TOP 10 FEEL-GOOD FRENCH MOVIES TO WATCH OVER & OVER

If you are a student at Rendezvous en Francais in Avalon, you have access to these movies for free. Watching French movies is a great way to be immersed into the French language as it will help you tune your ear to the French “accent” and also help you ( with the subtitles on) to…

Retour en France – le depart

Le grand depart Quand on rentre en France, c’est pas un simple voyage, c’est un grand voyage. [when we return to France, it is not a simple trip, it is a big trip] Grand, par sa duree ( 30 heures d’avion, lorsqu’on habite dans le Sud). [ Big, due to its length – around 30…

FRANCE MOST RECOGNISABLE REGIONS

History, culture, landscape and weather conditions have created an architectural uniformity in France’s regions. Just by showing a picture of a French village or a house, someone can guess which part of France you traveled to.  Let’s take a tour of the most recognisable region of France. 1- Alsace Alsace has definitely a Germanic influence with…

Ces mots qui donnent des maux de tete! [lafrenchlesson.com]

Ces mots qui donnent des maux de tete! On les appelle les homophones [ they’re called homophones] homo = grec = même = same || phone = son = voice Ils sont utilises pour faire des jeux de mots mais de facon plus ordinaire, ce sont des mots a part entiere, qui trouvent leur place…

LE CASSE-TETE CHINOIS | THE CHINESE PUZZLE

Lors de mon dernier voyage, j’ai eu l’opportunite d’aller en Amerique du Sud. C’est un vol assez long. Sydney-Santiago dure 15 heures. [On my last trip, i had the opportunity to go the South America. Le flight was quite long. Sydney – Santiago goes for 15h. ] Mes occupations dans un avion sont: dormir, manger…

10 GOOD REASONS TO USE MARSEILLE SOAP

A friend asked me the other day what is so special about Marseille soaps. I’ve been using them for years, in France and here in Australia. Used by my great grand-mother, grand-mother and my own mother, I’m just following the family tradition. Despite, I must admit, using some commercial soaps -the most natural possible and without…

Mais où est donc Ornicar?

All french students will know this “off by heart”!! We called a memo-technique phrase. What is it? It relates to the “conjonction de coordination” – that little word linking 2 sentences into one.