About the Blog

The French Corner was started in November 2003 with the purpose of teaching basic French to anyone who wants to learn it. It has since been expanded to provide information about France, especially Paris, and the rich culture of France. In 2007, the French Corner made the transition into blogdom! I, the blogger, am a fluent speaker of French, but I am not a certified teacher. I did not include everything on this site, because it would be almost impossible to teach all the French one can learn in the span of about 5 years on this site. In addition, it is hard to pick certain topics and leave some out. The topics I have chosen to include on this site are not necessarily all the most important, but the ones that are the easiest for me to condense, and those I am especially strong in. I am always expanding! I have provided you with some other great learning tools to check out, if you want to learn more about something and don't see a section on it here. I think you will find this site especially useful for learning vocabulary and all there is to know about verb conjugations, tenses, essential vocab, and parts of speech.

About the Blogger
My name is Samantha, and I am the blogger. I am a college student and I speak French fluently and have had some experience teaching and tutoring it to various ages. I am not certified, but I am studying to become a high school French and/or Spanish teacher. I have never lived in France but I have had the opportunity to visit this wonderful country twice and I plan to go back many more times. Yes, the girl in the picture up above is me, it is a caricature I designed of myself for one of my other blogs, Style by Samantha, and I thought it would look cute with a beret and scarf.

Programs I Use
I use Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7, which no longer exists (Paint Shop Pro has been bought by Corel), to create all my graphics. I use Blogger to publish my blog. I designed this whole blog myself with a few helpful hints here and there. I used Linguatec to create the sound bites.

System Requirements
This site looks best in Firefox a 1024x768 resolution or better. If your resolution is currently set smaller, you may want to readjust it to achieve the best viewing experience. I have tried to make the layout of the site as compatible as possible with all browsers, but it looks and works best with Firefox.

Contacting Me
If you would like to contact me, you are welcome to leave a comment on a post or email me at samantha [@] thefrenchcorner.net (take out the spaces and brackets, that is there to protect me from spammers).

Contributing
If you have written a piece you think would be relevant to the French Corner (about French language, education or culture) or would like to write something specifically for the blog, please contact me about contributing! The point of a blog is to share information, and I would love to have more voices here! People who have contributed in the past have added a great flavor to the French Corner!