In today’s French class at the Modern Language School, we were studying possessive adjectives (they sound dangerous, but they don’t bite). It’s the grammar name for words like my, your, his, her, our, their. With these, though it does not come naturally to English speakers, the word for my, etc. agrees (gender and number) with the […]
Today in the French elementary course, we did a lot of practising on clothes and accessories description and buying, including a very silly catwalk… I believe the vocabulary for clothes is the one that includes the most “faux amis” (false friends, words that look like their English equivalents but mean something else). / For example, […]
Le jeudi matin, c’est la classe de français avancé et d’habitude il y a beaucoup de discussion et de rire. Mais ce matin, tout était calme et les étudiants, qui travaillaient en groupes, étaient très sages. Pourquoi? Eh bien, parce que tous les membres du groupe, tous âgés de plus de 45 ans, faisaient du […]
The French Wednesday evening class at the Modern Language School are currently getting their heads round the verb to take, which is no mean feat. You might know that French can sometimes be a contrary language, so while the English eat their dinner, we French take it (nous prenons le déjeuner). We hardly drink either, […]
There should be a health warning on the lid of the Wednesday evening French intermediate class at the Modern Language School. Something like “Beware! This class is dynamite!” It’s not just because people are lively and questioning, nor because they enjoy finding out more and more about French; it’s because they will not hesitate to […]
At the Modern Language School, we are now running a monthly French advanced conversation class which started Saturday the 15th of October 2016. We had a (silly) introduction game involving names of animals, a few riddles and a discussion in groups about clichés and reality when it comes to lunch break in France, starting from […]
Here are some of the words / phrases people found useful at the French monthly conversation class on Saturday at the Modern Language School: une arnaque( a swindle), être sage comme une image (to be good as gold), la gamelle (the lunch box), les autochtones (the natives), un coup de soleil (sunburn), faire du stop (to […]
In French advanced plus, this year, it’s all about oral expression, play acting and honing one’s spoken language at the Modern Language School. Last Thursday students in groups composed their own dialogues about reporting facts using perfect, imperfect and pluperfect tenses. They then performed their dialogue for the class. Even when starting from […]
On Monday afternoon, in French elementary class (2nd year), we had a look at regular -re verbs. Our text book is the excellent Façon de Parler 1 and here is a review of the vocabulary we learnt. depart-en-weekend
I am very happy to announce that, once a month, advanced learners can now practise conversational skills at the Modern Language School. We will be gathering on Saturday mornings for an hour and a half session. Please book your place so I can plan session accordingly. Dates for this term: October the 15th, November the 12th […]
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