by admin | Jul 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Un or une? Le or la???? Every French teacher knows that gender of nouns is difficult to teach. Just as every pupil knows the frustration of there being no straightforward answer to the question ‘how do you know whether a word is masculine or feminine?’ Some have...
by admin | Jul 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Why do we have to do a language, Miss? If I had £1 for every time a pupil asked me that, I would have retired long ago. OK , I know I am biased. I always loved language lessons at school but I was also conscious of the fact that I couldn’t really teach the subject to...
by admin | Jul 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
How to make language learning stick. Know what your goals are It’s important to know exactly why you are learning your chosen language and for what purpose. Maybe you have no choice – you have to do it at school – but then narrow down your goals to short term ones...