5 Mother’s Day Gifts for the bilingual Mom in your life

5 Mother’s Day Gifts for the bilingual Mom in your life

Want to give your mom something special this Mother’s Day, but you want something different from the norm? Does your Mother speak another language at home besides English? Here are five Mother’s Day gift ideas for the Bilingual Mama in your life! 1. Soft pink floral card Featuring the French word for “Mother” in striking…

A group of six young people walking along a beach laughing and enjoying themselves
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The benefits of bilingualism

What are the benefits of bilingualism? What makes a person want to learn a second language? Are there any benefits besides being able to watch movies and TV in a foreign language? (SPOILER ALERT: Yes, there are.) I list some of the benefits that you or your child can enjoy when learning and speaking a…

Two hands holding blue US passports up against a background of a building.
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Crossing the border to Windsor!

Why choose an international meetup? My French Meetup, The Wandering Francophones, has recently been enjoying meeting up with our Canadian members by finding restaurants just across the Michigan-Windsor border and meeting in Windsor for our meetup. This allows our Canadian bilingual friends to join us more easily than asking them to come to us (which…

How to run a successful language meetup
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How to run a successful language meetup

The beginning of The Wandering Francophones Have you wanted to learn how to run a successful language meetup? Since 2013, I have been running my French Language Meetup, The Wandering Francophones, and we have met twice a month in person at local cafes and restaurants, speaking French for two hours about any random topic that…