Do you enjoy watching movies? What about going to the theater to see a play? You don’t have to go all the way to Broadway: most towns have their own theater groups and local theaters for performances. Maybe you enjoy …
Are you one of the nearly 2 billion people* in the world who are learning English as a foreign language right now? English isn’t the most spoken language in the world (Chinese and Spanish hold those titles) but with over …
You have probably heard that the easiest and most effective way to learn a language is to travel to a country and become immersed in the language. This is a well-known technique for improving your level of a language, or …
If you are a native speaker of a language like French, Spanish, or Italian, you know that there is a plural form of the word “you” which is used when you are speaking to more than one person, such as …
If you are trying to learn a language like English, you have probably heard about immersion language learning, or ILL. This is because immersion learning is the most effective way to acquire a language. And I say ‘acquire’ because that …
If you are learning English, or even if you already speak English fluently, you have probably heard some English accents that you find easier or more difficult to understand. This can be true even for native English speakers when they …
If you have been surviving the heat wave in France, you are probably longing for a holiday in the mountains! Well the Isère region surrounding Grenoble has plenty to offer in terms of altitude and an escape from the city, …
Ahhh Summertime…the time of year when school is out and kids are happy to stay home and play outside all day long. But Summer can also be a time when new hobbies are begun, or new habits learned! Many children …
Getting away from it all doesn’t always mean traveling far away. While most people in Europe flock to the coast or big tourism destinations, you can find plenty of things to take you away from it all, physically and mentally, …
Throughout history, writers and artists have traveled the world in search of everything from inspiration to adventure to exile. But maybe there is something more to the artist’s wanderlust that is only now becoming clear. Is there a real link …