Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Soupe à l'oignon!

Here's another fun, quick video from Tasty: soupe à l'oignon!

Sunday, April 24, 2016

Trompe l'oeil

Trompe l'oeil,  French for "trick of the eye" is an artistic technique that will have you doing double-takes! Take a look at these incredible oeuvres and see for yourself! click here!

Here's a Honda commercial that uses trompe l'oeil!


Monday, April 18, 2016

Selena is BACK!

In case you didn't know how cool and influential Selena STILL is, check out this article!

Monday, April 4, 2016

La Côte d'Azur à Connecticut!

Les amis,
I was out at the Old Navy this past weekend and LOOK WHAT I FOUND:


O mon dieu! Isn't this quite the coincidence, 8th graders?!


Monday, March 28, 2016

Justin Bieber loves verb conjugation

Here it is, the video I promised you, Justin Bieber conjugating the verb Avoir!



Monday, March 21, 2016

Learning a language - the hilarious side

It's easy to feel self-conscious when learning a language; the words feel so strange the first few (hundred) times you say them! Stick with it and keep putting yourself out there - it's the only way you will learn! 

And don't worry about making mistakes because we all do. Just watch my friend Joey give French a try:


Thursday, March 17, 2016

Learning a language opens doors

How does learning a language open doors? Well, you already know that LANGUAGE IS A SYSTEM of patterns - it is not random - and once we learn those patterns, we can learn a language more efficiently. 

But did you know that those patterns often apply ACROSS languages? That's right! So learning French, Italian, or Spanish now will make learning another language easier because you have a foundation of the patterns! 

Here is a quick example comparing Spanish and Arabic: