French Life-expat France

I’m always harping on about French expats and visitors to France who don’t make any effort to speak French, even a few common courtesies that everyone must remember from school. You remember: “bonjour”, “merci” and a few others.
So today I’m going to pay special tribute to two overheard conversations - congratulations to those involved for [...]

Note: you might also like to see Learn to Speak French on the main site, which is more detailed than the chatter below!
During the winter my French speaking skills seem to go into a bit of a decline, then pick up again during the spring and summer as I get out and about with French [...]

When I’m not dealing with the challenges of running French gites, the French language is one of the big challenges for me, and for pretty much anybody who moves to France. There are various stages that need to be passed through - asking simple questions, having a conversation, understanding the television, being able to understand [...]