French the natural way: comment écouter ?

Coucou les French learners,

Le mois d’août est déjà là ! The mont of August is already here!

In the month of August, it does good to go look for a lettuce in the garden.

I had such a wonderful in Agen!

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Agen Takeaway #1: Very Narrow Listening with French Learners

I am back from #Agen2019 where I had an amazing time acquiring Latin with Justin Soclum Bailey.

The Latin class was in the morning and in the afternoon, I attended several excellent presentations. I got so inspired that I want to share my takeaways from Agen in a series of blog posts aimed at French teachers.

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French the natural way: évidemment !

Coucou les French learners,

j’ai survécu à la canicule ! I survived the heat wave… Well, to be honest I did not have to survive it because where I live now there was no heat wave, pas de canicule ! J’ai de la chance ! 

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French the natural way : Notre-Dame de Paris

Coucou les French learners,

I was going to write about something completely different but yesterday’s event has changed everything.

As a Parisian, I am shocked and sad. To look on the bright side, Notre-Dame is not completely destroyed and no one is dead. Les pompiers de Paris,

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French the natural way: la fête du citron

Coucou les French learners,

le mois de février touche à sa fin, the mont of February comes to an end. C’est déjà le printemps ici en Europe, it is already spring here in Europe !

Enjoy it,

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French the natural way: un cadeau de Noël

Coucou les French learners,

C’est déjà la mi-décembre, it is already mid-December! Time to celebrate!

It is time to celebrate Christmas  Un joli cadeau !

When I started to make videos on YouTube, my goal was to help French learners from all over the world to listen and understand comprehensible stories in French.

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French the natural way: un peu de culture

Coucou les French learners,

This week, I want to show you a bit of my culture, the French culture, from fashion to sport to food.

When you understand the culture, you understand the language too and vice and versa.

French elegance: Hubert de Givenchy

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