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Podcast 10 photoroom 1Do you think French is a difficult language?  Are you learning on your own and feeling that you're getting nowhere? You don't get enough feedback on your work? Would you like to master certain points of grammar or syntax more quickly?  Perhaps it's time for you to take a few courses to review your knowledge and keep your motivation up! 

As aqualified teacher of FLE (French as a foreign language), I can help you to work effectively and make progress in your learning, whether you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced student. 

 

You will find videos on the website along with their transcripts and explained vocabulary.

 

 

 

 

 

Grimm vs Perrault

Why is the French Little Red Riding Hood different from its German counterpart? As she delves into the literary history of the two neighboring countries, a journalist discovers that the Grimm brothers' tales, which she thought were German, are actually of French origin: indeed, Cinderella, Puss in Boots, and Sleeping Beauty already exist in Les Contes de ma mère l’Oye by Charles Perrault.

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The right to vote for women in France

In France, universal suffrage was definitively granted to men in 1848. However, women only obtained it a century later, after the Second World War. Why this delay, when the Republic proclaims itself progressive and egalitarian?

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The Popular Front and the discovery of leisure

In May 1936, the legislative elections marked the victory of the united left. Massive strikes immediately broke out across France, with people dancing in the factories. The Popular Front government then introduced major social reforms, including paid holidays for all. For many, it was their first vacation ever and their first experience of free time.

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Idiomatic expressions in French with animals

In the French language, many expressions refer to the animal world. Sometimes easy to understand, they are often enigmatic as well. The Postal Museum, in collaboration with illustrator Emmanuelle Houdart, presents a few of them. Do you know them?

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THE PODCAST

Podcast 1

 

Meet the best-selling French cookbook "Je sais cuisiner" by Ginette Mathiot.

Find out how this "classic among classics" came about and who its author was. 

 

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