Speak before you're ready
You don't wait until you're good enough to speak — speaking is how you get there. In defence of imperfect sentences.
Journal
Notes from lessons
What I notice from teaching: the mistakes that keep coming back, the tricks that work, and how to listen to French without it hurting.
Listening to French without the headache
Twenty minutes a day beats a whole film on Sunday. Here's how to pick what you listen to.
Three mistakes almost every English speaker makes
None of them involve the subjunctive. They're translation reflexes, and two lessons are usually enough to unlearn them.