Who hasn’t been guilty of this at least once in their language learning experience: You either try to translate a sentence from your own language into your target language, or you try to do word-by-word translation of the target language into your own language. Guilty? I know I have been! Well, as you might have…
How To Write A Formal Letter In French
Ok, let’s be honest here: who likes receiving formal letters – even in their native language?! I certainly don’t and whenever I move to another country and receive one of those, even if I speak the language fluently, I’m usually like, “Huh?!” and need to read it slowly at least two or three times before I’m sure…
5 Ways to Have Foreign Language Immersion from Home
Language immersion often sounds like the most daunting thing ever, but I love it because it’s usually quite fun, it puts you and your home into a nice “exotic” vibe and is usually a dirt-cheap way to make great progress in language learning. Are you ready for the 5 ways to start your own language…
What to Do When Your Brain Just Won’t Learn
She looked at me with the weary eyes only a tired student who’s been up until late in the night can give you. “What’s wrong?” I asked her. “Oh, it took me forever to go to sleep because I was studying until late.” Sound familiar? It does not have to be that way! In fact,…
Top 5 Free Online Resources for Learning French
You know the feeling? You just finished a long day at work and you can’t wait to get home, take off your shoes, throw dinner into the microwave and crash on your couch to relax in front of a good movie? Well. That’s not going to happen tonight. Because you now have to go to…
5 Simple Ways to Connect with the French in France
So! You have finally arrived in France, hopefully unpacked your stuff and set up your comfy living quarters. You start to know your way around the different aisles of the supermarket, you might even know how to say a few words to the cashier, your French is hopefully improving and you’re starting to feel more…