Baby Stage – Introduction

Coucou la communauté des French learners !

Je vais maintenant parler en anglais pour vous expliquer l’approche du Français naturellement et la série de vidéos spécialement pour les débutants ou les « bébés ! »

I am now going to speak in English to tell you more about the approach to acquire French the natural way.

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Let it flow!

I have been busy in good way lately. I am now offering French online tutoring on Verbling and I get to meet new learners from all around the world with different needs. It has been a steep learning curve for me to try to facilitate comprehensible input at different levels and needs but it has also been a great source of joy and accomplishment.

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How to find out about your learners interests in a compelling way?

I have started teaching French to a group of 3 girls aged 10 years old. They are native German but they have been attending a primary school where they were taught French intensively, it was like an immersion type of school so their level is very good.

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