Senior Stage – Vidéo 4 – Le portrait de François Ier

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Senior Stage – Vidéo 2 – Qui est François Rabelais ?

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Qui est Gaston Phébus ou le lion des Pyrénées ?

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French the natural way: one story a day

Coucou les French learners,

Comment allez-vous ? How are you doing?

The weather is getting much colder where I live and I feel like staying at home, doing yoga and listening to stories!

It is freezing, it’s not wrong.

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French the natural way: listen to stories!

Coucou les French learners,

Last week, I mentioned a story I co-created with a learner to help her remember a list of words she had to memorize. I strongly believe in the power of stories because when your mind listens to a story, it generates multiple connections.

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Story listening is powerful!

To me, developing listening skills are vital in life, yet not practiced enough. As teachers, we are told to let students learn by doing (which is valuable too in some cases) and that classrooms should be students led. As a consequence the skill of listening is being put aside,

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