Speak French more freely: start with a fable

Dear French Story Listeners,

This week I began a new adventure with Vladimir, whom I’m coaching to speak French with more ease and spontaneity. Maybe that sounds familiar? 😊

We started with an exercise that has shaped good speakers for over two thousand years: the Mythos,

[read more…]

AdultLearners1 ApprendreLeFrançais8 charlottemason128 ClassicalEducation2 ClassicalRhetoric1 CMHomeschool2 comprehensibleinput297 fables22 fle307 frenchfluency20 frenchlearning7 FrenchListening5 frenchstories15 homeschoolfrench44 homeschooling113 lafontaine17 learnfrench39 LearningAfter501 LeCoqEtLaPerle1 LifelongLearning13 LivingBooks7 narration124 NeverTooLateToLearn7 Progymnasmata1 retelling5 SeniorLearners2 speakfrench214 storytelling40

“Put It Away”: Freshened Wits for Your French Journey

Dear French Story Listeners,

Have you ever noticed that around the fifteen-minute mark of anything — a lesson, a podcast, a task you’re not thrilled about — your mind quietly starts to wander?

You’re not doing it wrong. Your brain is just doing what brains do.

[read more…]

ApprendreLeFrançais8 charlottemason128 CharlotteMasonHomeschool5 CMEducation1 comprehensibleinput297 EaseIntoFrench7 FrenchForAdults8 FrenchForSeniors13 FrenchImmersion17 FrenchLearningJourney1 FrenchPractice1 FrenchWithoutGrammarDrills1 homeschoolfrench44 HomeschoolLanguage5 HomeschoolLife3 HomeschoolMom3 InputBasedLearning1 KeepYourBrainYoung1 learnfrench39 LearnFrenchOnline15 LifelongLearning13 LivingBooks7 NaturalLanguageAcquisition3 NeverTooLateToLearn7 RetirementGoals4 SmallStepsBigProgress1 storylistening193

Can Your Brain Learn French While You Sleep? (It Can.)

Dear French Story Listeners,

What if the most powerful moment for learning French wasn’t at your desk with a textbook, but in those quiet minutes just before you close your eyes?

It sounds almost too good to be true.

But it isn’t.

[read more…]

ActiveAging5 AgingGracefully2 BedtimeRoutine1 BrainScience1 charlottemason128 CharmmasonHomeschool1 ClassicalHomeschool2 FrenchForBeginners14 FrenchForSeniors13 FrenchListening5 homeschoolfrench44 homeschooling113 languageacquisition54 LanguageLearningOver502 LanguageLearningOver601 LearnAtAnyAge6 LearnWhileYouSleep1 LifelongLearning13 ListenAndLearn5 LivingLanguage2 MemoryAndSleep1 NarrationMethod4 NaturalFrench2 NeverTooLate8 Over60Learning2 SeniorLearning4 SleepAndLearning1 SleepScience1 storylistening193

Your Memory Is Not Fading — It Is Filtering

Dear French Story Listeners,

Let me ask you something.

Have you ever walked into a room and completely forgotten why you went in? Set your glasses down and spent ten minutes looking for them?

These little moments can feel alarming, but they are in fact completely normal,

[read more…]

ActiveAging5 AgingWell1 aliceayel75 charlottemason128 CharlotteMasonHomeschool5 comprehensibleinput297 FrenchForBeginners14 FrenchForSeniors13 FrenchLanguage9 frenchlearner61 frenchvideo3 FrenchYouTube2 HistoiresEnFrançais2 homeschoolfrench44 homeschooling113 HomeschoolLanguage5 languagelearning16 LanguageLearningOver502 LearnAtAnyAge6 learnfrench39 LearnFrenchNaturally6 lefrançaisavecaliceayel87 LivingBooks7 MemoryTips1 NaturalLearning2 NeverTooLate8 Over60Learning2 storylistening193