French the natural way: en mai, fais du français 2019

Coucou les French learners,

Joyeux premier mai, Happy 1st May!

May this bit of lily of the valley bring you happiness all year long

Why do the French give muguet, lily of the valley on the 1st of May?

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French the natural way : Notre-Dame de Paris

Coucou les French learners,

I was going to write about something completely different but yesterday’s event has changed everything.

As a Parisian, I am shocked and sad. To look on the bright side, Notre-Dame is not completely destroyed and no one is dead. Les pompiers de Paris,

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French the natural way: juste la lecture…

Coucou les French learners,

Le printemps est arrivé chez moi ! Spring has arrived at my home!

At this time last year, I about a special garden in la Bretagne,

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French the natural way: la fête du citron

Coucou les French learners,

le mois de février touche à sa fin, the mont of February comes to an end. C’est déjà le printemps ici en Europe, it is already spring here in Europe !

Enjoy it,

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French the natural way: des histoires d’amour

Coucou les French learners,

last week, we celebrated l’amour, la Saint Valentin !

I cannot live without you, it is that LOVE

Read this interesting article about this special day.

Des histoires d’amour

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French the natural way: get Frenchfidence

Coucou les French learners,

I love meeting my learners each day (except Wednesday which is my “recharging” day) because they bring so much fun and joy.

Last year around the same time, I started the “Meet the learners” series.  You got to meet:

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French the natural way: how to aid comprehension?

Coucou les French learners,

La confiance, confidence is key !

“One earns confidence by drops and loses it by litres” Jean-Paul Sartre

Over the past few weeks, I have truly come to believe that gaining confidence is key to acquire another language.

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