Learners of French team up with elderly native speakers for lockdown chats


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Since the inception of the Share Ami programme last year, there have been 110 pairings of French seniors with French learners in England. — AFP

Every Monday at 4:30pm British time (5:30pm in France), Elliot Bellman, 20, keeps an unlikely appointment with 97-year-old Jacqueline Tolu.

"Comment allez-vous?" (how are you?) he asks Tolu over Skype.

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