French the natural way: 3 tips to acquire French

Coucou les French learners,

c’est l’automne, fall is on its ways!

“Fall is the spring of winter”, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

I miss the beautiful Ilm park in Weimar and the forest in Thuringia,

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French the natural way: le déclic

Coucou les French learners,

j’ai eu le déclic ! I clicked!

I love my journey acquiring German. I have finally found resources on and off line which I enjoy and which I understand. It is no longer a burden to get myself reading or listening to German,

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French the natural way: le plan de la rentrée

Coucou les French learners,

C’est la rentrée des classes ! It is time to go back to school and for many to go back to work and to our everyday routine. It is a bit like starting the new year and I am sure many of you have new resolutions to achieve.

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Agen Takeaway #4: Reading

” Reading is breathing and comprehensible texts are oxygen” as Martina Bex wrote in a great article about reading in class.

At #Agen2019, I attended another inspiring session by the amazing about Free Voluntary Reading (Alina also happens to be one of my French online learners ,

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French the natural way : simplifier

Coucou les French learners,

Le quinze aôut est déjà passé ! 15th August is gone already!

15th August is a day off. “And we work?”, “Like a normal Sunday”

To find out more about why the 15th August is such an important day off,

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Agen Takeaway #3: Story Listening

As I mentioned in my second takeaway from #Agen2019, Story Listening is the CORE of all my lessons.

WHY?

Because my IB Spanish students have achieved tremendous results in the past two years I have been teaching at Thuringia International School.

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Agen Takeaway #2: get to know your learners

Welcome back for those teachers who are already back to school! And even for those who aren’t yet, this post should be of great help to start the school year!

Last week, I was telling you about my first takeaway from #Agen2019: Very Narrow Listening presented by Judith Dubois (who also happens to run the conference).

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