Monthly Archives: April 2009

Complex?… Yes… Complicated?… No!…

French is not the easiest language to learn… it is something we all agree on!… Yet… is there a language that is easy to learn?… I doubt it! Each language works differently and, for that mere reason, learning any foreign languages is a difficult task. Of course, ideally, we should learn languages when we are [...]

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Imperative… Does it Take a “S” or not?

I guess it is time for another quiz… Lately I have been working around the clock on both reading comprehension and written expression SLE tests with my trainees… I have to say that they are quite difficult!… Anglophones have a hard time to see all the traps (and even some Francophones!) and there are days [...]

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