by John Elkhoury | Jun 8, 2013 | Learning French
Here’s a paradox of language learning. You spend hours learning how to speak a foreign language so that you can use it. YET as a beginner, you believe you don’t have the tools necessary to converse with others! This is false, and if you keep reading...
by John Elkhoury | Feb 23, 2013 | French Music
Plus Rien Ne M’Etonne in English Reviewed & Translated by John Elkhoury and Anthony Ochmanowicz COMPREHENSION DIFFICULTY: HARD Alors, plus j’avance, plus je gr… So, the more I progress the more I… Ah je l’ai déjà… Je me répète Ah I did it already… let me...
by John Elkhoury | Feb 2, 2013 | French Music
Je Me Lâche in English Lyrics reviewed & translated by John Elkhoury COMPREHENSION DIFFICULTY: MEDIUM C’est pas que je n’aime pas les gens It’s not that I don’t like people Mais je suis comme à l’étroit dans leur monde But I am just...
by John Elkhoury | Dec 17, 2012 | Learning French
Roughly 6 years ago, me and my little brother ventured around Paris. Hungry, we decided to eat at a nice Parisian café next to the Seine River, Le Café du Soleil. Both of us were French language learners so we decided we wanted to order in French. At the time, my...
by John Elkhoury | Sep 5, 2012 | Learning French
A French girl once told me that you can speed up your French fluency by smoking, because a lot of French people smoke. I don’t condone smoking. But I did design a simple 8-step French fluency program to become fluent in French FAST. Fluency has multiple...
