I know I have been giving lots of tiny posts lately, this one cannot be left un-written! Today I had my first oral exam in my French 201 class … I was nervous but I was excited too, I like speaking French, especially in a controlled, somewhat safe environment! I DID GREAT! My teacher and … Continue reading
Round two of my summer French learning went well. A few things I noticed: a week is a long time between lessons, unless you really practice every day what you learned in the last session. I found that by the time we started looking at the work I did as “homework” I really didn’t remember … Continue reading
Continuing with my ongoing love for Audrey Tautou in all of her glorious frenchness I choose this weeks french film: Priceless or en français: Hors de prix. I watched this movie about a year ago realizing it was on netflix streaming (now only available through dvd) and I loved it. It gives you a different side … Continue reading
You may notice from past film Friday’s that I really like Juliette Binoche and after watching The Spanish Apartment and Russian Dolls I am quite fond of Romain Duris as well! This movie follows a few Parisians as they go throughout they’re days. The movie focuses on life and living and the envy of living … Continue reading
Yesterday I decided I wanted to do more than just listen passively to French music I wanted to listen to real conversations and monitor how well I can understand. The best way to do this is to watch / listen to French movies. preferably ones that I have already viewed before. I went onto Netflix and … Continue reading
Again, I love watching French movies and as part of my French 2 class we are asked to watch a film once this semester in order to write a short compostion about it. This semester’s choice for us was Le Papillon. It is a shorter film that kept me smiling the whole time! If you … Continue reading
