French the natural way: les crêpes et la motivation

Coucou les French learners,

Bonne fête de la Chandeleur à tous ! Happy Chandeleur to all!

La Chandeleur

La Chandeleur is a special day in France, an opportunity to eat delicious crêpes, miam !

February 2nd is in fact a Catholic holiday when Jesus was presented at the temple in Jerusalem.

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French the natural way: les deux ingrédients

Coucou les French learners,

C’est presque la fin du mois de janvier, it is nearly the end of January.

Are you keeping with your resolutions or objectives?

This year: I stop smoking, I do sport,

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French the natural way: the Din in the head

Coucou les French learners,

Est-ce que tu as un vacarme dans ta tête ? Do you have a din your head?

There is nothing worse than silence, it precedes the din. Involuntary Mental Rehearsal

Last week I read this interesting article published by Jeff McQuillan about the “Din in the Head”.

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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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French the natural way: correct ou pas correct ?

Coucou les French learners,

L’automne, fall is now around the corner and this quote by French author Albert Camus is à propos, n’est-ce pas ?

Fall is a second spring when each leave is a flower. Ta Maman française

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French the natural way: les fables

Coucou les French learners,

Are you feeling overwhelmed with French?

Many of my learners want to travel to France and/ or be ready for a French examination. At one point they do feel overwhelmed. They want to know certain grammar points or to be able to pronounce some difficult words in French.

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French the natural way: boost ton cerveau !

Coucou les French learners,

Today is la rentrée in France. French children go back to school and the beaches and holiday resorts are now empty until les prochaine grandes vacances, next summer holidays!

“Tell me about your holidays…”,

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