First of all, do students even know what verbs are? As a French teacher, I often find myself explaining the concept of verb conjugation in English first! Anyone else in that boat?I mean...students do this in their own language automatically, right? So, when teaching French (or any language!), I think it's valuable to make the connection. But, that leaves us the task of how to make this automatic in our French classes, Spanish classes, etc. I remember my French students HATING to learn French ver