To learn a foreign language too often means spending time doing activities as boring as learning lists of words. But how to learn without repeating, be it lists of words or grammar rules? A teacher asked the question another way: how to repeat without chilling your enthusiasm?

The French teacher proposes an interesting alternative: do something you like and that is repetitive “in essence”. For example: pastry making.

Instead of learning long lists of words (kitchen utensils, units of measurement, the names of the spices and fruits, the verbs, etc) the students prepare the recipes. Each French recipe comes with its English translation on the facing page. There are also tips and exercises.

If you do not know what “beurrer le moule” means, you will “butter the mold” without thinking twice when you prepare the last cake. There are around thirty recipes, enough to learn the French vocabulary that deals with pastry making. Enjoy!