French the natural way: discover Agen

Coucou les French learners,

“World is new to me when I wake up, every morning”, Colette.

Last week, I mentioned the amazing TPRS workshop I attended in the ville, town of Agen in the South West of France.

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French the natural way : le quinze août

Coucou les French learners,

Bienvenus, welcome back!!!

It has been a while but I am back home after an amazing road trip through Spain and France! I have many good news to share with you but first I want to talk to you about le quinze août,

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French the natural way: la fête de la musique

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Summer has officially started and as it was the solstice on the 21st, it was also la Fête de la Musique which is a music celebration taking place all over France and in 120 countries around the world. Amateur and professional musicians are encouraged to perform in the streets,

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French the natural way: May challenge

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Do what pleases you!

There is a popular French proverb ” En mai, fais ce qu’il te plaît “, in May do what pleases you.

As well as being passionate about languages, I have another passion which is yoga.

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French the natural way: Listen!

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Feel energized!

this week I got one of the best compliments from one of my online beginner learner. We had a productive one hour session. It was fun because we created a whole story together from scratch with many details.

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French the natural way: Election Day

French presidential election day, the first round

Coucou les French learners,

today is the first round to vote for the next French president and in my mailbox, I received the programs of each of the eleven candidates along with their names printed on a piece of white paper.

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French the natural way with the one essential ingredient: comprehensible input

Coucou les French learners,

today I want to share with you my own experience with teaching and learning another language and why facilitating French input which is comprehensible is so dear to my heart.

My personal story and why I teach French the natural way

I have always loved grammar.

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