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.

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French the natural way: boost ton cerveau !

Coucou les French learners,

Today is la rentrée in France. French children go back to school and the beaches and holiday resorts are now empty until les prochaine grandes vacances, next summer holidays!

“Tell me about your holidays…”,

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French the natural way: 4 steps to read French books

Coucou les French learners,

The other day, I was listening to the French radio and I learned that the word livre, book comes from the Latin word liber which means free. 

When you read a book, you learn something new,

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French the natural way: boost your French!

Coucou les French learners,

I am motivated and excited about my new plan to acquire Portuguese. This weekend, I met my online Portuguese booster on Verbling, who shared lots of different ways to get input every day. I am hoping to meet him for an hour weekly and to listen to comprehensible input every day,

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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!

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French the natural way: you did it!

Coucou les French learners,

Félicitations !!! You did it!

Bravo

Je suis folle de joie, I am overjoyed! You watched 31 videos in French every day for 31 days! It is amazing!

 

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