French the natural way: know your brain

Coucou les French learners,

As I am writing to you, I have finished teaching my weekly one hour session with my Intermediate Kids group. I love it. I get to tell many STORIES. My learners BOOST their French because I give them rich and compelling input.

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French the natural way: how to retain vocabulary?

Coucou les French learners,

Il fait très chaud ici, au Portugal ! It is very hot here, in Portugal!

This weekend, we went for un pique-nique du soir, an evening picnic by the river. There are many plages,

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French the natural way: context is what matters

Coucou les French learners,

Comment ça va ? Comment allez-vous ?

My dream would be to cross/meet someone wearing a tee-shirt on wich would be written ” Very good. Thank you and you?”

In an attempt to send you a weekly newsletter,

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French the natural way: get used to it!

Coucou les French learners,

Je suis de retour ! I am back!

The reason why there was no newsletter for quite a while is a GOOD one! Here is a new addition to our family, a beautiful girl, Jeanne. C’est une grande joie,

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French the natural way: C’est le moment !

Coucou les French learners,

Joyeuses Pâques un peu en retard ! Happy belated Easter!

It was a very special Easter, one to remember but still Easter brings us l’Espoir, Hope! And here is a cute little poem about les oeufs de Pâques,

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French the natural way: enjoy the ride!

Coucou les French learners,

J’ai des bonnes nouvelles ! I have GOOD NEWS!

Becoming fluent in French is NOT a chore. It is a natural process which happens over time NATURALLY.

Speak to me! Une mauvaise experience

Barry who is a new member of the French learners community asked me this very good question: ”

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