Should You Use a Textbook Alongside Story Listening? 📚🤔

Bonjour dear French family 👋

I hope you’ve been enjoying your French journey this week. 🇫🇷✨

Some really wonderful conversations are happening over in the Community Chat at https://www.aliceayel.com/community-chat/

If you haven’t stopped by lately, you’re missing out on some thoughtful discussions!

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Have You Stopped Noticing the Rules Yet? 👀

Bonjour dear French family!

Here is a thoughtful question from @Polyglot98 that comes up for many of us:

“When can we stop noticing the rules?!”

The answer is truly encouraging!

When you acquire French naturally by immersing yourself in stories,

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From Zero to B2 in 11 Months: Grace’s Incredible French Journey! 🚀

Bonjour my wonderful French learners! 👋

🎉 Grace’s Amazing Success Story

I have the most exciting news to share with you this week!

Grace, one of our amazing community members, just shared her incredible progress in our Community Chat.

Click here to read her experience!

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French the natural way: 📚 Traveling Through Stories, How Living Books Inspire My French Journey 🇫🇷✨

Coucou les French learners,

Before traveling to a new country, I love to immerse myself in its stories and culture through reading.

Since discovering Charlotte Mason’s pedagogy, I’ve been trying to read more living books.

They are books that bring a subject to life,

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🌟 Trust Yourself, You are part of something beautiful! 🇫🇷

Bonjour, cherished French learners!

This week, I’m reaching out to remind you how truly unique and special our aliceayel.com community is.

We are not just a group taking lessons, we are a caring family of curious minds who love compelling stories and understand that acquiring French,

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How Pausing to See Transforms Your French Journey 🎨✨

Bonjour wonderful French learners!

As I write to you this week, I’ve just finished an inspiring week of our Art & Conversation course with a wonderful group of people.

Each day, we took a moment to stop, pause, and reflect on a beautiful piece of art together.

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French the natural way: Bonne année 2022 !

Coucou les French learners,

As you may know already, we, in France, can wish “happy new year” during the whole month of January. So…

Bonne année 2022 et bonne santé !

Last week, we celebrated la fête des Rois or l’Epiphanie.

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