Monthly Archives: October 2008

Pleins Feux et… Plein la Vue!!!…

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: October 26, 2008

Last night was another French activity for the Club français… Well… the show itself was not in French (except for a few occasional sentences), the French conversation occurred at the restaurant prior to the show. Friday evening, I was sick like a dog: a nasty head cold!… I thought I could not make it! But [...]

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Pause-colles du samedi matin!

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: October 25, 2008

Saturday morning!… It is the ideal time for sitting with a mug of coffee and a couple of fattening cookies in front of your computer and trying to solve puzzles! Today I chose a test on verb conjugation… at first glance, you will probably think “Hey! This one is easy… all I have to do [...]

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That’s the Limit, the Last Straw!

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: October 23, 2008

For the past couple of weeks, James an I have been trying to find the audio videos of Campus Direct on its web site (we had been told those were useful tools in preparation for the oral test)… Civil servants under’going language training can ask for an ID number in order to access all the activities [...]

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