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Now go on and be your bad French self!

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 ...

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 ...

The New Republic's John McWhorter recently came out with an essay on why we should stop pretending French is an important language. The piece comes in response to a New York Times article about a new ...