French the natural way: clarity, community, transformation

Coucou les French learners,

Ken who joined us recently asked me:

I found your video on YouTube. I wanted to ask you personally about acquiring the French language with you. I have tried many years to learn French. I have taken French in College and have even spent two weeks of French immersion in Paris.

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French the natural way: fall in love with French!

Coucou les French learners,

I hope that cette lettre d’amour, this love letter finds you well.

Saint Valentin, le village des amoureux en France.

There are so many reasons why you should fall in love with French!

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Infant Stage Vidéo 29 – Vocalise une phrase mnémotechnique

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How can a children’s book be for everyone?

I am always on the look for interesting funny stories and at the same time stories which are comprehensible to my learners. A few months ago when I was busy breastfeeding, I was reading the TPRS bible “Fluency through TPR storytelling” by Blaine Ray and Contee Steel and one chapter entitled “Kindergarten Day”

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Reading activity: una televisión para los perros

I believe reading in the target language is crucial because it promotes fluent reading skills which then leads to fluency in the other language skills such as speaking and writing. Fluent reading means reading without a dictionary, which can be challenging if students read an authentic text or a book.

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Story script in Spanish

I am huge fan of the Michel Thomas method. The only thing that is bothering me is that it hugely relies on translation. I was trained to use the target language as much as possible in the classroom and my mentor taught me a few tricks to get the students to understand me in the target language like using lots of cognates.

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