a TAPIF language assistant blog / un blog d’une assistante d’anglais

Like "So you think you can France?" Come join me at my new home, Katy on the Road!

Showing posts with label Leucate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Leucate. Show all posts

Sunday, April 28, 2013

The day I became famous in French

My life for the past two weeks (since April 16th, my last day of work) has been basically a constant stream of fun things with my friends. You'll get the lowdown later, but for today here's a little tidbit: on Tuesday, April 23rd, Emily, Lottie, & I went to the nearby beach of Leucate to do something I'd never heard of called Stand-up Paddle. (It's called Stand-up Paddle in French, too!) In the end, I ended up being interviewed by the French tv station, TF1, for the national news.

Because, well, you know how it is.

Unfortunately, I'm kind of a mess and didn't really know what I was talking about. It's pretty intimidating to have a stream of questions coming at you in a language that's not your own. But they took a little clip of it and it was actually on the news!

I'm not sure how long the video will be up, but at least for a few days! Check out my ability to embarrass myself in my second language.