French the natural way: un cadeau de Noël

Coucou les French learners,

C’est déjà la mi-décembre, it is already mid-December! Time to celebrate!

It is time to celebrate Christmas  Un joli cadeau !

When I started to make videos on YouTube, my goal was to help French learners from all over the world to listen and understand comprehensible stories in French.

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French the natural way: honor where you’re at

Coucou les French learners,

The title of today’s newsletter does not come from me. It comes from my favourite online yoga teacher, Adriene Mishler. Two weeks ago, I started the 31 days Yoga Revolution to get ready for Christmas and was Honor:

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French the natural way: top Christmas stories

Coucou les French learners,

When I was living and teaching in England, I used to sing in a choir. Yesterday my amazing conductor, Hannah Brine posted an inspiring quote:

I hear so many people around me saying things like “I am not an expert in languages”

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