Teaching French vocabulary in a new unit can be really exciting or pretty boring. My students love learning new words and starting new units, but let’s face it : repeating vocabulary words from a sheet is not so fun for them. You need some fun and engaging French vocabulary activities so students won’t even realize […]
5 fun ways to practice French numbers
Let’s face it, French numbers are tricky. Beginners need a lot of practice when learning French numbers. We teach them in the first few weeks of French 1 and we move on. Students never totally get them if we don’t practice them A LOT -and keep practicing them throughout the year! Here are some handy […]
What to do for a successful first day of French class
What do I do on the first day of French class? I’ve had some less-than-stellar first days, like the time I had morning bus duty and was late to class (my first teaching day ever), or the time I knocked my coffee off my table and, in trying to save it, broke my cute Eiffel […]
10 simple ways to recharge during summer break
Ah…summer break is almost here! As teachers, we know that the job isn’t really 8:00-3:00 with summers off, but if you are like me, summer is the time when SO MUCH of your life happens. I’m not too tired to see friends. There are no papers to grade. I WANT to do something. Summer […]
5 effective French immersion strategies
As a mom, I speak French at home. During the day, my son goes to a French immersion school, and he spends all day speaking French. He doesn’t understand how to conjugate verbs yet, but he does know how to use them correctly in many tenses. He’s not even 100% sure what a verb is […]
