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How to Teach French Grammar with Error Correction – A French Teacher’s Guide Error correction is a strategy I can use with students at every level, from beginners who are learning basic verb conjugations to advanced students who need to refine their grammar and written expression. The key is choosing

How to Teach French with Short Dialogues – A French Teacher’s Guide Short French dialogues are one of my favorite ways to give students meaningful language practice. They let students see French in context, hear how people respond to one another, and practice expressions they can eventually use in their

How to Teach the French Causative FAIRE Construction – A French Teacher’s Guide The French causative construction with faire allows us to express the idea of having something done or making someone do something. We use it when we cause an action to happen, whether we perform the action ourselves

How to Teach French DONT vs DUQUEL – A French Teacher’s Guide When I teach French relative pronouns, one of the distinctions I want students to understand is the difference between dont and the forms of duquel. Both are connected to the preposition de, which is why students can have

How to Teach French Relative Compound Pronouns LEQUEL, AUQUEL and DUQUEL – A French Teacher’s Guide When I teach French relative compound pronouns, I start by connecting them to the relative pronouns students already know: qui, que, où, dont, ce qui, ce que, and ce dont. Like these other relative

How to Teach French Relative Pronouns CE QUI, CE QUE and CE DONT – A French Teacher’s Guide When I teach ce qui, ce que, and ce dont, I first connect them to the relative pronouns students already know: qui, que, and dont. Like qui, que, and dont, these expressions

How to Teach French Rentrer, Revenir, Retourner and Rendre – A French Teacher’s Guide There are four French verbs that can all seem to mean “to return” in English: rentrer, revenir, retourner, and rendre But they aren’t interchangeable. I find that students have a much easier time with these verbs

How to Teach the French Verb Mettre – A French Teacher’s Guide The French verb mettre is an important irregular verb for students to learn because it has several meanings that don’t always correspond directly to the English verb they would naturally think of using. I find it helpful to

How to Teach the French Verb Manquer – A French Teacher’s Guide The French verb manquer can be frustrating for English speakers because the way we construct sentences with “miss” is completely different. In English, we say: I miss you. But in French, we don’t construct the sentence that way.

How to Teach French Verbs for “To Make” – Faire, Rendre, Donner & More – A French Teacher’s Guide English makes things especially confusing when it comes to the verb “to make.” We use the same verb in expressions like make dinner, make someone laugh, make someone sad, make someone

How to Teach French Avant de, Après avoir and Après être – A French Teacher’s Guide When students first learn how to connect two actions in French, they often want to conjugate every verb they see. This is a good opportunity to show them that French has several useful constructions

How to Teach French Subjunctive vs. Indicative – A French Teacher’s Guide When I teach the French subjunctive, one of the biggest challenges is not actually forming the subjunctive. It’s knowing when to use it. Students can learn the conjugations of être, avoir, faire, aller, and other common verbs, but