97: "What about the Olympics in Beijing?"
In this lesson, lesson 97, we'll hear a brief discussion about the Olympics in Beijing. Let's get started with a role-play between Yves and Olive. We'll talk about the pride of the Chinese Olympic Com...
31 Mar 200816min
96: "Let's count!" [part II]
This short lesson is a follow-on from lesson 93 on the numbers from 1 to 10. This time, we'll proceed as far as the number 69. From 70 onwards, there are another few twists which we’ll deal with in a ...
21 Mar 20088min
95: "'Les Cantonales', 'Les Régionales', tell me more?"
Local and regional elections are about to take place in France. It's all a little complicated, in fact. In this lesson - an advanced leson completely in French! - let's study at least some of the voca...
9 Mar 200810min
94: "Hey, Xavier, you've been working out!"
This lesson is in response to a listener who asked about getting fit, going to the gym, avoiding fast food and so on. The possibilities are endless but, in this lesson – lesson 94 – we’ll study just s...
5 Mar 200823min
93: "Let's count!"
This is a short lesson, for beginners, to recap on one of the basics – numbers and counting. We'll focus on the numbers 1 to 10 and discuss a few points of pronunciation we’ll need to watch out for in...
23 Feb 20088min
92: "Did you hear about the Société Générale Scandal?"
It seems that one quick way of becoming a cult hero is to blow over 7 billion dollars on financial trading. That’s what has happened in the case of Jérôme Kerviel, France’s most famous - or most infam...
8 Feb 200823min
91: A job interview
This lesson, lesson 91, centres on a job interview. We'll study the verbs 'to apply (for)', 'to specialise' and 'to spread oneself too thin'; we'll also discover adjectives we might use about ourselve...
31 Jan 200817min
90: "How do I get to the Post Office?"
It has been a while since we have had a basic lesson so this lesson - our 90th lesson - is just that. Let’s talk a little about directions. We’ll also learn how to say ‘I don’t speak French well’ and ...
25 Jan 200815min
