Monthly Archives: September 2009

Le complément de nom… souvent un casse-tête!

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: September 12, 2009

I went through another hectic week… Kate had her oral interaction test on Tuesday (we are still waiting for her results)… Edna took her reading comprehension test on the same day and she got her B missing the C by only three answers… she was supposed to take her written expression exam as well, but [...]

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If they made up their minds… It would be of great help!

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: September 9, 2009

I really do have a problem with the written expression test!… In early Spring there was a pilot test because the panel of experts wished to make modifications to the 65 question version… In April, paragraph C had disappeared once and for all: it had been replaced with more fill in the blank with the [...]

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What is the correct pronunciation?

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: September 6, 2009

Finally, our first long weekend with stunning weather in 2009!… Hopefully everyone is enjoying it by playing outside… It seems we are having a summer after all… belated, but it is better than none at all! Seema is organizing Le Club français‘s next outing… we had to cancel the one in August because most people [...]

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