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French Language - La Marseillaise
France’s national anthem has had a turbulent history, but today La Marseillaise is one of the most cherished emblems of the Republic.
La Femme au Chapeau by Henri Matisse
The oil painting La Femme au Chapeau by Henri Matisse is the emblematic work of art that crowned the artist as leader of the Fauvist movement...
L’Angélus by Jean-François Millet
The two figures bent in prayer in this pastoral scene show an idyllic lifestyle long revered by the famous École de Barbizon...
Learn French through music
It might be Trenet’s La Mer, or Edith Piaf ’s La vie en rose or Non, je ne regrette rien. Maybe it’s Serge Gainsbourg’s breathy, risqué duet with Jane Birkin Je t’aime moi non plus originally recorded with Brigitte Bardot, or perhaps it is Vanessa Paradis’ Joe le taxi. There is usually at least a refrain that springs to mind when you think of French music...
Learn French watching films
Watching films is beneficial to picking up vocabulary idiosyncracies and behavioural tics that a textbook might struggle to provide. Find out Graham Smith’s top recommendations for French films...
Le Petit Prince book
The Little Prince... The delightful children’s book that continues to enchant all ages
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