French the natural way: why common words are key to understand French

Coucou les French learners,

Kiyan joined us yesterday. After watching the first session of our Baby Stage self-paced course, he commented:

I am not beginner but I still can not listen French clearly. For me it’s too fast. And my pronounciation is bad. So I want to restart learning French the natural way to absorb it.

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Adult Stage – Vidéo 21 – Une reine venue de Russie

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Adult Stage – Vidéo 20 – Robert le Pieux

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Adult Stage – Vidéo 19 – Hugues Capet

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Adult Stage – Vidéo 17 – La succession de Charlemagne

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Adult Stage – Vidéo 16 – La chanson de Roland

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Adult Stage – Vidéo 15 – Charlemagne

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