Category Archives: Boston French classes

Notre Fête de Noël

Posted on December 17, 2018 by Susan

Voilà la “photo de famille” de notre Fête de Noël annuelle. Nous avons parlé dans la langue de Molière, entonné en français des chants de Noël, et passé une soirée joyeuse et festive!       

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France welcomes us all!

Posted on June 11, 2017 by Susan

Yet another reason to love France: French President Emmanuel Macron launched a website urging anyone concerned with climate change to move to France: www.MakeOurPlanetGreatAgain.fr – Exxon Shareholders Approve Climate Resolution: 62% Call for Disclosure in Landmark 

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Fête de Noël à Boston 2016

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Susan

Voilà notre Fête annuelle de Noël à Back Bay, Boston. Learning French Christmas carols is the icing on the cake of our regular lessons. We sound particularly good because we are enthusiastic, understand all our words, and have 3 trained … Continue reading →

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Practicing our French at a Back Bay French restaurant

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Susan

A lively, delicious class at La Voile where we ordered in French, used our French cuisine vocabulary, chatted with our French waiter in French, and were offered un verre de champagne après le dessert. Alexis nous a même appris un nouveau mot: … Continue reading →

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July 14 terror in Nice, France

Posted on July 16, 2016 by Susan

This post has 3 items, all relating to the horrific attack on Nice, France, yesterday. 1) your basic French vocabulary about terrorism 2) graphic showing love for France 3) my response to the horror of yesterday’s attack Basic French vocabulary about terrorism: … Continue reading →

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Fête de Noël honors the French spirit

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Susan

A bunch of devoted and talented francophiles gathered last night for Susan’s annual Fête de Noël. Current and former students, nous avons bavardé en français, grignoté des mets délicieux, et fini par chanter des chansons de Noël en français. En … Continue reading →

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Adventures of living in France. Can we become bilingual? Part I

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Susan

Learning – or slowly acquiring – a new language is a miracle. Some of us have been studying it in books and in life, by teaching language as well as studying one, and still don’t know how it “happens.” I … Continue reading →

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Fête de Noël 2014

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Susan

Fête de Noël chez Susan We had our annual Fête de Noël last week. Present, former, and potential students and friends gathered together to chat in French, eat, drink, and sing French carols.  The rich, beautiful voices of our two … Continue reading →

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Middle-agers: Study a Language !

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Susan

You must read the July 15, 2014 Opinion by William Alexander in the New York Times: “The benefits of failing at French” ” Last year researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Northwestern University in Illinois hypothesized that … Continue reading →

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A New Translation of L’Étranger + A New View of Meursault

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Susan

Etienne R. just sent us a review by Claire Messud of a new English translation of L’Étranger. It’s big news because, as the reviewer wrote, it’s “One of the most widely read French novels of the twentieth century.” The reviewer … Continue reading →

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