L’instant thé avec Céline Perreard-Allen : comment maintenir une conversation ?

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L’instant thé avec Florence Calvez : acquérir une langue à n’importe quel âge, c’est possible !

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Le rêve

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Le dîner

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French the natural way: how to aid comprehension?

Coucou les French learners,

La confiance, confidence is key !

“One earns confidence by drops and loses it by litres” Jean-Paul Sartre

Over the past few weeks, I have truly come to believe that gaining confidence is key to acquire another language.

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French the natural way: top Christmas stories

Coucou les French learners,

When I was living and teaching in England, I used to sing in a choir. Yesterday my amazing conductor, Hannah Brine posted an inspiring quote:

I hear so many people around me saying things like “I am not an expert in languages”

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Students blogging in Spanish and learning many skills.

I created another blog for my Spanish students where I want to share resources and students’ work. As a matter of fact I already had another blog on Posterous but it closed down and therefore I had to look for another free platform. I found Kidblog which is free for up to 50 students and does not require students to sign in with an email address.

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