by Yolaine Bodin | 1 Feb 2019 | Quotes
This quote stems from a research carried out about the perception of time depending on the language you speak, where Panos Athanasopoulos, Professor in linguistics and English, gave the following explanation: “By learning a new language, you suddenly...
by Yolaine Bodin | 19 Jan 2019 | French Language
You may be unsure as to what preposition –à, de or par– you should use after the French verbs commencer and continuer. Well, rest assured you are not the only one for that is a question quite a number of students who attend my French classes ask. So,...
by Yolaine Bodin | 7 Jan 2019 | English Language
If you look up the difference in English between among and between, you will find two kinds of explanations, one just saying that between is used when referring to 2 items and among with 3 and more, and another saying it is more a question of the following...
by Yolaine Bodin | 1 Jan 2019 | Other
May 2019 bring joy, peace and some magic to your life! To start this new year, I would like to share this quote by Christopher McCandless, the young American traveler who was the subject of “Into the Wild”: “The joy of life comes from our encounters with...
by Yolaine Bodin | 9 Dec 2018 | French Language
Matière, matériau and matériel are 3 French words that are easily confused by learners of French as a foreign language. It is not surprising when you know that in many languages, there may be only one or two translations for the 3 words. First of all, and before...
