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
89: "What is your opinion of these 'Miss France' competitions?"
Despite the fact that such events are becoming more anachronistic with each passing year, there is still no shortage of enthusiasm for events like the 'Miss France' competition. In this lesson let's h...
14 Jan 200813min
88: "Did you see? The towns are all decorated!"
Though France could not be described as a religious country, Christmas is widely celebrated in French towns and cities, with children eagerly anticipating the arrival of Santa Claus. But what about th...
29 Des 200716min
