How can your television help you learn English?

When we first decided to move to France I had one request from my husband, that if we moved I would always need English television, strange request I hear you say but I had my reasons! After visiting France with my husband for many years, before we moved, I soon realised that French television be…

Am I speaking correctly?

Yesterday, I posted a ‘Monday morning tip’ on my Facebook page about conversing and conversation and how it was about not to worry about if you are speaking right or correctly. I said that perhaps too many people learning a language worry if they say the wrong word or say the wrong meaning when talking…

Conversation groups, good or bad?

I’ve lived in France since 2007 and for the first year I just relied on my husband, who is French, to do most of the speaking, organising and of course paperwork for us because my knowledge of French was zero! After a few months of settling in and sorting out our children I decided perhaps…

My first blog, hope it’s a good one!

Hello…Laissez-moi me présenter … Je m’appelle Lyn Duclos et je suis anglaise! Je vis en France avec mon mari Rémi et nos deux enfants Jacques et Lily depuis 2007. Nous vivons dans un quartier calme et agréable de Montgivray, très proche de La Châtre et de toutes ses commodités. Notre maison a été construite et…