French the natural way: it happens without thinking!

Coucou les French learners,

Last week, Angus who is a dedicated member shared in the Community Chat:

I listen to a video or a story everyday since I started months ago. I’ve got to the point where I can ‘predict’

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French the natural way: sit back and enjoy!

Coucou les French learners,

On Monday we celebrated Saint Nicolas. As a little girl, this story has always terrified yet captivated me. My mum would to me and I always wondered what the first line exactly meant –

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French the natural way: join us to play in French!

Coucou les French learners,

This week in the advanced beginner class with Express Fluency, we sang a famous song by French singer, composer and actor Eddy Mitchell. This song is entitled La dernière séance and is about about a small cinema in a city’s neighborhood closing down.

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French the natural way: le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé !

Coucou les French learners,

Le Beaujolais nouveau est arrivé ! Well not yet but soon…

This early wine or vin de primeur will be on the tables ready to drink this Thursday, November 18th. Christine, a dedicated member of the community,

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French the natural way: let’s play games!

Coucou les French learners,

Today is a very special day. It is November, 11th which ends the Great War. In 1918, the Allies and Germany signed the armistice that ended hostilities on the Western Front.

The French soldiers who fought this war were called les Poilus which literally means “hairy”

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Comment acquérir le Français naturellement ? Qui est Docteur Stephen Krashen ?

Aujourd’hui, je vais parler d’une autre personne qui a eu beaucoup d’influence sur la façon dont j’enseigne le français. Après avoir parlé des travaux et de la méthode développée par le Docteur Beniko Mason, je vais parler du Docteur Stephen Krashen.

Les travaux et les recherches du Docteur Krashen et du Docteur Mason ont montré qu’il y a six conditions pour acquérir une langue.

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Comment acquérir le Français naturellement ? Qui est Docteur Beniko Mason ?

Aujourd’hui, je vais parler d’une personne qui a eu beaucoup d’influence sur la façon dont j’enseigne le français. Je vais parler du Docteur Beniko Mason que j’ai mentionnée tout au long de cette série. En français, on dit « honneur aux dames » et par conséquent, je vais d’abord parler de Beniko Mason.

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