Growing up bilingual, I was aware from a young age of “false friends.” Not the kind who borrow money and never pay you back, but words that look or…
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Tag Archives: French
I Never Believed I Could Learn French So Quickly
For many years I have wanted to learn French, but I found other methods…
Two Conversations in French
It’s been a strange semester for el Gallo. (That’s yours truly; my nickname means rooster.) I’m currently in Toronto, but I’ll be back in Lausanne, Switzerland, where I live,…
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Improving My French Conversation Skills
Two years ago I visited France to meet a wonderful guy I had been chatting with online. Although I had…
Lost in Translation
“Yes, it’s software for your computer. Yes, Rosetta Stone. Like the stone in the British Museum.”
Another wedding guest wished to know how I had learnt my seemingly “excellent French.”…
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Rosetta Stone Scores an A+
I bought R.S. for myself. I was going to France to do some research for my book,…
Sound vs. Meaning
The other day a friend of mine confessed that to him spoken French has no meaning. He finds French mastery a hopeless endeavor and has no ambition whatsoever to…
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Great for the Worldy At Heart
I guess what surprised me about using Rosetta Stone was the brevity of grasping the languages. I actually bought both…
Sur la Plage du Biarritz
Sur la Plage du Biarritz” — the phrase I most remembered from my high school French grammar book many semesters ago. Fast forward a few decades – I’m invited…
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Rosetta Stone Confidence
I did not broker a million dollar deal, dazzle small children or amaze a large crowd with my Rosetta Stone language skills. I am a middle aged woman from…
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