French the natural way: enjoy the ride!

Coucou les French learners,

J’ai des bonnes nouvelles ! I have GOOD NEWS!

Becoming fluent in French is NOT a chore. It is a natural process which happens over time NATURALLY.

Speak to me! Une mauvaise experience

Barry who is a new member of the French learners community asked me this very good question: ”

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French the natural way : simplifier pour amplifier

Coucou les French learners,

L’hiver se termine et le printemps arrive ! Winter is coming to an end Spring is coming! This is part of what we celebrated last Sunday. NOT the Superbowl but la Chandeleur.

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French the natural way: Bonne Année 2020 et les choix à venir…

Coucou les French learners,

Bonne année 2020 !

Don’t make the mistake!

Did you know that French people usually wish one another Bonne Année and add on Bonne Santé, to good health not only on the first day of the new year?

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Agen Takeaway #4: Reading

” Reading is breathing and comprehensible texts are oxygen” as Martina Bex wrote in a great article about reading in class.

At #Agen2019, I attended another inspiring session by the amazing about Free Voluntary Reading (Alina also happens to be one of my French online learners ,

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Agen Takeaway #3: Story Listening

As I mentioned in my second takeaway from #Agen2019, Story Listening is the CORE of all my lessons.

WHY?

Because my IB Spanish students have achieved tremendous results in the past two years I have been teaching at Thuringia International School.

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Agen Takeaway #2: get to know your learners

Welcome back for those teachers who are already back to school! And even for those who aren’t yet, this post should be of great help to start the school year!

Last week, I was telling you about my first takeaway from #Agen2019: Very Narrow Listening presented by Judith Dubois (who also happens to run the conference).

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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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