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The French, France, the world, work and STRESS

Saw this article today and thought it was interesting in that it summarised some of the issues bubbling to the surface in France, but was a bit peeved that they didnt explain in more detail why there is a problem, and also, give an opinion as to whether the proposed solutions will actually have any [...]

Why I do not yet speak French like a local

So yeah, I paid for 2 weeks at Alliance Francaise, 4 hours each morning, Monday to Friday.

In a note to anyone wanting to go to Alliance Francaise in Paris – make sure you go there at least a day in advance in order to sit the test, stand in line, realise its the wrong line, [...]

Speechless….

I made a new friend in French class. She’s from New York and is here with her French fiance. We sat a free test yesterday, which was put on by Alliance Francaise for students of all levels.

It was touted as a way to measure our level of understanding of spoken and written French, and wasnt [...]