French the natural way: discipline over motivation

Coucou les French learners,

C’est presque le début de l’été, it is nearly the start of summer! And it actually pretty hot over here, in Portugal!

On Sunday, we celebrated Saint Antoine, the saint patron of Portugal. about his incredible life and when you are a member,

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French the natural way: BOOST your FRENCH

Coucou les French learners,

Today is Lundi de Pentecôte. It is part of the Catholic tradition held 50 days after Easter to celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles (disciples of Jesus Christ).

While it is a religious celebration following Easter,

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French the natural way: la fête du cinéma

Coucou les French learners,

We, the French like to celebrate!!!

Two weeks ago we celebrated music and last week it was the movies turn with la fête du cinéma. It lasted for four days from Sunday to Wednesday and the idea is to promote cinema and theaters.

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French the natural way: how to access input?

Coucou les French learners,

I have just finished reading this fascinating article by Steve Kaufmann on how learning a new language is a subconscious process. Basically, the author explains how he learned Romanian by first reading a lot about Romania in Romanian! He says: “

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French Story listening

Acquire French the natural way by listening to stories:

The natural way to acquire another language is to first listen to the language. You already did it when you were a baby. You did not talk first and your parents did not force you to talk, they kept talking to you and telling you stories.

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Year 2016 in review and looking forward to 2017!

Prosperous and healthy new year!!! Bonne année ! ¡Feliz Año Nuevo! Frohes neues Jahr!

As 2017 has just begun, I am full of inspiration and hope! I am committed to be a patient and loving mum taking care of my family.

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How to find out about your learners interests in a compelling way?

I have started teaching French to a group of 3 girls aged 10 years old. They are native German but they have been attending a primary school where they were taught French intensively, it was like an immersion type of school so their level is very good.

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