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Posted onApril 28, 2025April 28, 2025 authentic resources, authres, Black History, Canva, culture, featured, Media, music, songs

Introducing My Students to the Music of Angélique Kidjo (Plus, Other Ways to Introduce Authentic Music)

Back in March, I introduced my students to the music of Beninese singer Angélique Kidjo. Kidjo is a multilingual, multiple Grammy winning musician and a […] Read More

Posted onFebruary 27, 2025February 28, 2025 activities, authentic resources, authres, Black History, Canva, carnaval, cuisine, culture, featured, fleur de lys, food, france, francophonie, french culture, history, holidays, mardi gras, Nearpod

Mardi Gras and Carnaval in French Class

This isn’t the first time I’ve blogged about Mardi Gras. Back in 2015, I shared My Favorite #Authres (and More!) for Mardi Gras & Carnaval. […] Read More

Posted onFebruary 13, 2025February 13, 2025 activities, authentic resources, authres, edtech, featured, french culture, games, lo-tech, Nearpod

Resources for Time, Day and Date

Note: This is an update of a post I wrote back in 2016. Outdated resources have been removed and new ones have been added. Time, […] Read More

Posted onJanuary 16, 2025January 16, 2025 authentic resources, authres, Canva, Chandeleur, community building, crepes, cuisine, culture, dining, featured, food, france, francophonie, french culture, Nearpod, Time to Climb

How We Celebrate Chandeleur with Crêpes

Note: If you are an email subscriber, I recommend viewing this post in your browser, as there are videos and other content which will not […] Read More

Posted onDecember 28, 2024December 28, 2024 activities, authentic resources, Canva, featured, speaking, YouGlish

9 Activities or Resources I Tried or Brought Back in 2024

At the end of the calendar year, I do a retrospective on my favorite activities and resources I used for the first time or brought […] Read More

Posted onDecember 15, 2024December 16, 2024 authentic resources, authres, Canva, crepes, cuisine, culture, dining, featured, food, french culture, video, youtube

My Favorite Cultural Resources for Food and Meal-Taking

It seems I have an abundance of cultural resources that I use when introducing my students to food and meal-taking in French. In this post, […] Read More

Posted onOctober 6, 2024October 31, 2024 activities, authentic resources, authres, Canva, culture, featured, francophonie, geography, independent exploration

The Big Ideas of First Year French

Note: Older posts linked in this post may contain out of date information or links. That’s not to say there’s not still useful some information […] Read More

Posted onMay 11, 2024May 11, 2024 activities, authentic resources, authres, Canva, featured, independent exploration, Media, music, songs

Musical Connections

One of my goals as a language teacher is to get students interested in exploring resources outside of class. That’s why I designed Independent Exploration. […] Read More

Posted onFebruary 12, 2024February 12, 2024 authentic resources, authres, books, featured, fles, Media, social justice

10 Children’s Books That I Use with First Year Students

Finding good books to use in your classroom can be exhausting. In this post I will share 10 books I use in my classroom that […] Read More

Posted onAugust 28, 2023August 28, 2023 advocacy, authentic resources, authres, Canvas discussions, featured, independent exploration, movies, music, national french week, video

Pourquoi le français ?

Note: this is an update of a post I originally published in 2013. Click here to read the original post. While many of you reading […] Read More

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My name's Samantha Decker and I'm a middle school French teacher from Saratoga Springs, NY. I started The French Corner in high school as a resource for French students, and have since expanded it into a blog for French teachers. Read more about the blog here.

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