Is subjunctive a real headache in French language study? Grammatical challenge for those who learn French in France

Grammatical challenge for those who learn French in France

Is subjunctive a real headache in French language study?

Although in Latin languages subjunctive is a quite trivial issue, and therefore nothing to worry about for our Spanish, Italian or Brazilian students, it’s very often one of the worst nightmares for the Anglo-Saxon learners of French.

One tip if you want to overcome this difficulty: just make a point of using it as often as possible while you speak with your host-family and it will soon become totally natural - one of the advantages of coming to learn French in France.

French language course and Andalusian danses

Those who learn French in France love flamenco

A superb evening at Casino des Palmiers with “Bodas de sangre”, the emblematic Spanish ballet that Antonio Gades composed from Federico Garcia Lorca’s play. In a pure Andalusian style, it reproduces the dark and harsh atmosphere of this drama full of love, hatred, jalousy and death. “Emotionally intense” said foreigners who study French in the South of France.

French language school aside from the storms

The causes of bad weather split Learners of French in France

The exceptional storms which struck the North and South-West of France last January fed many conversations among Elfca students. Quite a few were persuaded that human activities and pollution were to be held responsible, while others just maintained that it was nothing new, that Nature had always had its tantrums. But all agreed at last that they were happy to be here, for even if nights and mornings are often pretty cold, the temperature in the sun at Noon last Sunday of January went up to 47°, which ravished the participants to French language course in the South of France.

French language school re-opening after annual break

Season’s greetings for those who study French in the South of France

After five weeks holiday, French language school in Hyeres re-opened on 26^th January, with new students of course, but also quite a few carrying on their French immersion program started in 2008. Everyone had a lot to say about how the holidays had been used, some travelled in Europe, a Japanese young woman experienced working in a farm, and others just took the opportunity to visit Provence. “A good and enriching time” was the general feeling of participants to French language course.

New old vegetables for teacher at French language course

Learners of French in France discover new tastes

Lately, French chefs have tended to bring back into fashion what is generally refered to as “les legumes oublies”, forgotten vegetables! And Hyeres Saturday market suddenly started abounding with purple cauliflowers, kohlrabis, Jerusalem artichokes and swedes. At Elfca, the teacher had never tried any of them, but a German student said he often ate kohlrabi while the swedes were all but new for the British! “Autre pays autres moeurs” was the conclusion of teacher at French language school.

Gypsy music for learners of French in France

Students at French language school appreciate violin

At Theatre Denis, the Festival Klassik Azur association proposed to music lovers a Tzigane journey, conducted by violinist Remy Ballot. Through pieces from Saraste, Kreisler, Bartok and Ravel, piano and violin invited to discover the virtuosity but also the melancholy of gypsy music. A rendez-vous that would not have been missed by participants to French language immersion program.