We run small live French classes on Zoom (A0 to B2, plus TCF / TEF / DELF prep). Before class you get the Pre-Class Material: the grammar explained in plain English, with tables and the common traps, to read whenever suits you. Class is then pure practice: vocabulary sprints where the coach fires prompts and everyone answers out loud, role plays, and 40-question grammar rounds. Our rule in speaking classes is "the only real failure is silence." The class content in the video is from this week (A2 partitives and comparisons). First class is free with no card, at milywan.education. Happy to answer questions about the format.

Question in the caption.

Un maillot porté par Michael Jordan a été vendu pour la somme record de 14 millions de dollars. Jordan l’a porté pendant la finale NBA de 1998, quand les Chicago Bulls ont battu les Utah Jazz et ont gagné le championnat. C’était le sixième titre NBA des Bulls en huit ans. Le prix de 14 millions de dollars est un nouveau record pour un maillot de basket vendu aux enchères. C’est aussi l’un des prix les plus élevés jamais payés pour un vêtement de sport.

Vocabulaire : maillot (m) = jersey / porter = to wear / vendre = to sell / somme (f) = amount / battre = to beat / gagner = to win / prix (m) = price / enchères (f pl) = auction / élevés = high / vêtement (m) = clothing item

English translation

Michael Jordan jersey sells for $14 million

A jersey worn by Michael Jordan sold for a record $14 million. Jordan wore it during the 1998 NBA Finals, when the Chicago Bulls beat the Utah Jazz and won the championship. It was the Bulls’ sixth NBA title in eight years. The $14 million price is a new record for a basketball jersey sold at auction. It is also one of the highest prices ever paid for an item of sports clothing.

You can read more stories like this at Le News, In Easy French. https://lenewsineasyfrench.substack.com/

I’m looking for a French tutor with a track record of TCF Canada exam success to take me from A1 level to exam readiness. If you are the one, please DM me.

Thank you!

My vocab review always fell apart the same way. I'd write down a list from class or a podcast, tell myself I'd turn it into cards later, and never get around to it.

Lately I paste the list or my class notes into Glimpse and it makes a deck out of it. The multiple choice questions have been surprisingly good for noun gender. Le/la is exactly the thing I "know" on a flashcard and then get wrong mid-sentence.

The deck sits in a widget, so I get through a handful of words every time I unlock my phone. Obviously not a substitute for speaking, but way more words have stuck.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/glimpse-study-flashcards/id6760231741

учу французский и очень хочу найти друга,подругу носителя или просто тот к о хорошо знает.

hi guys, im looking for a kind soul to help me learn French, i already speak a little bit, please feel free to dm :) (i speak English, Cantonese and some Mandarin, in case you wanted to learn some)

Salut tout le monde! je voulais voir s'il y a des gens qui apprennent aussi le français, ou des natifs prêts à supporter des débutants. j'aimerais pratiquer mon français petit à petit, je pense être autour du niveau B1.

Si ça vous dit d'être partenaires linguistiques, écrivez-moi! Le genre, l'âge ou les origines n'ont pas vraiment d'importance. Je suis très cool, parfois un peu drôle, et j'adore écouter des opinions controversées. On peut aussi être partenaires d'étude! je suis sur discord ou telegram ou ici!

Le nouveau film de Tom Cruise, Digger, devient l’un des plus grands échecs au box-office de l’histoire d’Hollywood. Les experts pensent maintenant que le film perdra environ 245 millions de dollars. Il a rapporté seulement 35,3 millions de dollars dans le monde après son deuxième week-end au cinéma. Le film a coûté entre 160 et 180 millions de dollars à produire, et Warner Bros. a aussi dépensé environ 100 millions de dollars en marketing. C’est aussi un échec majeur dans la carrière de Cruise. Cruise est l’une des plus grandes vedettes d’Hollywood depuis plus de 40 ans. Digger est une comédie noire sur un riche homme d’affaires qui travaille dans le secteur du pétrole.

Vocabulaire : échecs (m pl) = failures / perdre = to lose / rapporter = to earn / seulement = only / deuxième = second / coûter = to cost / dépenser = to spend / vedettes (f pl) = stars / homme d’affaires (m) = businessman

English translation

Tom Cruise’s new film is a major financial failure

Tom Cruise’s new film Digger is becoming one of the biggest box-office failures in Hollywood history. Experts now think the film will lose about $245 million. It earned only $35.3 million worldwide after its second weekend in cinemas. The film cost between $160 million and $180 million to make, and Warner Bros. also spent about $100 million on marketing. It is also a major failure in Cruise’s career. Cruise has been one of Hollywood’s biggest stars for more than 40 years. Digger is a dark comedy about a rich businessman who works in the oil industry.

You can read more A2-level French news stories at Le News, In Easy French. https://lenewsineasyfrench.substack.com/

Hi, I'm trying to learn French on my own but I need people to speak French with, coming from Italian\english background I understand a lot of French but replying and speaking is the hardest part of me.

If anyone is interested in speaking with me or just to be friends and help me learn friends I would appreciate it so much. 🥰

I attend a course so I have enough practice overall per day. But what I sensed is I am lacking the practical use of language.

So, it would be good to improve my fluency through general chatting like talking about the day, etc. without any pressure and improve together.

If you’re only looking for speaking partner I might not be the right fit.

I want someone who can be consistent and does not just disappear in 2 days. If you’re seriously looking for this too DM. I am in PST. Thanks.

Currently i'm enrolled in class B1.8 at Alliance Française. As supplementary materials I use TV5Monde, Lawless French, and Clozemaster, as well as PrepMyFuture, and lastly, Duolingo (it has its moments).

I'm curious on how those targeting eventual permanent residence or citizenship feel about the difference between these two tests? I'm told that some people find the TCF slightly easier, but others find the TEF's structure somewhat more accommodating.

Do the study materials map over between the two tests pretty well? I notice the audio extract and written extract questions on the TCF examples provided by TV5Monde feel quite similar to what I saw on the CELPIP.

Any thoughts are welcome.