Eating is learning!
Breakfast à la française is much more than a simple eating habit. It’s a real immersion in French culture. Learning French also means understanding its traditions, daily pleasures and art of living. And what better way to start this adventure than with a good breakfast?
I. The French breakfast: a cultural affair
1.1 A light but unavoidable tradition
Unlike copious Anglo-Saxon breakfasts, the French breakfast is generally sweet and simple, but much appreciated. A slice of fresh bread with butter and jam, a crisp croissant, a bowl of café au lait or hot chocolate… This is a moment of pleasure shared by young and old every morning.
1.2 A culture of bread… starting in the morning
In a French bakery, customers often line up at dawn. Why do they do this? To buy a still-warm baguette or some viennoiseries: croissant, pain au chocolat, brioche… Bread is an institution, and it starts at breakfast.
II. Typical elements of a French breakfast
2.1 Hot drinks
☕ Black coffee, café au lait, tea or hot chocolate. Hot beverages are a must. It wakes you up, comforts you and is the perfect accompaniment to morning treats.
2.2 Viennese pastries and bread
🥐 Croissants, pains au chocolat, pains aux raisins, chaussons aux pommes… These viennoiseries are the stars of the French breakfast. Bread is served with sweet or semi-salted butter or jam.
2.3 Dairy products and fruit
More and more French people are adding yoghurt, a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice or even fresh fruit to their breakfast for balance.
III. Learning French through gastronomy
3.1 Gastronomy, a powerful educational tool
At Too-French, we believe that language can also be learned on the plate. Discovering culinary traditions means understanding the cultural context, enriching your vocabulary and improving your pronunciation.
3.2 Food-related educational content
Our AUTONOMY and TUTORING programs regularly include lessons on French eating habits. Bakery dialogues, market videos, thematic vocabulary sheets… everything is designed to make learning lively and concrete.
IV. Breakfast in official French exams
4.1 Oral and written expression topics
Breakfast is a classic theme for DELF or TCF tests. Describe what you eat in the morning, compare habits in your country and in France, order in a bakery… These are common situations.
4.2 Preparation with Too-French
Our preparation courses include these cultural and everyday topics. Thanks to our advanced teaching strategies, designed by certified teachers, you’re ready to face the exam while immersing yourself in French culture.
V. FLE teachers: use breakfast as a teaching resource
5.1 A cross-cutting theme
Breakfast provides an opportunity to tackle a number of concepts: definite/indefinite articles, quantities, pronominal verbs, negation (“I don’t drink coffee”), tastes (“I love croissants”).
5.2 Too-French: a French platform for you too
By registering as a prescriber teacher, you gain access to high-quality teaching materials, renewed every week. You’ll be able to offer your students fun activities based on French traditions and enrich your lessons.
Conclusion : A breakfast… for a big step towards French 🇫🇷
Learning French also means getting a taste of the culture, smelling the croissants and understanding what “tartiner” really means. Join the Too-French French language platform, explore our lively approach to teaching, and choose the AUTONOMY or TUTORING formula to make effective progress and prepare for an official exam.
And what do you have for breakfast? 😉
