Useful Blog Posts for International Students in France
We have officially had the pleasure of working with Campus France as E-Ambassadeurs for a whole year! In that time, we have published numerous articles on the blog des E-Ambassadeurs about our experience as American master’s degree students in France…
You’ll Never Be Native: Hard Truths About Language Learning
As two anglophones who spent years acquiring French as our second language, taught English in French public schools, and earned master’s degrees from a French university, we know a thing or two about language learning! The language-learning community on Twitter…
Is Home Where the Heart Is? Expats Reflect Through Photography
As Americans living abroad, defining “home” is complicated. In everyday conversation, we use “home” to refer to our apartment here in Reims, but “home” has also been in Troyes during our time with the Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF),…
What We Eat in a Day: American Expats in France
France is famous for its cuisine, and one of the first things that people want to know about us as American expats is whether we prefer eating American or French food. The answer is complicated, because as much as we…
Why TAPIF Is About More Than Just Teaching English
The Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF) gives American and Canadian participants the amazing opportunity to teach English in French schools for an academic year. Maria and I were TAPIFers during the 2019-2020 school year, and our experience made it…
Four Interesting Ways Our French University Campus Surprised Us
Apart from the fundamentals, the college experience in France and the college experience in the United States have very little in common. We should know – after completing our American bachelor’s degrees at the University of Mary Washington, we moved…
