been born in a part …
