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Mark’s Grammar Book: the Apostrophe
Hello and welcome to my newest venture, the start of an online grammar book, to help foreign language students understand how grammar...
Même avant que
Même avant que + subjunctive Once we’ve reached a certain level of French, say B1 level, i.e. intermediate or the first year of A level,...
A pinch and a punch … the first of the month
Growing up in Yorkshire, it was common for family members to quickly announce ‘a pinch and a punch, the first of the month’ while...
What’s online language learning like? Is it a success or failure?
What’s online learning like? Is it a success or failure? Following the pandemic this year, I’ve been recently looking into the...
Honey
I recently started a delicious pot of honey a student kindly gave me for Christmas, and it got me thinking about the word honey in...
April Fools’ Day, Aprilscherz and Poisson d’avril
Almost everyone is familiar with this day, as it is celebrated practically all over the world. But when exactly is April Fools’ Day? And...
Pancakes and Mardi Gras
This is a blog comparing German and French pancake days.
Starting out as a teacher
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False friends
Recently during one of my French lessons, we were reading a text about the prominent crime writer, Agatha Christie. One of the...
Little gems
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