Learn French Blogs

  1. Blogs: Treat your tastebuds to a gourmet weekend in France: 1-4 April 2011

    Senior French teacher at Cactus Eloïse Comert is offering Cactus students a chance to learn about the food, drink and culture of the beautiful Gard region of France…

  2. Image of Amazing Chartres: Les temps des cathédrales

    Destinations for you, Blogs: Amazing Chartres: Les temps des cathédrales

    Cactus teacher Irina tells us about the fascinating cathedral city of Chartres.

  3. Image of Charlotte Gainsbourg : Heaven Can Wait

    Blogs: Charlotte Gainsbourg : Heaven Can Wait

    Cactus teacher Irina tells us about the multi-talented Charlotte Gainsbourg, and the concert in London that she gave last week.

  4. Image of Coco Before Chanel preview screening

    Anecdotes, Blogs: Coco Before Chanel preview screening

    Before its official UK release, I was lucky enough to be invited to a preview screening of Coco Before Chanel at the famous Soho Screening Rooms in London. Here are my thoughts…

  5. Image of Why learn a language?

    Cactus Language Courses UK, Attitudes to Language Learning, Experience Cultures, Blogs: Why learn a language?

    As reported on thisislondon.co.uk last week, England rugby internationals Tom Palmer and James Haskell are taking intensive French lessons at their new club, Stade Francais. For the next month, they will be studying for three-hours per day, four days per week.

  6. Image of NEW Language & Cultural Training Programme

    Blogs: NEW Language & Cultural Training Programme

    Cactus, one of the world’s leading language training companies, and CultureSmart! Consulting have teamed up to offer their clients a new programme integrating language and cultural training.

  7. Image of Cactus contributes to the campaign for more foreign language learning in secondary schools

    Blogs, In the news: Cactus contributes to the campaign for more foreign language learning in secondary schools

    “Ohayo gozaimasu” is not the usual greeting you’d expect to hear echoing the corridors at a rural secondary school in East Sussex, but last week students at Uplands Community College were treated to a Japanese language taster session as part of a year 9 languages day.

  8. Destinations for you, Blogs: Cactus Opinion: Nice

    Nice is simply one of those places that you never, ever tire of. I have visited the city on five separate occasions already, yet never cease to hanker after a quick trip back.