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?

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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."

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

It took two hundred years to standardize French spelling before it could be taught in schools using a method called la dictée (dictation), in which a student writes out the words he or she hears. As a matter of fact, this is the exact same principle behind Yabla's Scribe game!