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💬 Subtitles or Not? How YOU Grow Your French! 🎉

Bonjour wonderful French learners! 🇫🇷💖

A question I hear often, and which @Chuan asked just recently, is one that might resonate with you too:

“If I understand when listening with subtitles, but without subtitles I cannot fully understand, does that still count as effective input?”

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French news: Saints, Stories, and Community, Your Weekly Update!

Coucou les membres de la communauté,

Yesterday, I had the delightful opportunity to have lunch with Ann, one of our cherished members, who traveled all the way from Wyoming to Braga.

Our conversation revolved around our nurturing community, and Ann fondly remembered all the participants of our Community Live Meetings: Barry,

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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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French the natural way: tap into your inner child

Coucou les French learners,

L’automne est bien là, fall is here. Last year, My Dear Man and I published a sweet poem about this special season entitled Jour pluvieux d’automne, written by Michel Beau. Our community members met last Saturday to read and comment the poem together.

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French the natural way: how to listen?

Coucou les French learners,

Last week was sad as we said au revoir to charismatic French actor, Jean-Paul Belmondo.

I think I must have watched Cartouche with my brother, sister and cousins cent fois, one hundred times when I was a child and then later on in my life,

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French the natural way: what is shadowing?

Coucou les French learners,

Comment ça se passe ? How is it going?

The summer intensive courses are over and we had so much fun with both groups.

With the advanced beginners, we co-created an hilarious story involving a fortune teller and un nain de jardin,

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French the natural way: enjoy the summer and read!

Coucou les French learners,

J’adore l’été ! I love summer! Time to go outside, have long walks, enjoy the swimming-pool and read, read, read!

I have just finished reading Terre des hommes by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

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