French the natural way: sit back and enjoy!

Coucou les French learners,

On Monday we celebrated Saint Nicolas. As a little girl, this story has always terrified yet captivated me. My mum would to me and I always wondered what the first line exactly meant –

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French the natural way: join us to play in French!

Coucou les French learners,

This week in the advanced beginner class with Express Fluency, we sang a famous song by French singer, composer and actor Eddy Mitchell. This song is entitled La dernière séance and is about about a small cinema in a city’s neighborhood closing down.

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French the natural way: le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé !

Coucou les French learners,

Le Beaujolais nouveau est arrivé ! Well not yet but soon…

This early wine or vin de primeur will be on the tables ready to drink this Thursday, November 18th. Christine, a dedicated member of the community,

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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 : retour dans le passé

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We celebrated la fête de la Toussaint on Monday and I thought I would share with you this lullaby. It used to be sung to the Princes of France:

Download this beautiful coloring for free here.

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Infant Stage Vidéo 21 – De quoi ?

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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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