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How to Teach French RE Verbs – A French Teacher’s Guide Regular French verbs ending in –RE are the third major group of regular verbs I introduce to beginners. There aren’t as many regular -RE verbs as there are regular -ER and -IR verbs, but the conjugation pattern is still

How to Teach French IR Verbs – A French Teacher’s Guide Regular French verbs ending in -IR are a good opportunity to show beginners that French verb conjugation follows patterns. Once students recognize the pattern, they can conjugate and use many new verbs without having to memorize every verb individually.

How to Teach the French Verb Faire – A French Teacher’s Guide Faire is one of the French verbs I like to introduce early because students encounter it everywhere. The basic translation is “to do” or “to make,” but that’s only the beginning. Once students start encountering common expressions with

How to Teach the French Verb Aller – A French Teacher’s Guide I like teaching aller early because it gives beginning French students an enormous amount of usable language almost immediately. Once students know the present-tense conjugation, they can talk about where they’re going, how they’re getting there, and what

How to Teach French Boire and Prendre – A French Teacher’s Guide When I introduce irregular French verbs, I try not to overwhelm students with a huge list of verbs that they simply have to memorize. Instead, I like to introduce very common verbs that students can immediately use in

How to Teach French Articles After Negation – A French Teacher’s Guide Once students learn French articles, they quickly discover that French likes to add little rules to the things they’ve already learned. Negation is a good example. Students may have learned un, une, du, de la, des, de l’,

How to Teach French Possessive Adjectives – A French Teacher’s Guide When I teach French possessive adjectives, I try not to start with the entire chart. There are quite a few forms to learn, and if students see all of them at once, they can easily start memorizing them without

How to Teach French Feelings and Emotions – A French Teacher’s Guide Feelings and emotions are one of my favorite topics to teach beginners because students can start using the vocabulary right away. The grammar is also fairly straightforward. When I introduce feelings and emotions, I start with one very

How to Teach French Demonstrative Adjectives – A French Teacher’s Guide Demonstrative adjectives are one of those French grammar topics that looks pretty simple at first. Students learn four forms: ce, cet, cette, ces They discover that these four words can mean: this, that, these, or those. That’s where things

How to Teach French BAGS Adjectives – A French Teacher’s Guide One of the things that makes French adjectives tricky for beginners is that students learn fairly early that adjectives usually come after the noun. une voiture rougea red car un repas délicieuxa delicious meal un livre intéressantan interesting book

How to Teach French Negation – A French Teacher’s Guide French negation is one of those beginner grammar topics that is actually quite simple once students understand the basic structure. The challenge is getting them to stop thinking of French negation as the English word not with a French translation.

How to Teach French Interrogative Words – A French Teacher’s Guide Once my students know how to form basic French questions, I like to take the next step, which is teaching them how to ask questions that require more than a yes or no answer. This is where interrogative words