Post listing for my new blog www.ontheartoflearningfrench.blogspot.com

Post Listing

Musique
Johnny Halliday, our own very French rock star
Le diner- Bénabar
Déshabillez-moi, Juliette Gréco
Fête de la musique


Cinéma


Cultural differences
The French and British Problem
La tradition du 1er mai: le muguet


Langues ( vocabulaire, grammaire, orthographe-spelling)
Pronunciation: Dangerous Liaisons
Your will learn your 'conjugaison'
When knowing the French alphabet can save your life... well almost
Grammar in action: the Conditionnel passé et Dominique Strauss Khan
How to describe someone physically in French


Littérature
L'élégance du Hérisson


Charentes-Poitou
Echiré


Tourisme
Visiter Paris en 2-chevaux
Paris in the Springtime: Les meilleures terrasses de café


Examens
Philosophie: sujets du bac 2012
Les sujets du bac philo 2012: Correction
Les perles du bac du philo 2012


Articles about Language Learning
EC study highlights weak UK foreign language skills  
Why children should learn foreign languages at an early stage
The English curse: how having such a mother tongue could hindrance your professional chances
Language classes: your brain gym to fend off Alzheimer's



Cuisine
Best butter in the world, le beurre d'échiré


Politique
L'affaire du tweet ( la première gaffe de France)
Les slogans de Mai 68
How to comment British current affairs in French: Les plus durement touchés
How to comment Brithis current affairs in French: the Big Society

Litterature: L'élégance du Hérisson - The Elegance of the hedgehog

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Crédit Photo. CGC

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JUNE 2012 DELF/DALF

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French pronunciation: Les liaisons dangereuses

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French pronunciation: Les liaisons dangereuses

Photo Krikri Memory

One of the most common complaints from the people learning French is that it all sounds "onh onh onh onh" like my students like to say. 

Pourquoi????

Bastille Day in a French Village

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Clocher de l'église de Saivres, place de la mairie

Juste à temps ( on time) pour montrer à ma fille que les feux d'artifice (fireworks) ne se regardent pas seulement ( only) en claquant des dents les pieds dans la boue en Novembre ( shattering teeth and feet in the mud, nous voilà dans notre village des Deux-Sèvres ( 79-Poitou-Charentes) la veille du 14 juillet (the day before)  pour le discours du maire ( the Maire's speech- voir plus bas) devant le monument aux morts,

Marche du maire de la mairie au monument aux morts

Sujet du Bac de philo

Baccalauréat, not only you have more that 3 subjects ( unlike the UK A'levels)  but you also start the whole series of exams with Philosophy....ha .. this takes me back...
From Le monde 21.06.11

16 juin 2011

go to my new blog to read the proposed corrections, Corrigés des épreuves du Bac Philo 2011

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The Apprentice in Paris... or Lost in Translation II?

NextWednesday, 21:00 on BBC One   23 June 11. 

Ce n'est qu'hier soir que j'ai réussi à voir un épisode de la nouvelle série, et encore, j'ai raté le début. Pas le temps de faire des commentaires mais j'ai vu la bande-annonce (trailer) de l'émission de la semaine prochaine.Et surprise, ils vont à Paris. A voir leurs tentatives linguistiques, ils ont dû regretter de ne pas avoir fait leurs devoirs avec plus d'assiduité.....

Synopsis

The venue for the candidates' latest briefing is St Pancras International. With the next Eurostar about to leave, there is just time for Lord Sugar to brief and re-balance the personnel, and then it's off to Paris for half of each team. The others must stay back and choose some new British designs to sell to the French. It is a classic export task, with Lord Sugar on the lookout for proven ability to do business abroad.
While the candidates in Paris arrange sales appointments for tomorrow, the London-based groups are treated to quirky products by entrepeneurs wanting a slice of the French market. There's everything from toys to top-end bikes. It is immediately clear that some of Lord Sugar's budding business partners know very little about the French, and even less about what they will buy. To help, he sets them up with a major French retailer, but the teams must fix all the other pitches. Street-based research gets lost in translation. Candidates struggle to describe in stuttering franglais items they haven't seen, while one candidate proves fluent in French, yet hopeless at diplomacy.
When the teams regroup in Paris, the selected products look less attractive than they sounded. Squabbles ignite, but selling must begin. Paris retailers, baffled by the stumbling pitches, prove tough customers. Lord Sugar's top-end French chain store is characteristically stoney-faced.
Back in the boardroom the teams are subjected to more hard-faced stares, this time from Lord Sugar on hearing that someone decided to employ a playground game to decide who would pitch. And one team discovers it picked a winning product with some blockbusting sales figures. But the losers face an inquisition and then the verbal guillotine: "You're fired!".