Anyone who has spent even the shortest amount of time in France knows the importance of being able to speak a little français. Locals will quickly warm to travelers who at least make an effort to ...

Now go on and be your bad French self!

Doing exercises in a book was très terrible. A friend suggested something more radical. By Rachel Kushner There’s a scene I love in the movie “Husbands,” when John Cassavetes, performing in his own ...

I knew I’d never sound like a native. But shouldn’t I be much better than this? By Pamela Druckerman Contributing Opinion Writer PARIS — When Notre-Dame burst into flames, I turned on the French TV ...