French the natural way : simplifier pour amplifier

Coucou les French learners,

L’hiver se termine et le printemps arrive ! Winter is coming to an end Spring is coming! This is part of what we celebrated last Sunday. NOT the Superbowl but la Chandeleur.

[read more…]

abonnetoi abundant acquisition amour amplify boostyourfrench chandeleur comingsoon comprehensible comprehensibleinput confident easy easyfrench ebook efficient february fevrier fle francaislangueetrangere french made easy frenchbooster frenchculture frenchlearners frenchlove frenchteachers frenchtradition keepitsimple keepitup listenandread love moisdelamour moreinput optimal optimalfrench personal productive readingispower rich content self french simple simplify sla slowfrench sufficient

French the natural way: is speaking good enough?

Coucou les French learners,

It is that time of the year when we remember our past and our ancestors. On Monday, the French commemorated the end of la Première Guerre Mondiale, the First World War, also called l’Armistice. Last year’s newsletter was all about that special day.

[read more…]

11novembre 19141918 abonnement abonnetoi acquisition armistice audiobook audiolivre autonomous reader autonomouslearner boostyourfrench compelling compellinginput comprehensible input comprehensiblefrench comprehension culture easyfrench effortless fluency fluent fluentinfrench frenchbooster frenchculture frenchlearner frenchreader frenchstories greatwar histoiredefrance krashen listenandread livreaudio livresenfrançais louisiana louisiane marieetmédor member membership relax relaxing self confidence selflearner sla slowfrench speaking Stephen Krashen stressfree

French the natural way: your language parent

Coucou les French learners,

Last Wednesday, the French celebrated le quinze août. Whilst everything is on pause in France, it is back to work where I live!

My six years old son started his first year at school and he is loving it so far.

[read more…]

active listener autonomous reader backtoschool backtowork children book children story ci Education facilitator french videos frenchculture frenchforfree frenchonline frenchreading iceberg icebergimage language learner languageboost languageparent larentrée learnfrenchthenaturalway leschosesdelavie listening listening skills listeningfirst newseason personal polyglot pureci rich content richinput season#4 self french sla storylistener storylistening TCI weekly videos youtube channel

French the natural way: Amuse-toi !

Coucou les French learners,

I know you may think the title is cheesy, right? Amuse-toi ! Enjoy! I was actually trying to find the right translation in French for “enjoy” but could not really find it. “Enjoy” doesn’t really exist in French! So I thought s’amuser would be the best way to express it.

[read more…]

adult learners belleetsebastien boostyourfrench ci dutch easy reader Education enmaifaisdufrançais entrevue etprs french crash course french lessons french made easy frenchjourney frenchreaders frenchreading frenchtutoring fvr interview journey language teaching lefrançaisnaturellement lefrancaispartout leschosesdelavie maychallenge meetthelearners meettheteachers netherlands online teaching personal pleasurereading process read relaxmax self french sla story listening stressfree subconscious TCI teaching adults tpr TPRS trusttheprocess vrolijk & frans

French the natural way : trust the process

Coucou les French learners,

I am back from a wonderful weekend in Erlangen, Germany where I got to listen to my idols, Stephen Krashen and Beniko Mason.

They are my heroes in the field of Second Language Acquisition! I got to spend the entire weekend listening to them at the Story Listening workshop,

[read more…]

acquisition apprendslefrançais benikomason ci cicommunity compelling input contedusenegal coucou Education enjoy enjoyable fle francaisfacile francaislangueetrangere francophone francophonie french acquisition frenchexpressions keepitup learnfrenchthenaturalway lefrançaisavecaliceayel lefrançaisnaturellement listen maychallenge networking process pureci relax rich content richinput self french senegal sla slerlangen18 Stephen Krashen storiesfirst storylistener storylistening tale TCI trusttheprocess workshop youcandoit