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Experience Cultures: Great value options for learning French in France
Cities, beaches or mountains – whichever you prefer there’ll be a suitable French study destination for you. Here’s a run down of the locations that offer the best value for money this year…
- Tuesday, 16th March, 2010
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Experience Cultures: France’s ‘pink city’ - what makes Toulouse a great study destination
Cactus’ Cécile Sargueux gives us the lowdown on her beautiful home town of Toulouse…
- Friday, 12th March, 2010
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Experience Cultures: Top 5 spring festivals and events in France
France is a great place for festivals and events and this spring is no exception. Whether it's sport, music, dancing, cinema or food that you enjoy, there'll be something to suit your tastes.
- Tuesday, 2nd March, 2010
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: GCSE and ‘A’ Level revision courses abroad this Easter
With the last term of the school year almost upon us, now is the time for GCSE and 'A' Level students to start swotting up for their summer exams…
- Tuesday, 2nd March, 2010
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Experience Cultures, Movies: Oscars 2010: ‘best foreign language film’ nominations
The nominations for this year’s Oscars, scheduled to take place on Sunday March 7, have now been announced.
- Monday, 22nd February, 2010
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Attitudes to Language Learning, Types of Courses: Why taking a family language course is a great Easter or summer holiday alternative
If you would like to take your children on holiday but would prefer something more interesting than a week or two on the beach, a family language course is worth considering.
- Monday, 1st February, 2010
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Experience Cultures: Top 5 European carnival destinations
The origins of 'carnival' stem from the practice of having a big feast to finish up meat (carne) before Lent, a period of fasting. In countries such as Spain and Italy this evolved into a major festival with feasts, parties, parades, music and dancing.
- Friday, 22nd January, 2010
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Experience Cultures: Ways to spend a career-break in France
A career-break is an opportunity to spend time doing something different, to travel and explore different places, to acquire new skills, and meet new people. It might also be an opportunity to try out an new career.
- Monday, 11th January, 2010
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: Top 10 language and activity courses for the winter months
Combining your language holiday with an activity is a great way to get the most out of your time abroad, to further practise the skills that you learn in your lessons and even to pick up a new hobby.
- Friday, 8th January, 2010
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: Foreign language films to look out for in 2010
It’s always a good idea to go and see films made in the foreign language you are studying.
- Monday, 4th January, 2010
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Experience Cultures: Practising your French in London
Anyone learning French in London is spoilt for choice when it comes to ways to practise and enhance their language skills outside of lessons.
- Friday, 18th December, 2009
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: Useful online resources for French learners
There many resources for learning French available online, including lessons, dictionaries, grammar guides, exercises, games, newspapers, radio, and audio books. Most are free, and they can be used instead of formal classes, or to complement them.
- Friday, 11th December, 2009
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Experience Cultures: Experiencing the fabulous New York
Cactus' Julien Schimel gives us the lowdown on what it's like for an international student to live in the bustling and iconic city that is New York...
- Friday, 4th December, 2009
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Experience Cultures: A great reason to go to Lyon this December - la Fête des Lumières
Every year on 8th December – the same day as the Festival of the Immaculate Conception- the French city of Lyon plays host to a huge festival of light (‘la Fête des Lumières).
- Friday, 20th November, 2009
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Experience Cultures, Vocabulary: How to say ‘Happy Thanksgiving’ in 10 different languages
Thanksgiving Day is a time to give thanks for the harvest and to express gratitude in general.
- Friday, 13th November, 2009
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Experience Cultures: 10 facts about Tours
One of the less well-known cities in France, Tours is actually a fascinating place with many attributes that make it a perfect place to learn French.
- Monday, 2nd November, 2009
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: Meet Jamie, Cactus’ ‘record’ evening course student
In October 2009 Jamie Wilkinson started not one, but THREE evening language courses with Cactus! We found out his motivations for learning, and what he thinks of the courses so far…
- Monday, 2nd November, 2009
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Food and Drink: Le Réveillon - The feast of Christmas
If there is one meal to eat at Christmas, it's Le Réveillon in France...
- Sunday, 1st November, 2009
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Experience Cultures: Is foreign relocation amongst UK citizens set to increase?
A recent article in the Daily Mail has highlighted the results of a recent study which indicate that ‘Britain is the ‘worst place to live in Europe’.
- Friday, 16th October, 2009
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Experience Cultures: An A-Z of why to choose Rouen as a French study destination
Rouen is a beautiful and historic city in the heart of Normandy. It is a great place to study French for many reasons...
- Monday, 14th September, 2009
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