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This month's word: Avril 2026


UN COUP


Short. Everyday French. Used immediately.

The word stays with you the whole month

You'll see it and work with it...

In this week's
 Rendez-Vous Tutos

In today's
Live Classes

In examples
across The French Room

Your week here follows a simple rhythm

WATCH

See how the word works in Rendez-Vous Tutos

BUILD

Write your own sentences in 
Le Cahier

SAY

Use your sentences in
Live Class
or 
Send Ellie a recording 

REFINE

Get direction from Ellie on what to adjust 

REPEAT

TODAY

You can start here

Start from where you are 

You don't need previous months
You don't need to catch-up

Start from one word

You work with the current word and everything builds from there

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The French Room Owner and Sole Formatrice

I’m Ellie — your formatrice.

The word comes from the French verb "former", which means to form, shape and develop.

It’s a role focused on helping you build real capability — not memorise information.

That’s why it fits what we do here so well.

A prof teaches in a school model.
A tutor supports your requests.
A formatrice helps you develop your French in a way that becomes part of how you think, speak and understand the world.

It’s adult-to-adult.
It’s practical.
It’s shaped around real use.

I won’t supervise you like a schoolteacher or follow a textbook the way a tutor might.

"You explore; I help you make sense of what you find — forming and strengthening your French as you go."

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