Discover my journey learning French from a pre-teen studying the language at home for fun, to travelling to France to study the language, to teaching as an English Teaching Assistant and a public school language teacher at a Charter school. I’ll share my recommendations to get you on your path to bilingualism and how I enjoy the many benefits of speaking more than one language.
You’ve got a trip coming up next year and it’s a country you’ve never visited. You don’t speak the language, and you’re worried about how to get around and what you might need to learn in order to feel comfortable in a foreign environment. What are some ways you can prepare for your voyage? I…
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…
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…
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…
How I got started Over the years, I have had a lot of folks inquire as to how I learned to speak French. Now at a fluent level, I can proudly say I put a lot of effort into getting my level to where it is today, and it started around middle school for me. I…