The Gymglish Blog

by Olivia

5 songs to learn French effortlessly

What’s more fun than learning a language by singing along to a catchy tune?

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“Our aim is to create connections and forge strong ties between generations.” Spotlight on NQT, advocating for job placement among underserved areas, and Gymglish partner.

Since 2006, NQT (“Nos Quartiers ont des Talents” or “Our neighborhoods have talent”) has been setting up professional sponsorship programs aimed at promoting work opportunities, mentoring and network sharing between professionals and recent graduates who are finding it hard to enter the job market.

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“When it comes to learning, flexibility is key” – Meet Thierry Lefebvre, Gymglish partner

Thierry Lefebvre, director of education at L.I.C. Formation has been a Gymglish partner since 2018.

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The 5 absolutely worst grammar rules to ever appear in English textbooks

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines grammar as “the study of the classes of words, their inflections, and their functions and relations in the sentence”.

by Olivia

10 Good French movies to learn French

We’ve noticed you skipping the French film section on Netflix to catch up on the latest episode of Black Mirror, and we can hardly blame you. However, you might be surprised and/or pleased to know that French films are more accessible than they have ever been anywhere in the world.

by Benjamin

15 things we’ve learned since creating Gymglish

In February of 2019, Gymglish celebrated its 15th anniversary. To mark this occasion, Antoine Brenner and Benjamin Levy, the company co-founders, reflected upon their entrepreneurial adventure up until now.

by Olivia

The best books to learn French

Learning French is important – we have argued this in numerous articles on the subject. But have you forgotten the good old-fashioned book?

by Julie

“The perfect method doesn’t exist”: meet Gymglish partner Alban

Alban is the creator of the website and YouTube channel “Anglais Cours Club”, and has been a Gymglish partner since 2009.

by Andrew

The 10 ultimate false friends

False friends – Are they good or bad? At this point, we’d accept any friend. All the same, you should watch out for these guys – they’re worse than Brutus, Judas and Benedict Arnold combined.

by Andrew

Shaken, not stirred: how to drink in English

Let’s get out of these wet clothes and into a dry Martini…

by Andrew

The differences between UK and US English

More than just tom-ay-to / tom-ah-to

by Benjamin

The many promises and challenges of e-learning from 2000 to 2020

Since starting Gymglish 15 years ago, we have carefully studied the trends and promises of the e-learning market, or “EdTech” as it is called today.

by Julie

“I immediately fell in love with the course” Meet Sandrino, longtime Gymglish user and partner

If we were to sum up Sandrino’s experience with Gymglish, it would go something like this: To try it is to love it!

by Andrew

10 reasons to learn French

An unbiased and objective list

by Andrew

English vs. French: the reckoning

There can only be one. Or two…

by Andrew

Five fun, easy ways to learn a language for free!

It’s no surprise that most of us want to learn a language at one point or another.

by Gymglish

Straight from the horse’s mouth

See what our users (mostly human) have to say about Gymglish and Frantastique.

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The Unofficial Story of Gymglish

Not one, not two, but THREE chapters to wrap up the story behind how Gymglish was born…

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RECORD – The Word of the Month for August 2019

Every month, we take a look at a word in the headlines, in English, for your English. See more at The Word of the Month.

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STORM – The Word the Month for July 2019

Every month, we take a look at a word in the headlines, in English, for your English. See more at The Word of the Month.

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RESIGN – The Word the Month for June 2019

Every month, we take a look at a word in the headlines, in English, for your English. See more at The Word of the Month.