My second-year students recently had the opportunity to meet native French speakers for the first time, and we had a great experience! We welcomed two college students — one from Rennes and one from Toulouse — who are currently enrolled at Martin Methodist for an hour of Q&A in French and English. I was very pleased with my students’ ability to ask meaningful questions in French about what it’s like to be a French speaker living in the United States, and the French guys were impressed with the level of motivation and interest in our program. I think they were also happy to see that our students were already familiar with their cultural perspectives and home cities through our curriculum. Afterwards, we had just enough time for students to blow up social media with bragging rights and selfies with our guests!