French the natural way: comme un bébé !

Coucou les French learners,

C’est la rentrée ! As we say in French, it is back to school or back to work time! The end of summertime 🙁

For many of us, la rentrée 2020 is like no others!

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French the natural way: de l’input en abondance

Coucou les French learners,

This week-end, the French celebrated le 15 août which was the National Day during the Kings.

I love this special day but…

We have had a rough weekend facing some challenges with our exclusive videos for our dear members.

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French the natural way: lis une BD

Coucou les French learners,

We are busy finishing and polishing the last 3 sessions of the Baby Stage online self paced course. This course is specifically designed for French beginners.

In each video, you are first introduced to a frequently used structure in French.

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French the natural way: le secret pour acquérir le Français

Coucou les French learners,

La compréhension, comprehension is the key to acquire a language.

Terry Waltz, a Chinese teacher and polyglot explains in a thoughtful article about second language acquisition that “Comprehensible Input (abbreviated as “CI”) is what makes people gain proficiency in a language.

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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,

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