During July, in honor of the month-long Tour de France, we want to get students excited about learning French! Follow along here with Le Tour and information about bicycling in France, and if you want to learn more, see below for information on our 1-month Online French subscription!
As Le Tour draws to a close, we wanted to check in with you on your French lessons. Have you signed up? Did you take an e-Tutoring session with our e-Tutor, Sev? In case you didn’t get to do a session, visit this post from last year’s Tour de France where Sev reads some French cycling vocabulary for you. Here are a few:
peloton (m.)
lit., little ball; the pace line (the English word platoon is derived from this word as well)
dérailleur (m.)
derailleur, derailer (from the verb dérailler ‘derail’ which is what it does to the chain)
sacoche (f.)
pannier, orig. from Old French panier or breadbasket
étape (f.)
stage
Recognize any of the words from the coverage of the race?
Even if you haven’t started learning French yet, events like these are great inspiration for learning a language. If you’ve had your interest piqued, see the link below for more information on our great online offerings. Allons-y !
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