French the natural way: what is shadowing?

Coucou les French learners,

Comment ça se passe ? How is it going?

The summer intensive courses are over and we had so much fun with both groups.

With the advanced beginners, we co-created an hilarious story involving a fortune teller and un nain de jardin,

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Lire sur la plage

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French the natural way: enjoy the summer and read!

Coucou les French learners,

J’adore l’été ! I love summer! Time to go outside, have long walks, enjoy the swimming-pool and read, read, read!

I have just finished reading Terre des hommes by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

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French the natural way: What kind of reader are you?

Coucou les French learners,

j’espère que vous passez un bel été ? I hope you are a having a beautiful summer?

I have just finished the two intensives courses for advanced-beginners and intermediate. C’était génial ! It was a total blast!

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Le voyage

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L’incroyable histoire d’amour entre le français et l’anglais

D’après un entretien avec Henriette Walter, linguiste française.

Des mots comme radio, télévision ou hôtel sont compris partout. Cela permet une communication superficielle facile.
Cependant, chaque langue possède ses caractéristiques donnant lieu à des comportements spécifiques. Par exemple, un Allemand a moins tendance à couper la parole à son interlocuteur qu’un Français ou un Anglais.

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Écrire à en perdre la tête

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