Gal Gadot part en vacances

You need to be logged in to view this content. Please Log In. Not a Member? Join Us

adventure65 amusant236 aventure49 chaussureselegantes3 cinema35 débutant avancé390 description96 description physique59 fantasy7 film41 finheureuse7 frequency words45 fun413 funny256 funstory71 happyend41 happyending53 high frequency217 holidays10 infant-listen86 infantstories113 intermédiaire577 intermédiaire avancé398 intermediate707 noël20 personality65 personnalité62 physical description43 pointdevue11 present565 present tense435 resource102 travel60 trip41 upper beginner449 upper intermediate414 vacances6 viewpoint17 voyage45

French the natural way: top Christmas stories

Coucou les French learners,

When I was living and teaching in England, I used to sing in a choir. Yesterday my amazing conductor, Hannah Brine posted an inspiring quote:

I hear so many people around me saying things like “I am not an expert in languages”

[read more…]

acquire french11 advent20171 amateur1 autonomous reader42 avent20172 bed time stories4 calendrieravent2 choir2 christmas spirit14 christmascountdown17 christmaspreparation7 christmastales1 ci145 communicate9 compelling input31 comprehensible100 comprehension250 compteàrebours3 contes4 contesdenoel1 countdowntochristmas6 fêtedeslumières1 fle269 free voluntary reading32 french acquisition12 french love6 french lover3 french songs6 frenchculture295 frenchsong14 frenchstorytime26 frenchtradition49 frenchvocabulaire113 Great Story Reading Project11 input47 laminutefrançaise2 language acquisition229 learnfrench20 lefrançaisnaturellement92 legend78 legends2 love81 lyon5 mother tongue2 natural approach59 nikolaus1 noël20 noelenfrance5 noelenpreparation3 pureci43 saintnicolas2 self french205 singing7 sla123 song29 spirit6 stories40 tales4 TCI74 tools14 TPRS71 weekly french33 weekly videos55

French the natural way: countdown to Christmas!

Coucou les French learners,

Aujourd’hui, today c’est le premier décembre, it is the first of December! French children have opened la première porte, the first door of le calendrier de l’Avent, Advent calendar. C’est excitant,

[read more…]

acquirefrench76 advent7 advent calendar2 adventure65 adventures24 avent20172 aventuresdepolo1 belleshistoires1 bilingualfamily1 bilingualism1 bilingualkid1 calendrieravent2 ci145 comprehensible input36 countdowntochristmas6 december20171 décembre1 Education20 family164 familylife12 fluency107 fluent in French7 french immersion23 frenchculture295 frenchexpressions46 frenchfamily6 frenchinput18 frenchonline68 frenchtradition49 frenchvocabulaire113 hiver2 immersion93 learnfrench20 neige3 niece1 noël20 noelenfrance5 personal13 personal story2 polo3 pureci43 self french205 sla123 snow4 storylistening142 storytelling39 surprise6 TCI74 teachfrench12 vocabulary256 weekly french33 weekly videos55 winter11 youtube67 youtube channel52

Learning the different French Christmas traditions

Since this week should be the last teaching week before the awaited holidays, I thought I would share some ideas and links to how Christmas is celebrated by the French.
In Provence, there are many local traditions. This short video explains all the symbols of the Provencal Christmas table and meal with French subtitles:

[read more…]

celebrate26 celebration20 chanson31 ci145 compelling39 comprehend52 comprehensible100 comprehensible input36 comprehension250 culture246 Education20 event78 French41 frenchculture295 frenchsong14 language45 languagelearning9 PowerPoint2 presentation140 pureci43 reading252 song29 target9 target language12 target structure20 theme3 topic24 video350