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French the natural way: my big fail!

Coucou les French learners,

I hope you enjoyed the three part series from my previous posts about how to acquire another language:

Trust the process
Relax
Enjoy

Easy to do, right? Well… I have a confession to make: I failed to acquire German!

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French the natural way: détends-toi, ça va bien se passer !

Coucou les French learners,

C’est le début de la semaine, it is the start of the week and to start off on the right foot, pour commencer du bon pied, RELAX!

The Affective Filter

Noam Chomsky,

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