French the natural way : la Saint Nicolas

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Bonne fête de la Saint Nicolas !

It is Saint Nicholas day today and where I live in Germany, it is a big event. My boys were dusting and shining their shoes for his coming.

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French the natural way: your language parent

Coucou les French learners,

Last Wednesday, the French celebrated le quinze août. Whilst everything is on pause in France, it is back to work where I live!

My six years old son started his first year at school and he is loving it so far.

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Un chat bizarre

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Roule Galette

Dans une petite maison, tout près de la forêt, vivent un vieux monsieur et une vieille dame.

Le vieux monsieur veut manger une galette mais la vieille dame n’a pas de farine pour lui en faire.

La dame monte au grenier, balaie les grains de blé pour faire de la farine puis une galette qu’elle met dans le four.

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Paul veut manger des pizzas !

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French the natural way: joyeux anniversaire !

Coucou les French learners,

Quelle semaine ! What a week!

Input alone is sufficient

My lovely grade 12 IB Spanish learners passed their oral examinations on Thursday. Instead of going through long lists of vocabulary related to the topics they had to talk about,

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French the natural way: the only cure is more input!

Coucou les French learners,

Last night, I was tutoring a 12 years old French student and she had to learn a list of vocabulary about all the different rooms in a school: la cantine, le gymnase, la salle des profs, le laboratoire… Instead of having the learner memorize each word and repeat them after me,

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