Select a full course dinner recipe from a French cookbook to garner a taste for French cuisine as well as culture. Invite friends or family over for an "evening in Paris." Write down the French names for each dish on the colored note-cards, and place the designated note-cards next to each dish when they are served. Label all utensils and dinner supplies in French, including the glasses and napkins. Place the note-cards next to them on the table. Label condiments such as "le beurre" for butter and "le sel" for salt. Tape the notecards to the containers holding the condiments. Follow the recipes accurately for authenticity, and serve them in the same order in which the French typically present their courses. Begin the dinner with hors d'oeuvres, follow with a main dish, finish with a salad, and then dessert. Say the French culinary terms aloud throughout dinnertime and see who can remember the most terms by the end of the meal.
Pin a map of France to a central wall that you see daily in your residence. Focus on specific locations in France you'd like to visit in order to familiarize yourself with their geographic locations. Place a French-themed sticker on one location a month, and study that location and its cultural details. For example, if you're hoping to visit Paris, learn how the French live and work in the city. Learn French phrases that apply to life in the city such as "métro, boulot, dodo," which translates specifically to, "subway, work, sleep" and expresses the French idiom for the tiresome daily grind, or routine. List the monuments and museums in the cities you are interested in visiting. Mark your map with a corresponding number in red marker on the general areas where these attractions are located. Say the names of new locations aloud for reinforcement, and use them in simple phrases such as, "J'aime Toulouse," which means, "I like Toulouse."
Write a letter in French to a good friend. Print neatly on the stationery, and include traditional and modern greeting phrases such as "bonjour" (hello) and "Quoi de neuf?" (What's new?). Write to your specific skill level so you can easily explain basic French structures with subject pronouns, passé composé (past tense) and basic expressions with the verb avoir (to have). Divide your letter into three sections discussing the weather, your hobbies and where you have traveled. Call or visit your friend to set up a time when you can teach her how to say every French word in your letter. Explain word translations, and describe the ways accent marks affect pronunciation as well as meaning.