French the natural way: my big fail!

Coucou les French learners,

I hope you enjoyed the three part series from my previous posts about how to acquire another language:

Trust the process Relax Enjoy

Easy to do, right? Well… I have a confession to make: I failed to acquire German!

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French the natural way: les oeufs de Pâques !

Coucou les French learners,

Les fêtes de Pâques !

Today is silent, les cloches des églises ne sonnent pas. Church bells are not ringing because it is Samedi Saint, Holy Saturday.

But tomorrow is Pâques ! And I am so fortunate to be spending this special time in France,

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French the natural way: two cultural aspects of a story

Coucou les French learners,

Culture is intrinsically tied to a language. That is why my motto is a Czech proverb “Learn a new language and get a new soul“.

According to Benjamin Lee Whorf and his theory of linguistic relativity,

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French the natural way: attitude is key

“ La joie s’acquiert. Elle est une attitude de courage. Etre joyeux n’est pas une facilité, c’est une volonté. ” Gaston Courtois.
“Joy is something you acquire. It is an attitude of courage. To be joyful is not a competence, it is a will.”

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French the natural way: discover amazing art work

“ Nous avons toute la vie pour nous amuser et toute la mort pour nous reposer. ” Georges Moustaki.
“We have the whole of life to have fun and the whole of death to rest.”

Un très long week-end !

French people are on holiday today because it is le Jeudi de l’Ascension,

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French the natural way: how to access input?

Coucou les French learners,

I have just finished reading this fascinating article by Steve Kaufmann on how learning a new language is a subconscious process. Basically, the author explains how he learned Romanian by first reading a lot about Romania in Romanian! He says: “

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French Story listening

Acquire French the natural way by listening to stories:

The natural way to acquire another language is to first listen to the language. You already did it when you were a baby. You did not talk first and your parents did not force you to talk, they kept talking to you and telling you stories.

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