Hi,Thanks for your email. Great to hear you are thinking about ways to prepare for the various assessment stages of the concours.Once you have applied online and verified your email, you will be invit...

I did a work placement in the South of France - 2 years ago - I found a site called boostyourfrench.com where the owner finds you the placement. I would like to do something like that again.

Hi I'm afraid that there is no easy way to deal with this, but there are ways that you can prepare yourself.  As with any difficult conversation that you need to have it can help to...

I study spanish and french at uni and since spending a lot of time in Spain during my summers, my brain predominantly thinks in Spanish. I think this is just because it is my stronger language I can t...

Hi there,I don't think it's about how many languages you know; they look at your complete range of "competencies". I understand that having a foreign language is not a requirement for some FCO roles,...

Hi there anonymous person! Firstly, well done for wanting to take languages at university. I did it and am a happy person for it.From both personal and professional experience I would recommend studyi...

Myabe you should combine your weakness and your strength: perhaps plan to perform a French play with friends? Moliere has written many great comedies that are quite silly and fun to act out. I did my...