Tag Archives: Language Learning
French language lesson
Today we learned that you can start your day without washing (se laver) but it’s not possible to be sitting in your chair without getting out of bed (se lever). So after our instructor smelled a few students and graded … Continue reading
Lost in translation
Today at lunch we were asking the boys different questions in French and waiting for them to come up with a response. We were just asking them if they would like different types of food that we had on the … Continue reading
Study break
We just finished up a week of testing and now we have a week and a half off from school. It felt like a week of finals but we kept having tests on the same subject, either oral, written or … Continue reading
Bus Stop Advertisement
The following picture was displayed around town on most of the bus stops and as I glanced at it I thought, I must have finally switched to thinking in French, and then I realized I was only reading in English … Continue reading
Battle of the mind
It is very tempting to let yourself get critical or suspicious of others with the incidents that occur on a seemingly daily basis. From not being able to understand your child’s homework, to your child being picked or pushed down … Continue reading
Practical French Conversation Test
As I walked to school to drop something off I had my first real conversation in French with a man on the street that was more than just hello. I greeted the older man with the typical greeting of bonjour … Continue reading
5 verbs and 2 adjectives
I was encouraged as I listened to the phonetics teacher share with us from Luke 9:10-17 today in French. I was able to follow along in my new La Bible (French translation) and was able to understand enough of what … Continue reading
D squared + J squared = Anderson 