French Books under ₹500
Every language learner needs her own library of treasured books, collected over the years. here are some that you can add to your collection. Goyal’s website has a Baisakhi sale going on till the 23rd of April 2023. See if you would like to bring any of these books home. Here are books that I […]
GBL – Playthrough 1- Earthlingo
Today I chose to play through and share my thoughts on the language learning game ‘Earthlingo’. (Why do a lot of language learning games and apps have ‘lingo’ in their name? A Duolingo hangover?) Here is the game website. It’s a cute game about a small green alien (stereotype? 😀 ) who is chased down […]
S’amuser avec le théâtre français
Workshop conducted at Ethiraj College, Chennai on 21/1/2023. My journey with French began at the Department of French at Ethiraj College for Women, it will always be an honour to return to share my expertise with the students in any way possible. When Dr. Adeline Albert invited me to conduct a theater workshop for the […]
B.A French (Distance Mode) University of Madras
Since a lot of people have come forward asking for more details, links and other info, I feel it would be best if I put down all of that in one place here so everyone can benefit from it. From the academic year 2022 – 2023, the Institute of Distance Education (IDE) , University of […]
How Cognitive Function ‘tricks’ can help teaching French during the Pandemic
Being aware of key cognitive functions can help better the quality of teaching especially during the difficult pandemic times.
AI in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun
Klara the AF (Artificial Friend) is the protagonist of Kazuo Ishiguro’s latest novel Klara and the Sun. This work by Ishiguro can be classified both under Science Fiction and Magical Realism. Klara is a humanoid robot designed to play the role of a companion to teenagers. We find out about her world and the other […]
Making an AI enabled pronunciation bot with Teachable Machine
As a language teacher in India, training Indian L2 French students in the nuances of French pronunciations, I believe that AI enabled solutions can work wonders in foreign language classrooms in India. Indian classrooms are a unique challenge, in that the classes sometimes have up to 70 students with only one teacher. With one teacher […]