Alex Troup

Bonjour! Writer by day and programmer by night, I somehow manage to find the time to learn spoken languages, which are among my greatest passions. I speak French, and am always learning others.

📍 Melbourne

French

Incremental Improvement: The Powerful Impact of Small Habits in your French Learning Journey

It should not leave you gawping in astonishment that small habits can make a surprisingly powerful impact. This is something we intuitively know for myriad other domains in life, but it is an important insight which is easy to miss when applied to learning French and languages more generally. Setting

French

C’est what?! 4 Powerful Ways to Improve Your French Listening Comprehension

You’ve finally arrived in France. You settle down to relax on a terrace in the City of Light, while the sun lazily sets, with French people conversing animatedly around you. What mysterious secrets are they whispering to each other, you wonder, as you lean in to listen. It’s