French the natural way: join the book club on Saturday!

Coucou les French learners,

I have just received the most cheerful comment on the Community Chat. Will said:

” Salut Alice, just wanted to says thanks to your wonderful site I am now reading more books in French and feeling comfortable doing so.

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French the natural way: bougez, move!

Coucou les French learners,

L’hiver est presque terminé, winter is almost over…

On Tuesday, we celebrated la Chandeleur, Candlemass which exactly falls 40 days after Christmas. It is the occasion to eat crêpes which look and feel like the sun,

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French the natural way: let’s do it!

Coucou les French learners,

J’espère que vous passez de bonne fêtes de fin d’année ! Joyeux Noël ! I hope the end of year celebrations are going well! Merry Christmas!

We enjoyed a great live session last Tuesday. It was the first live event of the community members and it was wonderful to see my dear learners sweet faces!

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French the natural way: a special invitation

Coucou les French Learners,

Noël approche, Christmas is approaching…

On Sunday, we lighted the third candle on the Advent wreath. to find out more about this tradition.

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French the natural way: 3 idées pour profiter de l’automne

Coucou les French learners,

C’est l’automne, fall is here!

Les berges de la Seine en automne, c’est beau !

Here is a little poem written by Isabelle Jaccard entitled Feuilles d’automne ():

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French the natural way: focus on intonation (not pronunciation)

Coucou les French learners,

Comment ça va ? La pêche ? la banane ?

We use many expressions with fruits and vegetables in French… Well lots of expressions with la nourriture, food!!! about French idioms with food.

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French the natural way: start acquiring French in 3 steps

Coucou Les French learners,

C’est fini !!! The Baby Stage Online Self Paced course is finally done!

31 sessions to ACQUIRE the French BASICS; 31 videos to watch; 31 scripts to read with a glossary to help you understand the new words;

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