French the natural way: penser comme un Français

Coucou les French learners,

” Soleil de juin, ne ruine personne ! “, Sun in June does not ruin nobody! This is a saying from the beautiful Ardèche region in the South of France. Les célèbres gorges de l’Ardèche are a paradise for canoers and kayakers,

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Les croquettes de morue

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French the natural way: un rendez-vous à Agen

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Enfin ! At last! Je suis de retour, I am back!

I am now in Portugal, enjoying a new life and acquiring a new language too: Portuguese. I keep reminding myself that “

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French the natural way: le secret pour acquérir le Français

Coucou les French learners,

La compréhension, comprehension is the key to acquire a language.

Terry Waltz, a Chinese teacher and polyglot explains in a thoughtful article about second language acquisition that “Comprehensible Input (abbreviated as “CI”) is what makes people gain proficiency in a language.

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French the natural way: les deux ingrédients

Coucou les French learners,

C’est presque la fin du mois de janvier, it is nearly the end of January.

Are you keeping with your resolutions or objectives?

This year: I stop smoking, I do sport,

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French the natural way: get Frenchfidence

Coucou les French learners,

I love meeting my learners each day (except Wednesday which is my “recharging” day) because they bring so much fun and joy.

Last year around the same time, I started the “Meet the learners” series.  You got to meet:

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French the natural way: one story a day

Coucou les French learners,

Comment allez-vous ? How are you doing?

The weather is getting much colder where I live and I feel like staying at home, doing yoga and listening to stories!

It is freezing, it’s not wrong.

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