French the natural way: Ignite the French in you!

Coucou les French learners,

En mai fais ce qu’il te plaît, En mai fais du Français !

In May, do what pleases you!

We were talking about what pleases us in the intermediate live class with Express Fluency ,

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French the natural way: sing, write and love French!

Coucou les French learners,

We are back from our Easter break! And although we have taken a few days off travelling and eating (too many) chocolates, we have also had time to launch the Teen Stage, youpi !

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French the natural way: trust your brain!

Coucou les French Learners,

Do you remember the saying? En avril, ne te découvre pas d’un fil. I think the English version of it is “Till April’s dead, change not a thread”. It is especially true right now as it is freezing cold here, in Portugal.

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French the natural way: build a strong foundation

Coucou les French learners,

Let’s celebrate! Célébrons ensemble !

My Dear Man and I have finished the Infant Stage – 30 sessions to build a strong French foundation. The Infant Stage comes after the Baby Stage which includes 31 sessions to start acquiring the French basics.

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French the natural way: prendre l’habitude

Coucou les French learners,

Laissez les bon temps rouler !

This week we celebrated Mardi Gras with my online French students. In the advanced beginner and the intermediate class we talked about Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

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French the natural way: think French

Coucou les French learners,

On Monday, we celebrated la Saint Valentin. 

To tell you the truth, My Dear Man and I don’t celebrate it BUT when I looked for the story of this Saint to publish it for the community,

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French the natural way : dégustons des crêpes !

Coucou les French learners,

As I am writing this newsletter, the dough I prepared to make crêpes is resting in the kitchen. Later today I will heat the pan and start flipping crêpes for my family. Today is la Chandeleur, Candlemass!

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