French the natural way: focus on intonation (not pronunciation)

Coucou les French learners,

Comment ça va ? La pêche ? la banane ?

We use many expressions with fruits and vegetables in French… Well lots of expressions with la nourriture, food!!! about French idioms with food.

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Spanish story script number 4: Lo siento.

Here is another story script which follows the last story about little Pedro losing his notebook. This story has lots of repetitions to focus on “lo siento” and “no sé qué hacer“. I am telling those stories using wooden ice cream sticks which the students love.

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