by John Elkhoury | May 18, 2015 | French Culture, Learning French
Football (soccer) is an ultra popular sport in France. If you ever step foot into a French bar or pub, oftentimes a match is being aired, especially during the World Cup! It’s important to know some useful vocabulary, so I compiled a list of words used...
by John Elkhoury | May 13, 2015 | Learning French
I want to share my observations on an interesting second-language learning phenomenon. I coined the term, The Pronunciation Paradox. What is The Pronunciation Paradox? Before diving in, here’s a bit of back story. I receive a lot of compliments from French...
by John Elkhoury | May 1, 2015 | Learning French
How many words to be fluent in French? Sometimes you’ll see sites, products, or experts emphasizing that you should know [X] amount of words to be fluent in French. This question is dangerous territory. You can know thousands of French words. But words, by...
by John Elkhoury | Apr 14, 2015 | Learning French
It’s a common narrative. You take a few years of structured French coursework and learn the fundamentals of French. Then life happens and you forget almost everything you had learned. You find yourself, years later, wanting to or needing to relearn French. Does...
by John Elkhoury | Jan 5, 2015 | Learning French
Liaisons and linking are two concepts which characterize the French language. English speakers stand out as foreigners partly because of the lack of liaisons. Liaisons and linking (enchaînement) help smooth out French words and distinguish different words. Here we...
