All Good Things (from Paris to Tahiti) - Sarah Turnbull Early readers of my blog will know that I LOVE books about life in France. But I don...
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Casse-tete Chinois (Chinese Puzzle) Klapisch film review
First of all, read my previous blogpost on the film here . Second of all, there are slight spoilers in my review. I don't give away anyt...
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Casse tete Chinois (Chinese Puzzle) - New Cedric Klapisch film
Casse-tête chinois (Chinese Puzzle) (2013) I briefly wrote about the film L'auberge espagnole (2002) and Les poupées russes (Russia...
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Funny Chinese French ... Chinçais?
I suppose you have all heard of Chinglish , if you haven't, check out this Flickr group full of funny photos of examples. It's basi...
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A Cartier Christmas 2013
Check out this cute (animated) short film set in Paris in the 1920s to promote Cartier for Christmas... pour Noël ! Now is that a Winter T...
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French: Worst learners of English in Europe
Interesting article on thelocal here : A global study of English language proficiency in 60 nations revealed that the ability of the French ...
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Anything sounds better in a foreign language...
Just came across this article in designtaxi. It's really funny. Apparently, if a woman is attractive and sexy, it doesn't matter wh...
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HSBC Expat Explorer - Australia vs France - Classement pays expatriés
I came across this interesting interactive website called HSBC Expat Explorer which allows you to compare several countries for quality of ...
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Native speakers pronouncing their own words incorrectly
There's a funny thing that's happened to me a few times, where a native speaker of a certain language (not English) will pronounce t...
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How good is autocorrect?
... not very by the looks of things. Check this out. It compares Cordial , Antidote , Pro Lexis and Word which are apparently all software...
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A home of my own...
I do apologise for the lack of posts recently. I've been going through a lot these past couple of months.. both good and bad things... a...
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YouTube Draw My Life videos
One day I came across a "Draw my life" video on Youtube and watched it, and was almost in tears. It was by Michelle Phan, whom I w...
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Learning a foreign language: Surround yourself with the people, culture and context
I came across this interesting article and agree with what it says. Basically they're saying that not being surrounded by the context a...
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Picking up patterns in languages
Interesting article.. linky Some research suggests that learning a second language draws on capacities that are language-specific, while oth...
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Learn French with Draw Something app
A few weeks ago I discovered this app called Draw Something and downloaded it to my phone. Immediately, I became addicted to it. Now, I don...
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Assimil L'Espagnol Spanish
Assimil L'Espagnol and FNAC Here is a bit about my last FNAC experience in Paris , back in July 2011. I lurve FNAC . Apart from clothes...
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When friends become parents
Continuing on from my previous post ... A lot of change happens in 2 years. I can't believe it had been 2 years already since I last saw...
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Paris, how I love thee!
Paris... Paris... will I ever get sick of you? No.. never. Every trip to this magical city just seems to be... magic. Even if the weather is...
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French expressions with tenir (tiens)
There are so many French expressions using the word tenir . By itself it's a verb that simply means to hold or to take (something). T...
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Top French baby's names of 2013 prénoms
According to this site they are: Le top de prénoms français en 2013 Top 20 French girls' names 2013 Emma Lola Chloé Inès Jade Manon Lo...
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French Eating and Cooking Vocabulary list
A few weeks ago I went back to Australia (my first visit back after having left!) and after having come back I've somehow forgotten my F...
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