French the natural way: how to stick to the routine in 3 steps

Coucou les French learners,

Ça y est ! L’année 2021 est en marche !

Last week, we started the beginner class and intermediate class with Express fluency. It is so much fun to tell stories and have meaningful interactions with French learners!

[read more…]

abisproduction activelistener activelistening apprendslefrançais babystage beginner french beginnercourse boostyourfrench comprehensibleinput dailyvideo enjoyable enjoytheride fle fluency frenchacquisition frenchbooster frenchclass frenchforall frenchlesson frenchlove infantstage invest joy keepitup keepmotivated motivate optimal optimalfrench optimalinput process relax richinput routine sla slowfrench youcandoit

French the natural way: reading to speak fluently

Coucou les French learners,

je profite des derniers jours d’été, I am enjoying the last summer days here in Germany.

Dans la région de la Thuringe.

I also enjoy watching how my learners are improving little by little through reading and listening to French.

[read more…]

acquire french adult learners autonomous reader autonomouslearner compelling input easy french easy reader effortless effortlessly fluency free voluntary reading french learner french made easy frenchacquisition frenchfluency frenchreaders frenchreading gastonlagaffe gradedreaders guidedreading inputaloneissufficient krashen lagaffe lefrançaisavecaliceayel lefrançaisnaturellement lyon new french season plaisirdelire pleasurereading powereading season#4 self french self selected book sla spanishibclass tprsbooks youtube channel

French the natural way: bonne fête !

Coucou les French learners,

Vous avez passez un bon week-end ? Did you have a good weekend?

Last Saturday 25th August, we celebrated my son’s saint, Saint Louis. It is the French practice of celebrating one’s “saint’s day”. Almost every day in the calendar has a saint’s name assigned to it,

[read more…]

autonomous reader autonomouslearner blackcat bonnefete capel chapelle cideb coucou fete frenchbooks frenchcustoms frenchhabits frenchliterature frenchreaders frenchtradition frenchtraditions fvr histoiredefrance ilesaintlouis inputaloneissufficient lefrançaisavecaliceayel lefrançaisnaturellement louis nameday paris pleasurereading richinput roidefrance saintechapelle saintlouis sla storylistener storylistening storyreading trusttheprocess

French the natural way: des nouvelles !

Coucou les French learners,

I have been away from the newsletter these past weeks but you probably know this French saying:

No news, good news

In fact, I have many exciting news to share with you!

Amazing results

At the beginning of the month of July,

[read more…]

acquirefrench Agen autonomous reader autonomouslearner backtoschool ci compelling input coucou Education Facebook fbpage free voluntary reading fvr gradedreaders IB independent independent learning larentrée lefrançaisavecaliceayel lefrançaisnaturellement moreinput onlinefrench plenary plenarysession podcast presentation reading richinput season#4 sl sla spanish input spanishibclass storiesfirst storylistener storylistening TCI theagenworkshop TPRS Agen workshop TPRS witch trusttheprocess youtube channel youtuber youtubeuse

French the natural way: become an autonomous reader

Coucou les French learners,

Reading is the focus this month and I am so excited to share my bookshelf daily with you on Instagram!  One follower actually commented she didn’t know the books I was mentioning. I am thrilled to show you authors and novels you may not know!

[read more…]

active listener advice ahautevoix autonomous reader autonomouslearner benikomason booster ci coucou dontgiveup easy reader enjoy enjuinlisenfrançais francaislangueetrangere free voluntary reading frenchbooster frenchfood frenchliterature getanewsoul gradedreaders independent learning inputaloneissufficient Instagram keepitup languageboost languagebooster lefrançaisavecaliceayel lefrançaisnaturellement lisenfrançais literacy livres plaisirdelire pleasurereading readaloud reading readingtips recipe rich content richinput romans sla storiesfirst storylistener storylistening TCI tips youtubeuse