TEMPO Tea Time

Reprise mardi 14/09 à l’Oisivethé

tempotime — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:45:22 +0000

Bonjour à tous,

Rendez-vous mardi 14 septembre à 19h30 à l’Oisivethé, 10 rue de la butte aux cailles, Paris 13e.

Hello all,

We’re meeting Tuesday, September 14 at 7:30 at l’Oisivethé, 10 rue de la butte aux cailles, Paris 13e.

Improving the Tea Time concept

tempotime — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:10:10 +0000

We will be meeting again at the Sputnik this week.

AND

We’re trying something new: we will be posting pictures, headlines, articles, etc. on the wall around the room. This will not only provide a unique gallery like decoration for our gathering, but most importantly stimulate conversation and help get past the awkward and redundant getting to know you stuff.

We will provide some pictures, but feel free to bring your own ideas so you can also have a say on the subjects you get to talk about!

See you Tuesday!

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Nous nous retrouvons de nouveau au Sputnik ce mardi.

Nous tentons un nouveau concept: nous allons accrocher des photos, titres de journaux, etc. sur les mûrs de la pièce. En plus d’apporter une déco unique de type gallerie, cela permettra surtout d’inspirer des sujets de conversation, et donc de dépasser le stade de rencontre, toujours un peu maladroit et répétitif.

DONC

Nous apporterons des photos, et n’hésitez pas apporter vos contributions, de manière à influencer vous-même les sujets de conversation qui vous inspirent!

A mardi!

New Location: Sputnik

sarahwg — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:38:22 +0000

We are trying out a new location!

Sputnik

14 Rue de la Butte aux Cailles*
75013 Paris, France
01 45 65 19 82

Metros: Place d’Italie/Corvisart

See you Tuesday from 19h30 to 21h30.

*Just a few doors down from L’OisiveThé.

Tempo Tea Time in December

sarahwg — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:23:48 +0000

One of our members (thank-you Choukri!) found a new location for us to use during the month of December, beginning this Tuesday December 1st. L’un de nos membres (merci Choukri!) à trouvé un nouveau lieu pour le mois de décembre, dès ce mardi 1 décembre.

Madness bar
3, rue Monsieur Le Prince
75006 Paris (métro Odéon ligne 10)

Quelques mots de la part de Choukri:

A noter que la station Odéon de la ligne 4 est fermée jusqu’au 20
décembre. Les personnes peuvent descendre à la station St Germain, ou
bien prendre la ligne 10. Les horaires sont les mêmes, 19h30-21h30.

A few notes from Choukri:

Be aware that the Odéon metro station is closed on the line 4 until December 20th. If you take line 4 you should get off at the St. Germain station or use the line 10 to get to the Odéon station. Start and end times are the same as usual, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm.

See you Tuesday/ à mardi!

Foreign Subtitles Improve Speech Perception

sarahwg — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:28:47 +0000

Foreign Subtitles Improve Speech Perception.

In a new study, published in the open-access journal PLoS One, Holger Mitterer (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics) and James McQueen (MPI and Radboud University Nijmegen) show how you can improve your second-language listening ability by watching the movie with subtitles — as long as these subtitles are in the same language as the film. Subtitles in one’s native language, the default in some European countries, may actually be counter-productive to learning to understand foreign speech.

So, what do you think? Do you watch films with subtitles in the language you are trying to learn or with subtitles in your own language? Do you agree with the above study that watching subtitles in your own language is actually counter-productive? We’d love to hear what you think! Leave a comment below!

Back to l’Oisivethé

tempotime — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:15:50 +0000

Just a quick reminder that we are meeting at l’Oisivethé again this coming Tuesday. 7:30 as usual, see you there !

Un nouveau lieu pour TEMPO TEA TIME

tempotime — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:25:04 +0000

Mardi prochain, le 27/10, TEMPO TEA TIME se retrouve dans un nouveau lieu :

Next Tuesday, 10/27, TEMPO TEA TIME is meeting in a new place :

Chez TARTINES, dans le 3e arrondissement de Paris.Visitez leur site / Check out their website

Rendez-vous à 19h30

Starting at 7:30

Steve Kaufman – The Linguist

sarahwg — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:43:54 +0000

We have enjoyed listening to Steve Kaufman ever since we first heard his podcasts a few years ago. We like to read his blog and follow his LingQ program on twitter. His YouTube channel is filled with great videos that can inspire and motivate you in language learning. He is a strong believer that in order to effectively learn a language what you learn has to have meaning for you and you’ve got to enjoy yourself. In the video below he suggests that we should imagine ourselves as part of the culture of the language we are learning – learning English? Picture yourself as American. Learning French? Imagine yourself as a French person. Come to TEMPO Tea Time tonight and immerse yourself in another culture for a little while! Come turn your language learning switch on.

Et voici Steve en français…

iPhone Apps for Language Learning

sarahwg — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:52:37 +0000

If you have an iPhone or an iPod Touch you should definitely do a search for language learning applications. Here are a few to get you started:

Byki French

WordPower-French

French 101 – 24/7 Tutor

Pocket French

Si vous utilisez un iPhone ou iPod Touch voici quelques apps pour apprendre l’anglais:

uTalk Anglais

PencilBot

Lonely Planet Guide de conversation

EnglishCentral

sarahwg — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:28:44 +0000

My jaw is dropping as I check out EnglishCentral.com. Their motto is Learn English while watching Videos! and it seems to be exactly what any English learner dreams of. It is a huge collection of videos organized in a system so that you can watch, learn, and interact with clips all at the same time. There are subtitles that allow you to click on each word giving a definition, an example of it’s usage, and it’s phonetic breakdown. You can also record yourself repeating any part of the script and their system will analyze your pronunciation. You are given a score based on how well you pronounce the words. Practice speaking with instant feedback. Their international scoreboard makes improving your pronunciation into a friendly and fun competition. And, they have really good content.