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It Could not have Been Worse!!!

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: January 18, 2009

There are times, in life, when a series of isolated events happen at the very same time (with no apparent connexion between them), then things start falling apart one after another (as in a domino effect)  resulting in a mess… and your day goes utterly wrong! In French, we say «concours de circonstances»… You get up in the [...]

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They Were Doing so Great!… What about in January?

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: December 26, 2008

The end of the year… For me, professionally, it always scares me a little… Why? Because most of my students take at least one week off and they usually do not get any exposure to French during the Holidays. Of course, they always plan to keep up with it… but… do they? Experience taught me [...]

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Have you Done your Homework?…

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: December 5, 2008

It has been a while since I wrote a post… not that I ran out of inspiration (quite the opposite indeed)… except that life being what it is (hectic!), I did not find the time to sit down and write. Thank God it is Friday! and a last minute cancellation in my busy schedule is giving me [...]

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