The beauty of ‘est-ce que’…
The expression 'est-ce que' came up today in our French conversation groups. These three little words are so small and mean so much. I am...
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Jul 14, 20203 min
How to hone your foreign language listening skills
It is often said that developing foreign language listening skills is the hardest skill to master, yet it’s also one of the most...
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livelylanguages
Jul 30, 20192 min
The French word ‘on’ – bijou but big on usefulness!
You may remember being taught in school that the French for ‘us’ is 'nous'. And then you may have been told that 'on' in French is the...
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livelylanguages
Jan 18, 20192 min
The absence of tags in French and Spanish
We are so used to using tags in English that we don't even think about them, do we? That's one I’ve just used, but there are loads more,...
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livelylanguages
Feb 21, 20172 min
We have Shrove Tuesday – the Spanish have ‘Carnaval’…
Shrove Tuesday for us – Carnival for them! So, it's a week tomorrow until Shrove Tuesday when in Britain we traditionally have pancakes,...
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