I work as a tutor at GCSE and A-level, in maths and the sciences. The problem is what to do to pay the bills in the summer holidays.

I have thought about tutoring the ‘Kent Test’ (which is the 11+ here) through the summer. I have been given differing opinions on this: some say it is easy and I should go for it, others say that it is so unlike tutoring the 15-18 age group that a very different style is needed and parent’s expectations are much higher of the tutor relative to the student given the latter are only 10 years old.

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Rote learning and memorising lists of verbs are out fluent talking is in, with the Michel Thomas language method. It works by boosting pupils’ confidence, says Martin Cosgrove

'Alongside the V&A, Science, Natural History and British Museums, the capital has a host of smaller, lesser-known collections. Here's our guide to London's best secret museums.'

We are recruiting CRB checked freelance artists
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We are recruiting CRB checked freelance artists who can deliver workshops for after school clubs around Sheffield (starting Feb/March 2009) Please send CVs and details to openminds@revisionsuccess.com

Good rates of pay.

Nice set of tips on how to speak this particular dialect of Persian - although the techniques could presumably apply to any language.

I just got back from visiting some friends in Lyon and I asked them to explain how to talk about friends versus boyfriends/girlfriends in French; something I've never been sure about.

In school I was taught that:

un ami - a male friend
une amie - a female friend
un petit ami - a boyfriend
une petite amie - a girlfriend

then there is the more casual vocabulary:

un copain - a male friend
une copine - a female friend

Merry Christmas in 7 languages

French: Joyeux Noël

German: Fröhliche Weihnachten

Russian: Счастливого Рождества! Schaslivovo Rozhdestva!

Italian: Buon Natale

Spanish: Feliz Navidad

Polish: Wesołych Świąt

Icelandic: Gleðileg Jól

Visit the languages section to learn a whole lot more. Bien.

I bought a few French films on DVD the other day, all from the fifties and sixties and all superb. I'd recommend them all:

Le Trou - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054407/

A prison break set in La Santé prison in Paris, most of the actors were not professionals.

Bob le Flambeur - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047892/

A casino heist. The main character Bob is a very suave, aging gambler.

Du rififi chez les hommes - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048021/
(also called just 'rififi')

A gangster film and another heist movie.

There is some great slang in these films too:

Try transcribing a document and get it marked.

If anyone is interested, there is a language show on at Olympia in London today, tomorrow and Sunday, called the "language show" (logically enough).

It's free if you register in advance, else I think you can pay on the door on the day. I'm going to go and check it out.

http://www.thelanguageshow.co.uk/

Last night I went along to a French meetup event near Charing Cross and it was great.
There were at least 50 people there and a good mix of nationalities.
Everyone was very friendly and after a few hours of speaking moderately badly in French, I was worn out(!)

Definitely recommend this group if you want to practice your French over a glass of wine or two.

http://french.meetup.com/32/

There are various sites that allow you to watch the news in French online and I try and watch a bit whenever I can. If you are trying to learn a language, you definitely want to get as much exposure to it as possible and I think the news is a great way of doing that, even if you don't understand everything.

I've been learning French for many years now and one of the problems I have had is that there tend to be lots of resources available for beginners and conversely, if you are at an advanced level, you can watch French television online or buy French novels etc.

But if you are at an intermediate level like me then it can be a little tricky. The beginner stuff you already know, but you're not quite ready for the advanced stuff.