French the natural way: start acquiring French in 3 steps

Coucou Les French learners,

C’est fini !!! The Baby Stage Online Self Paced course is finally done!

31 sessions to ACQUIRE the French BASICS;
31 videos to watch;
31 scripts to read with a glossary to help you understand the new words;

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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: tips to start reading

Coucou les French learners,

I have just finished reading such an impactful post about language acquisition. Jody Noble, who is a fanstastic language teacher has been discussing the myth around language practice.

Courtesy of Compelling Input Productions

She writes: “Why do people continue to believe that PRACTICE is the key?

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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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Reading activity for French learners (beginner level).

Yeah!!! I am back to blogging! I had a very good excuse though for not posting for such a while: I had my fourth boy on the 24th of September. His name is Antoine and he is a lovely baby boy doing well 🙂

Whilst recovering from the birth and taking care of my precious little boy,

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