by John Elkhoury | Feb 4, 2014 | Learning French
Do you want to get the most out of your language course? Do you want to get an A in French class? I know a thing or two after taking my fair share of French courses. Here are some universal tips to help you become successful. Attending class and studying is only HALF...
by John Elkhoury | Jan 14, 2014 | French Resources, Learning French
Learning French should be fun; so why not kick back, relax, and expose yourself to more spoken French? Watching a video is an effective way to follow discourse and work on your speaking comprehension. This ongoing compilation of French videos was made with you in...
by John Elkhoury | Dec 31, 2013 | Learning French
Happy New Year, or in French, Bonne année ! My New Year’s Resolution Success Story Last New Year I was in Verona, Italy with a very special Italian girl. My Italian was very mediocre to the point where it became apparent my only exposure was on the flight over....
by John Elkhoury | Dec 6, 2013 | Learning French
Qui and que are the most used relative pronouns in French and their mastery would allow you to skillfully create more complex sentences. Now you may be asking, what are relative pronouns? Or when do you use dont in French as opposed to qui and que? Well, have no fear,...
by John Elkhoury | Nov 19, 2013 | Learning French
How can I improve my French pronunciation and lose my pesky accent? Well to explain this question, we would need to understand that a foreign accent results from not fully adapting to another language’s set of phonological and phonetic rules. To make matters...
by John Elkhoury | Oct 30, 2013 | Learning French
In French there are two simple ways to talk about something that will happen in the future: Le Futur Proche (near future) and Le Futur (the future). This article will address how to form these two types of future tenses and when to use each of them. At the end of the...
