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Aug
27
2020
« Ça pousse, ton jardin?! »
“How is your garden doing?!”
One of our listeners asked that we would prepare a lesson with some gardening vocabulary and that’s what we did, over WhatsApp! We have lots of interesting vocabulary to learn – let’s start with a conversation.… Read More

Jun
02
2020
La covid-19 : une crise inédite
Covid-19: an unprecedented crisis
Our conversation this time is about something which has been central to our lives around the world since the beginning of the year. We are speaking, of course, about the coronavirus pandemic.… Read More

Oct
23
2019
La crise des opioïdes
The opioids crisis
The subject of this – our 200th lesson! – is the opioid crisis in the U.S. which has reached quite shocking proportions.… Read More

Jul
11
2019
Les décroissants – c’est qui ?
The décroissants – who are they?
Our conversation this time focuses on people who are referred to as ‘les décroissants’. But who exactly are ‘les décroissants’?… Read More

Apr
19
2019
Je viens chercher mon fils!
I’ve come to pick up my son!
One of our listeners was taking up a position as a teacher in a pre-school in France and asked if we would put together some expressions and vocabulary that might be used in a dialogue between the teacher and a parent.… Read More
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Recent Lessons

Lesson no: 202, Level: Intermediate
One of our listeners asked that we would prepare a lesson with some gardening vocabulary and that’s what we did, over WhatsApp! We have lots of interesting vocabulary to learn – let’s start with a conversation.

Lesson no: 201, Level: Intermediate
La covid-19 : une crise inédite
Our conversation this time is about something which has been central to our lives around the world since the beginning of the year. We are speaking, of course, about the coronavirus pandemic.

Lesson no: 200, Level: Intermediate
The subject of this, our 200th lesson!, is the opioid crisis in the U.S. which has reached quite shocking proportions. How did it come to this? Let’s start with a conversation.

Lesson no: 199, Level: Intermediate
Les ‘décroissants’, c’est qui?
Our conversation this time focuses on people who are referred to as ’les décroissants’. But who exactly are ‘les décroissants’? To find out, let’s start with a conversation.

Lesson no: 198, Level: Intermediate
One of our listeners was taking up a position as a teacher in a pre-school in France and asked if we would put together some expressions and vocabulary that might be used in a dialogue between the teacher and a parent. Let’s consider one such conversation.