by Emilie | 11-01-2022 | Education, News Aspiring JournalistBilingualFrench-speakingTeenager
French Bridge is presenting the second edition of its contest for French-speaking teenagers living in North America on the theme: the colors of the world; use one or more colors to describe the world you live in! French Bridge, a non-profit created in March 2020, is a...
by Emilie | 8-11-2021 | Education, News, Schools, Settle In BilingualBook in FrenchReading in FrenchTeenagers
In this selection for teenagers from 9th grade (3ème) to 12th grade (Terminale), I have deliberately chosen not to include the great classics like “L’écume des jours”, “Vipère au poing” or “La gloire de mon père ”. You probably don’t need me to remember...
by Anne Marie | 24-10-2021 | Education, News, Schools, Settle In BilingualEducationRemote Education
To well-born souls, value does not wait for the number of years: this famous quote by Pierre Corneille sticks perfectly to Emilie Nolf, educator specializing in bilingualism and recently honored with the Academic Palms (a.k.a Palmes Académiques). It always sounds like...
by Emilie | 18-10-2021 | Education, Schools, Settle In BilingualEducationLiterature
Here is the third article in a series of four in which I suggest ten French books for your pre-teen to read from 6th grade (6ème) to 8th grade (4ème). The two previous are targeted at children from K-2, and from 3rd to 5th grade. I chose these books for the diversity...
by Emilie | 11-10-2021 | Education, Schools BilingualChildrenFrench LanguageLitterature
Here is the second article in a series of four in which I suggest ten books for your child to read from CE2 (3rd grade) to CM2 (5th grade). Click here for the first article K-2. I chose these books for the diversity of the topics covered, for the richness of the...
by Emilie | 6-10-2021 | Education, Schools BilingualEducationReading in French
The first article in a series of four, it is my selection of French books for children from Kindergarten to 2nd grade. No doubt, reading stories to your child is important in all languages, but for a child who is educated in a language other than his own, it is...
by Anne Marie | 8-09-2021 | Business, News BilingualFrancophileFrench movies with subtitlesStreaming
Following the explosion in the consumption of streaming content, France Channel is launching an entirely French-speaking platform with films, series, documentaries, cartoons, live shows, etc. This new streaming service with subtitles is intended to be a showcase of...
by MerciSF | 14-02-2020 | News, Schools, Settle In BilingualLFSFSummer Camps
Sponsored content – True to their reputation, the summer camps organized by the Lycée Français de San Francisco (LFSF) return from June to the end of August 2020. Some camps will be handled in French but all the instructors will be bilingual. They will be able...