French language lessons, classes and resources for adults in Essex and Hertfordshire.
A Standing Ovation for Fred and Lesley One of the greatest pleasures of my job is when people share stories with me about the successes and pleasure that they get from having spent time learning French. A couple of weeks ago I received a text from Lesley which was […]
When I set off to France, in 1991, to start a new job in Lyon, I was pretty confident that I had enough French to get by. It didn’t take me long to realise though, that I didn’t understand anything that was going on around me and that I couldn’t […]
Masculine or Feminine? La table!, Le verre!, L’hôtel!, Une maison!, Un jardin! One of the hardest things for a native English speaker learning French, is remembering when to use the masculine “le” or “un” or the feminine “la” or “une”. Even very advanced speakers of French have this problem, if […]
Has this ever happened to you in France? You want to speak French but somehow you end up speaking English. You are ordering “un café”, “un croissant” or checking into your hotel and before you’ve got past the “bon” of your friendly greeting you’ve been trumped and the conversation has […]