French news: embracing the silent phase

Coucou les membres de la communauté,

Last week, I shared with you my evolving perspective on pronunciation in French, emphasizing the importance of training our mouths and tongues to speak with confidence. (In case you missed it, read about my recent ephihany here!)

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Prononciation : Ça me rend heureux / heureuse

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Prononciation : Qu’est-ce que, qu’est-ce qu’il y a ? Qu’est-ce que tu vois ?

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French news: train your mouth, tongue and tone of voice!

Coucou les membres de la communauté,

I want to share a personal revelation I’ve had regarding the role of pronunciation in language acquisition.

In the past, I held a strong belief that listening and reading were sufficient for language acquisition. While I still believe that comprehensible input is crucial for retaining vocabulary and structures,

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Prononciation : D’habitude, habituellement, souvent

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