French the natural way: get fast spoken French

Coucou les French learners,

Le soleil brille, c’est l’été ! The sun is shining, it is summer!

“ We want a place in the sun (French expression meaning to succeed, to get ahead) – it’s normal my son; so make sun instead of looking to make a place.”

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French the natural way: LISTEN to songs

Coucou les French learners,

Hier était un grand jour, yesterday was a big day! In France, we celebrated trois fêtes in one day!!!

It was the longest day, as well as la fête de la Saint Jean, the Feast of Saint John.  

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French the natural way: LISTEN to different voices

Coucou les French learners,

Vous connaissez la méthode Coué? Do you know about the Coué method or autosuggestion?

” Everyday in every way, I am feeling better and better”, Emile Coué. Download the 2020 calendar &

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French the natural way : simplifier pour amplifier

Coucou les French learners,

L’hiver se termine et le printemps arrive ! Winter is coming to an end Spring is coming! This is part of what we celebrated last Sunday. NOT the Superbowl but la Chandeleur.

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Agen Takeaway #4: Reading

” Reading is breathing and comprehensible texts are oxygen” as Martina Bex wrote in a great article about reading in class.

At #Agen2019, I attended another inspiring session by the amazing about Free Voluntary Reading (Alina also happens to be one of my French online learners ,

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Agen Takeaway #3: Story Listening

As I mentioned in my second takeaway from #Agen2019, Story Listening is the CORE of all my lessons.

WHY?

Because my IB Spanish students have achieved tremendous results in the past two years I have been teaching at Thuringia International School.

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Agen Takeaway #2: get to know your learners

Welcome back for those teachers who are already back to school! And even for those who aren’t yet, this post should be of great help to start the school year!

Last week, I was telling you about my first takeaway from #Agen2019: Very Narrow Listening presented by Judith Dubois (who also happens to run the conference).

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