About the Blog

The French Corner was started as a website in November 2003 (as a high school student) 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, Samantha, am a 7th grade French teacher at Maple Avenue Middle School in Saratoga Springs, NY, and the 2010-2011 school year will be my first year teaching. The focus of this blog has drifted towards a more pedagogical approach, with just as many articles about teaching French as about learning it. 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 or more 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.

Contacting Me
If you would like to contact me, please visit SamanthaDecker.com.

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!