Salut ! My name is Léa and I joined Coffee Break in September 2021 as the French Social Media Assistant. I come from Ile-de-France, France and I am currently based in Glasgow, UK.
What is your role in Coffee Break?
My role as Social Media Assistant is to write Facebook posts for the Coffee Break French page and answer questions and comments from our community. I also take part in the content creation for the Coffee Break Club – this means that I write reading and listening activities as well as exercises for learners to practise their French in the Club!
What experience have you had speaking and learning other languages?
French is my mother tongue and I started learning English at school at 11 years old. During middle school, I chose Spanish as my second language and grew more and more passionate about both English and Spanish. I was lucky to be surrounded by friends who shared the same interest as me and we quickly improved by speaking English together or reading English books. After high school, I decided that I wanted to keep learning about languages while studying astronomy, so I moved to the UK to attend university. So far, my favourite aspect of studying in Scotland has been meeting and getting to know people from all around the world and exchanging information about our different cultures.
What are your favourite memories of working with Coffee Break?
There has been many great memories working with Coffee Break! Although I only joined recently, I feel so lucky to be part of such a great team. My favourite memories so far have all been around Christmas time, as the office is always decorated with fairy lights and a Christmas tree. It’s a very nice environment to work in!
Where would your ideal coffee break be and with whom?
My ideal coffee break would be in a wooden cabin in a snowy landscape around a fireplace with my family, after a day out hiking in nature.
What’s your best language-learning tip?
I think that the best way to learn a new language is consistency – doing some learning every day and mixing hobbies with the language learning to make it fun (watching movies, reading books, …). I find that it’s also very useful to interact with native speakers either through written chat or calls whenever possible!
Quickfire round
• Favourite language: Swedish
• Favourite word/phrase in French: Éphémère– which means short-lived
• Favourite TV show: Lupin
• Favourite French book: La Fortune des Rougons by Émile Zola
• Favourite French Singer: Pomme
• Favourite destination: the Scottish Highlands
Do you have a message for the Coffee Break Community?
Learning is a lifelong process! It will never be too late for you to start learning a new hobby/language. I hope that you will find all the future amazing Coffee Break launches as exciting as I do and thank you so much for your support so far!
