After little sleep in Paris we took our long-ish ride to Strasbourg…I didn’t know what to expect from this town since I hadn’t done much along the lines of research before going. I had a friend who suggested it (he went to school there for a few years) and I was excited to see … Continue reading
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Summer French Tutoring: Session 2
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
French Film Friday: Paris (A film by Cédric Klapisch)
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
French Film Friday: double feature — L’Auberge Espagnole et Les poupées russes
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
French Film Friday: Le Papillon
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