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French the natural way: discover amazing art work
“ Nous avons toute la vie pour nous amuser et toute la mort pour nous reposer. ” Georges Moustaki.
“We have the whole of life to have fun and the whole of death to rest.”
Un très long week-end !
French people are on holiday today because it is le Jeudi de l’Ascension,
French the natural way: how to access input?
Coucou les French learners,
I have just finished reading this fascinating article by Steve Kaufmann on how learning a new language is a subconscious process. Basically, the author explains how he learned Romanian by first reading a lot about Romania in Romanian! He says: “
French Story listening
The natural way to acquire another language is to first listen to the language. You already did it when you were a baby. You did not talk first and your parents did not force you to talk, they kept talking to you and telling you stories.
French story and poem: un amour qui finit mal !
My French students are now learning the passé composé in class and I am looking for ways to help them acquire this new tense without doing the traditional grammar approach.
The first text which came to my mind was Le déjeuner du matin which is actually a poem widely taught in French classes because the language is quite simple and repetitive.