French the natural way: you did it!

Coucou les French learners,

Félicitations !!! You did it!

Bravo

Je suis folle de joie, I am overjoyed! You watched 31 videos in French every day for 31 days! It is amazing!

 

[read more…]

apprendslefrançais autonomous reader award bravo certificat certificate coucou dailyinput diploma dontgiveup easy reader enjuinlisenfrançais enmaifaisdufrançais extrait francaislangueetrangere french reader frenchbooks frenchbooster frenchjourney frenchvocabulaire fvr inputaloneissufficient Instagram journey junechallenge keepitup keepmotivated languageboost lecture lefrançaisnaturellement lefrancaispartout lire livresenfrançais motivated motivation partager plaisirdelire pleasurereading read readandshare readfrench reward romans share sla weekly videos welldone youdidit youtubeuse

French the natural way: my big fail!

Coucou les French learners,

I hope you enjoyed the three part series from my previous posts about how to acquire another language:

Trust the process
Relax
Enjoy

Easy to do, right? Well… I have a confession to make: I failed to acquire German!

[read more…]

booster castle ci compelling input confession culture dontgiveup enjoy enjoyable enmaifaisdufrançais experience fluency fluent francaislangueetrangere fvr germanculture germanhistory guided tour high frequency iamnotalone improve inputaloneissufficient keep motivated keepitup languageboost learnfromyourmistake learngerman learnportuguese lifeingermany may challenge maycalendar Michel Thomas motivation online portuguese online tutor ownexperience pleasurereading read relax relaxmax richinput sla TCI trusttheprocess verbling vocabulary Weimar youarenotalone youtube youtube channel youtubers youtubeuse

French the natural way: Amuse-toi !

Coucou les French learners,

I know you may think the title is cheesy, right? Amuse-toi ! Enjoy! I was actually trying to find the right translation in French for “enjoy” but could not really find it. “Enjoy” doesn’t really exist in French! So I thought s’amuser would be the best way to express it.

[read more…]

acquisition process adult learners belleetsebastien boostyourfrench ci dutch easy reader enmaifaisdufrançais entrevue etprs french crash course french lessons french made easy frenchjourney frenchreaders frenchreading frenchtutoring fvr interview journey language teaching lefrançaisnaturellement lefrancaispartout leschosesdelavie meetthelearners meettheteachers netherlands online teaching pleasurereading process read relaxmax self french sla story listening stressfree subconscious TCI teaching adults tpr TPRS trusttheprocess vrolijk & frans

French the natural way: détends-toi, ça va bien se passer !

Coucou les French learners,

C’est le début de la semaine, it is the start of the week and to start off on the right foot, pour commencer du bon pied, RELAX!

The Affective Filter

Noam Chomsky,

[read more…]

affective filter benikomason brittany calm castle chateau ci couccou dontgiveup enbretagne enfrance enjoy enmaifaisdufrançais envoyage facilitator fle francaislangueetrangere France frenchculture frenchtradition frenchvocabulaire guided tour halfway histoiredefrance keeplearning language learner languageacquisition lefrançaisavecaliceayel lefrançaisnaturellement lefrancaispartout listentostories low affective filter online teaching pureci relax relaxmax rich content richinput self french sla slerlangen18 Stephen Krashen storiesfirst story storylistener storylistening stressfree suscinio TCI trusttheprocess youcandoit

French the natural way : trust the process

Coucou les French learners,

I am back from a wonderful weekend in Erlangen, Germany where I got to listen to my idols, Stephen Krashen and Beniko Mason.

They are my heroes in the field of Second Language Acquisition! I got to spend the entire weekend listening to them at the Story Listening workshop,

[read more…]

acquisition acquisition process apprendslefrançais benikomason ci cicommunity compelling input contedusenegal coucou enjoy enjoyable fle francaisfacile francaislangueetrangere francophone francophonie french acquisition frenchexpressions keepitup learnfrenchthenaturalway lefrançaisavecaliceayel lefrançaisnaturellement listen networking process pureci relax rich content richinput self french senegal sla slerlangen18 Stephen Krashen storiesfirst storylistener storylistening tale TCI trusttheprocess workshop youcandoit