Le discours d’Anne Hidalgo sur les attaques terroristes

Merci beaucoup à Margaret de m’avoir envoyé ce lien à un très, très beau discours de la maire de Paris (can be read in French or in English) publié par The Guardian: Les terroristes sont venus défier ce qu’ils détestent le plus : la vie cosmopolite, généreuse, insoumise et bruyante. Mais notre Paris est en […]

Dégustation de vin

A lovely party of 18 students and partners (though 2 persons were sadly unable to attend due to unforeseen circumstances) met at the Modern Language School tonight and tasted 7 different, fine examples of wines produced in the Burgundy and Beaujolais areas. Nina and I enjoyed ourselves very much and thank you for taking part […]

French wine tasting

French wine tasting with wines from Burgundy and Beajoulais and a little French language at the Modern Language School. Contact us to book a place.

French Books Give-Away

  We love books at the Modern Language School, but we have too many French books and not enough space to keep them. So, sadly, they need to go. We hope you’ll come and give some of them a good home.

Celebrating back to French

Thank you so much to all the French students who came and celebrated “la rentrée” with me at the Bridge in Holmfirth last Thursday.           We had a very convivial time and it was great to be together and chat in a relaxed way – even if we had to stand […]

How will a French class for adults differ from school?

The two main reasons that a French class for adult differs from learning French at school as a child are your motivation and being part of a group. The motivation: Children don’t have a choice about going to school. This means they can be totally uninterested in some subjects, or even in the whole learning […]

Getting ready for your French class

The materials Well, we all like to take notes, don’t we? Although I’m certain we don’t review them as much as we should. To commit something to memory as an adult requires several goes; so I would recommend you read your notes out loud (French is a spoken language) as soon as possible after your […]