by John Elkhoury | Jun 25, 2012 | Learning French
DR MRS P. VANDERTRAMP (or Dr Mrs. Vandertrampp) and “The House of Être” is a commonly taught abbreviation and learning strategy to help French learners remember some verbs which use être as an auxiliary verb (as opposed to avoir). Looking more closely at...
by John Elkhoury | Dec 3, 2011 | Learning French
Phonology and Phonetics are two different fields in the science of linguistics that study how people make sounds and pronounce words. Phonology (and phonetics) should be interesting because knowing how the French make their sounds could help French language learners...
by John Elkhoury | Nov 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
Scared to Speak FrenchWithout saying “I’m shy”, there must be a reason why you’re anxious about speaking French. Whether it be reading French infront of a classroom, answering a question, ordering food, or just plain asking...
by John Elkhoury | Sep 11, 2011 | Learning French
When is the best time to learn a language? More notably French, because this is a French focused site. Well, in the domain of psycholinguists is a concept called the Critical Period Hypothesis (CPH). A child’s mind is like a sponge… Children’s brains...
by John Elkhoury | Sep 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
Now, here’s the million dollar question. Which is better? Fluenz French or Rosetta Stone’s French program. I have tried both products and have done some extra research. The article will compare Rosetta Stone (levels 1-5) against Fluenz French (levels...
