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Diving In: 8 Best French Language Immersion Programs

When it comes to learning a new language, you'll need to dedicate lots of time and effort. After all, learning French is a big endeavor and will take many years. It'll be a while before you truly feel confident and fluent in the language, but language immersion is a great

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7 French Websites You Must Know About if You Go to France

As a French learner, the odds are high that you'll want to spend time in France someday. Whether it's at the beginning of your French learning journey or in the middle of it, taking a trip to France to practice your French is a great idea. If you really want

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4 Secrets to Understanding Verlan as a French Language Learner

As a French language learner, there's nothing more frustrating than thinking you finally speak at a passable level only to encounter words and a way of speaking that you've never heard. For most French learners, verlan poses a particularly annoying difficulty. No matter how fluent you are, the odds are

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The Best French Podcasts to Listen to in 2020

There’s a reason why podcasts are getting more and more popular by the minute. You are stuck in traffic? Podcasts. You have to do your laundry? Podcasts. You are taking a walk? Yes, podcasts! Whatever we do, we want to seize the day, and not waste any minute of

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Top 5 Handy Gestures to Know For Any French Conversation

The French don't just use words to communicate; they speak with their hands, too! French culture is full of gestures that may seem puzzling to foreigners but are an important part of everyday French conversation. Gestures are a reflection of French customs and beliefs. Instead of using certain French sayings,

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Conjugation & Tenses in French: 10 Tips to Get through It!

When starting to French, you will have to go through the different possible tenses and the conjugation of verbs for these tenses. In French, we have MANY different tenses. This is just the theory, because while we talk, we use only a few of them and if you want to

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12 Useful Phrases for French-Speaking Countries

Good news if you are learning French, France is not the only country where you will be able to practice your French! French is indeed not only spoken in France but also in Switzerland (well the west half of the country), Monaco, Belgium, Canada, in some Caribbean Islands like Martinique,

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How Reading French Can Improve Your Speaking Skills

It’s true, learning to speak another language is a difficult and often awkward experience. However, when language learners are asked which of the four basic skills they find the most intimidating (speaking, listening, reading or writing), the answer is often ‘reading’. As a completely solo exercise, it’s hard