French the natural way: un rendez-vous à Agen

Coucou les French learners,

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 “

[read more…]

Agen11 autonomous reader42 boostyourfrench72 ci145 compelling input31 comprehensible input36 daily french input12 easyfrench66 fle286 francaislangueetrangere56 France221 french immersion23 french lessons7 french made easy9 frenchbooster24 frenchclass93 frenchforfree6 frenchonline68 frenchvideo2 frenchvocabulaire113 histoiredusamedi3 histoires en français12 languages13 learnportuguese2 listening52 listentostories41 onlinefrench17 personal13 polyglot5 portugal19 portuguese life2 TCI74 theagenworkshop3 TPRS71 TPRS Agen workshop6 TPRS witch4 weeklyfrench4 weeklyvideo17 youarenotalone6

French the natural way: youpi, c’est le printemps !

Coucou les French learners,

There is une vague de chaleur, a heatwave going on here, in Europe and we are enjoying the beautiful weather!

Le printemps, spring is really blossoming. It is beautiful out here! Actually, Spring and the blossoming nature is a bit like language acquisition.

[read more…]

april1 avril1 beautemps1 birch1 blossom3 brandonbrown2 compelling39 comprehensible100 comprehension267 curedebouleau1 curedeprintemps1 dicton3 enbretagne17 feedback50 fleur7 francaislangueetrangere56 french immersion23 french poem8 french reader2 french resource2 french resources6 frenchnovel14 frenchreading11 frenchsaying2 frenchvocabulaire113 gardening2 high interest7 interesting23 jardin2 learnfrenchthenaturalway59 lefrançaisavecaliceayel67 lefrançaisnaturellement92 nerval2 personal13 pluiedemots1 poem71 poetry49 pureci43 reading269 readinginfrench4 richinput154 self french205 sla123 spring12 storylistening159 TCI74 testimonial20 TPRS71 weekly videos55 youtubeuse33

French the natural way: carnaval & planning your trip to France

Coucou les French learners,

C’est déjà le mois de février ! It is already the month of February! Il fait froid et il y a de la neige, it is cold and there is some snow, brr !

[read more…]

article46 auvergne4 baking15 Belgium9 Canada24 carnaval4 carnival1 chauvesouris1 ci145 coldmonth1 Cooking41 cooking class6 crepes15 crepesparty9 fable59 february4 fevrier2 francophone81 francophonie82 french acquisition12 french celebration1 french course1 frenchculture295 frenchtradition49 immerse2 language acquisition246 language course1 learners6 lefrançaisnaturellement92 louisiane6 lyon5 mardi gras4 martinique3 massif central2 natural approach59 new orleans3 nice1 nouvelle orléans5 pastry6 poem71 poetry49 pureci43 québec19 recipe36 robert desnos2 sla123 story listening19 weekly videos55 winter11

French the natural way: countdown to Christmas!

Coucou les French learners,

Aujourd’hui, today c’est le premier décembre, it is the first of December! French children have opened la première porte, the first door of le calendrier de l’Avent, Advent calendar. C’est excitant,

[read more…]

acquirefrench76 advent7 advent calendar2 adventure65 adventures24 avent20172 aventuresdepolo1 belleshistoires1 bilingualfamily1 bilingualism1 bilingualkid1 calendrieravent2 christmas27 ci145 comprehensible input36 countdowntochristmas6 december20171 décembre1 Education20 family164 familylife12 fluency107 fluent in French7 french immersion23 frenchculture295 frenchexpressions46 frenchfamily6 frenchinput18 frenchonline68 frenchtradition49 frenchvocabulaire113 hiver2 learnfrench20 neige3 niece1 noël23 noelenfrance5 personal13 personal story2 polo3 pureci43 self french205 sla123 snow4 storylistening159 storytelling39 surprise6 TCI74 teachfrench12 vocabulary256 weekly french33 weekly videos55 winter11 youtube67 youtube channel52

Let’s celebrate success!

https://goo.gl/photos/ZvJ23xgZM28AiXo58

Today as we enter the month of September and we slowly start to wave goodbye to summer, let the sun shine and let me share a success story using TPRS and comprehensible input online!

Back in April an ex Spanish student of mine contacted me because he wanted to learn French.

[read more…]

acquire50 acquisition65 advanced course1 answer1 answering11 celebrate26 celebration20 ci145 circling5 comprehend52 comprehensible100 comprehension267 customized2 edmodo3 Education20 fluency107 fluent57 free writing37 immerse2 improve19 input47 languages13 listen300 listening52 Martina Bex11 online38 personalized16 PQA8 proficiency12 proficient9 progress118 reading269 ressources40 share17 Skype6 story46 storyasking15 storytelling39 success17 successful2 teaching42 understand67 understanding22