Philippe composed a short piano melody for Claire. After playing it for her, he teaches her some basic chords.

Michel Sardou sings one of his hit songs, "Comme d'habitude" (As Usual). If it sounds familiar to to you, it may be because Frank Sinatra used the melody for his own hit song, "My Way."

Patricia continues her series on the feast of Candlemas, which in France is centered around the crêpe. Due to its round shape and golden color, the crêpe was a symbol of the sun in pagan times.

Julia doesn't remember anything of her life with her husband and hopes that her brother Jean will help her recover her past. She's very troubled by the shocking revelations she receives from both her brother and her husband.

Elisa has just gone clothes shopping and is showing off her purchases to Mashal, who helps her put some outfits together.

Patricia explains the importance of dictation exercises for learning French. Now an essential teaching tool in the classroom, dictation was originally a pastime for French nobility. The author Prosper Mérimée created a dictation exercise for Empress Eugénie that stumped even the brightest intellectuals. Think you can beat them? Try it yourself here.

Karine Rougier describes the many influences she draws on in her art practice—sixteen millimeter films, poetry, Flemish painting, tribal masks, the ocean, and more.

Thierry is not much help to Sarah on her cooking show, as he doesn't know his garlic from his onions. Learn with him the names of all the vegetables that will go into their soup!

Sacha and Annie share an apartment. Their neighbor Nico is in love with Sacha, while Annie is in love with him. Things get even more complicated when Sacha receives a letter from Sam, her former American pen pal.

Sophie explains her hobby to Patrice. She makes fun lamps out of vintage American canning jars to which she applies a cold plating solution to make them look aged.

Patricia shares her family recipe for crêpes. All you'll need is some flour, eggs, milk, orange blossom, salt, and butter to make this classic French staple. Happy cooking!

Sacha and Annie are excited about Sam's imminent arrival from America. While they are getting the apartment ready, Nico shows up, to Annie's delight and Sacha's dismay.

Julia is slowly unraveling the thread of her story before her accident. As much as she would like to believe her husband, she can't reconcile his story with those of her best friend Pauline and her brother, leaving her confused and distraught.

Patricia explains the multiple benefits of dictation exercises. Having fallen out of favor in recent years, dictation is making a comeback after the French Ministry of Education realized that language skills were deteriorating. Why not take full advantage of Yabla's Scribe game to improve those skills?

Sarah and Thierry continue making their vegetable soup on their fictitious cooking channel, "Plus Plus Plus." You will learn useful cooking vocabulary as well as how to make a delicious soup!

Elisa meets with her mom. They catch up about her projects, her new theater teacher, and her search for a new apartment.

Sophie explains in greater detail how she makes lamps out of old jam jars. She has some blue ones that make great night-lights, and some brighter ones that are perfect for reading.

Sacha's American pen pal Sam arrives at her and Annie's flat. He doesn't quite live up to their fantasy, and his French needs a lot of improvement.

Are you a first time Yabla user? Manon and Clementine will walk you through the program and show you how easy it is to use.

Julia discovers a letter that she was going to send to her mother just before her accident. It appears that her brother may have been right and that her husband is lying to her.

Amal and Caroline are in Pigalle in Paris to tell us about the Moulin Rouge, the famous cabaret where French can-can dancers put on a great show. Contrary to what its name might suggest, the Moulin Rouge (literally, "Red Windmill") was never used as a windmill.

Victor Hugo is best known for his novels The Hunchback of Notre-Dame and Les Misérables, but he also wrote numerous poems. In this video, Patricia reads an excerpt from his poem "À l'Arc de Triomphe," in which he pays tribute to the city of Paris.

Elisa and Masha discuss what they like to eat for breakfast. Besides the traditional fare of baguettes, toast, cereal, and jam, they also enjoy eggs Benedict and hot chocolate.

Gérard will tell you about the history of Antibes, an ancient city with a fascinating past. One of the oldest cities in the region, it was built by the Phocaeans before Roman times.