As a native English speaker who has worked in international environments and who started learning French as an adult, I’m very familiar with accents — both my own and those of others. I…| Oui In France
A real marker of progress is when native French speakers stop complimenting you on your French. That’s when you know you’ve majorly improved. Here’s why compliments mean you aren&…| Oui In France
Single and looking for a little excitement? Bored of your American mate? Well, you should really marry a French guy like I did.| Oui In France
When you have an accent in your second language, which most of us do if we started learning it as an adult, people sometimes react to you differently. Sometimes it’s good and sometimes itR…| Oui In France
No matter how compassionate or empathetic you are, sometimes the only way to truly understand something is to experience it for yourself. I never really considered what life might be like for someo…| Oui In France
If you’ve spent any time learning French, I know you’ll relate to what I have to say in this post. Language learning is no joke and you’ll have good days and bad. Sometimes you…| Oui In France
But then there’s the whole other side of foreign accents. When people say critical things to someone who speaks with a foreign accent. Sometimes they do this without realizing it, but most of…| Oui In France
Even if you consider yourself fluent in French or pretty close to it, certain situations will still send shivers down your spine (or maybe it’s just me). Situations like what, you ask? Here&#…| Oui In France
In a perfect world, we’d move to France, study French a little bit, magically just “pick up” the language by being immersed in it, and then speak perfect French two weeks later ju…| Oui In France
