Alice Ayel

Alice runs an excellent website and is one of the best resources out there for learning French by the natural method.

I am very happy to have found the AliceAyel website. I spent almost a year listening and reading through the stories on her site, starting at the Infant stage and working my way slowly through the Adult stage. My comprehension in reading and listening shot up and I recently signed up for her strong beginner’s bookclub. This, in turn, led me to her Private Coaching and now Alice is helping me on my journey to learn french speaking with confidence even when I make mistakes.

There is also a large community of french learner’s on her website which translates to lifelong learning of the french language.

Alice Ayel’s program of acquiring French is the core of my learning the French language. She leads you through stages during which you are exposed to many many stories in French – and the great majority have French-language explanation of words and phrases. Also, grammar is presented tangentially to the stories; you learn vocabulary in context. She projects her love of teaching with great warmth. I have been with the program for 9 months. It is a great investment!

The focus on storytelling is very comprehensive and I believe is the key to understanding the language. My favorite method (which is only possible due to the extraordinary structure of the site) is to read a story (each word can be clicked on to instantly provide a definition- in French), then listen and read along, the same story with the audio playback and finally watch and listen only to the video retelling of the story by Alice herself. With soo many stories on the site throughout the various stages, I believe it has been the greater advancer of my progress in the language.
Thanks Alice

This program is by far the most promising of the many I’ve used to learn French. My writing and reading tests at a B2 level but my listening and speaking is still A1. I’m HORRIBLE!!! I started at the Baby Stage with Aliceayel.com a couple of weeks ago and halfway through this stage, I’m actually understanding without needing to translate from French to English. And even better, I’m remembering the new vocabulary without a problem. It helpfully keeps showing up in the stories so I get constant reinforcement. Amazing! I’m also filling in a few holes in my knowledge I didn’t know I had. Bravo Alice Ayel !! Merci beaucoup !!!!

After trying various apps and books, AliceAyel makes everything else seem ineffective. I can’t believe my progress! Merci!!!!

Alice’s French language program is excellent. It’s very helpful to have the content emailed straight to your inbox. I would absolutely recommend this program to anyone who is interested in learning and/or practicing French.

My children and I have only been watching, listening to, and reading Alice Ayel’s videos and stories for a little over a month, and we are amazed at what we are already able to comprehend! The website is so thoughtful with its step-by-step videos and the stages for the videos and stories, and Alice Ayel is an amazing storyteller. There are even resources for encouraging others in community. We have been introduced to the amazing “story-listening, guided self-selected reading” method through her site, and I can’t stop telling everyone I know about this site and the resources. I very highly recommend this site and its membership to anyone who is serious about acquiring French not just for class work but for life and relating to others.

Une nouvelle rencontre fantastique avec Alice aujourd’hui. Je ne cesse de m’étonner de la façon dont elle s’amuse à formuler des mots pour que tout le monde puisse les prononcer et les comprendre afin de les appliquer dans la partie suivante. Chapeau à cette enseignante et à la façon dont elle réussit à rendre le français accessible aux non-francophones. Abonnez-vous à son site et vous en bénéficierez.

Great services at a great price. Thank you Teacher Alice!

Alice is an excellent teacher and her website has a wealth of resources. I am learning so much through her methods.

I have had a variety of French tutors and French language apps (Duolingo, Yabla, LingoPie), and have listened to many hours of other French instruction. I have never enjoyed learning French as much as I have from Alice Ayel! I have truly enjoyed watching Alice’s instructional videos, loved her live classes, and really improved with private lessons she offered. Alice should be your first choice! Don’t waste your time with other approaches! You won’t be disappointed and will really learn!

I was looking for an online ‘novel’ (as opposed to rote learning) French class. I found the wonderful Alice Ayel (and team) who delivers her classes with great enthusiasm. She uses the Comprehensible Input approach which brings together speech, listening and visuals so that one learns contextually, similar to how children learn. I am at the beginner ‘Baby Stage’ and progressively working my way through the stories which build upon the learning acquired in the previous episode. At this stage I’m happy to recommend La Francais Naturellement with Alice Ayel. It’s achievable, interesting and fun, and has some great additional resources. I’ve subscribed for 3 months but believe I will take out an annual subscription after that to keep working my way through all the levels. (P S – I am B2 level in Italian and now looking for a similar resource to progress my Italian).

I never thought that studying French could be such a fun and joyful experience. With Alice, I learned that I don’t need to “study” the language in the traditional sense, but rather “acquire” it by immersing myself in the comprehensible stories she provides. The friendly atmosphere that the characters of the stories create makes me feel relaxed and at ease with the language. What was new to me was that Alice encourages interaction with the stories—to draw, take notes, answer questions that help you understand the content better, and even create your own stories, which stimulates your imagination. Thank you Alice – you are an amazing teacher and a real inspiration in my French journey!

Highly recommend Alice and her site. I have been learning French for over a year and haven’t found a better resource for acquiring French through comprehensible input.
There are resources for each stage of your journey and in the beginning it’s super important to have simple, slow, clear french to listen to and acquire. Resources include videos, audio and written transcripts and you can work through the work at your own pace.
I can’t fault the site and it really does represent great value for money.

After trying several language apps over the past year, I have found Alice’s videos to be the best way to learn French.

Best Language Learning Experience!
Alice Ayel is not only incredibly good at teaching french in a way that’s accessible to all, she’s also kind and creative with all the activities she leads. I would acquire any language with ease if it was taught in this way.

I like the way she speaks, how the course is structured and the amount of material she provides, the fact that i can choose either an annual subscription for a very reasonable price or own each level for a different price. Merci.

Input filled French courses that quickly brought me to a conversational level.

Honestly, such a breath of fresh air. Really wonderful delivery and adorable design. Creates a warm and exciting atmosphere in which learning becomes a delight. I’ve never felt anything like this learning as an adult, a beautiful reminder of the love and patience I experienced in my own kindergarten and primary school. Thank you for such a wonderful course.

Alice is charming, delightful and very pleasant to listen to. Her approach to speaking and learning French is unique and rather brilliant!
Her technique is the easiest and most painless way to learn the language!

I spent 6 months learning Spanish using comprehensible input with great success (preparing for an extended stay there) and was looking for something similar for French. I found Alice’s Youtube videos and was impressed so signed up. She’s an excellent teacher and is very likeable. Acquisition is definitely the best way to learn any language and I highly recommend this course.

Alice Ayel’s “Le français naturellement” is a wonderful program for acquiring French. I started the Baby stage about four months ago and now I am able to understand most of what I hear and read as I progress through the beginner’s program. Alice is a wonderful and fun teacher. Her stories are amusing and memorable. There are so many ways to improve understanding — written stories, audio, drawings, podcasts and input from fellow students. I have joined a couple of her group zoom conversations and enjoyed the experience immensely. I hope to be able to participate in her immersion adventure in Pau in the future.

I registered in her program because I wanted to refresh my high school French but I didn’t want to spend time memorizing vocabulary or grammar rules. Alice’s natural way of learning — just as we learned our native languages as babies — is revolutionary. I am so happy to have discovered Le Francais Naturellement and I’m looking forward to making more progress. I highly recommend her program for anyone interested in learning or improving French (or other languages) in an active, interesting and enjoyable way.

I’m learning my 3rd language, French. I learned Spanish and some Portuguese using the traditional route, grammar rules and memorization. It’s a grind and not fun at all.

I’d started learning French the same way and, to be honest, was not enjoying it and didn’t feel that I was making much progress. Somehow, I don’t remember, I stumbled onto Alice’s site … thankfully!

Learning French the natural way, through repetition and story telling is fantastic. Now, I understand a lot of French and can put together my thoughts, in French, without thinking about the grammar. Sure, I still make mistakes, but that’s part of the learning.

The online community and video meetings are fun, helpful, and interactive. There is no stress to “perform”, no tests to take, etc. Of course, it’s not magic, you’ll still have to put in some time reading easy books about things that interest you, or reading the many entertaining French stories found on her website. I love it!

So, if you’ve thought about learning French, or have tried before but failed, I would suggest that you give this a try. The membership prices are very reasonable and the environment is pretty rich!

Just joined but have read and listened and I can tell this is a great way to learn!

Like many people, I tried apps, books, podcasts and YouTube videos to learn French. They weren’t working. When I first saw Alice on YouTube, I dubbed her “the lady with the white board and corny stories for kids.” It looked amusing, but not a way to learn a language. Boy was I wrong.

After watching her set of 8 YouTube videos on acquiring French the natural way (Re: Stephen Krashen, Beniko Mason and Comprehensible Input) I was hooked. Plus, the subscription was so cheap I figured I had little to lose.

Quelle coïncidence, quelle chance ! that the same morning I subscribed, I stumbled on a live online meeting of community members chatting and reading stories. It was so much fun, and that was just the first day!

I thoroughly enjoyed working my way through the levels and supplemental stories on the site, while attending online community meetings every chance I got. There are meetings to read, meetings to chat, meetings with Alice and meetings to delve deeper into the content. A year later and the site is still a part of my everyday life. Plus, I now have friends from all around the world with whom I connect regularly online.

As Alice will tell you, the French language has a flow and a musicality to it that you just can’t get through an app designed around games and quizzes. Instead, let your brain do the work naturally. By listening and listening and listening to COMPREHENSIBLE stories your brain can’t help but pick it up. You can ACQUIRE the language if you just give it a try.

I’ve been studying french off and on for about 6 years, but never found a course or app that held my attention or that really committed to the ‘comprehensible input’ approach. This approach is used very successfully by Alice and it helps the student attach meaning to the words and sounds without translating it back to their mother tongue.

Currently I am only about half way through the courses, placing me in the Teen Stage. But every thing so far has been far more focused and helpful for me than what I’ve tried before.

Additionally there are plenty of supplementary materials for reading and listening! It really is a wealth of content all designed to solidify your French skills.

Alice uses the “comprehensible input”method to teach French. This means – all of her lessons are conducted in French. There is 0 English (except maybe in a couple of pre-lessons). As you go through the stages, you build on knowledge from previous lessons, and eventually you find yourself understanding the language.
It really works, but you have to be patient. Alice manages to make each lesson very interesting, and sets the tone. She speaks slowly and clearly (speeding up slightly in the later stages). If you don’t really want to learn French, but need to pass an example (grammar etc), this isn’t the course for you. If you want to learn the language. To be able to watch TV shows in French, and have some level of fluency, this course will be a good starting place. It is probably a bit too easy if you are already ‘advanced’ or fluent. But from beginner to intermediate, it’s extremely good. The only downside, I can think of.. It would be really nice if we could “Cast” the lessons to Chromecast (or similar).

Learning French with no pressure and no memorization is such a nice change from other methods I have tried when learning French. They use simple sentences that build your vocabulary gradually through repetition, drawings, colors, and emphases on new vocabulary words. Each new story builds from the previous story which helps to recall words or phrases already heard and adds on new words or phrases. It’s exactly the method of learning a language that I have been searching for but could not find anywhere until now. Thank you!

I am enjoying this learning platform. I love the solo option. I can take my time and process this beautiful language. Customer service has been so helpful. I highly recommend this program and I am so thankful for what they offer.

I love it! Thank you Alice.
Je l’aime! Merci beaucoup Alice.

I have always wanted to learn a language, and now at 65 years old, I find myself enjoying this journey. Alice makes it all fun and without stress. I am so grateful to this program!!

Love these videos! They’ve been super helpful in my French acquisition process and are just what I’ve been looking for. Thank you so much Alice! You’re the best.

The content and the methodology are really good. Thanks. Just one suggestion. While listening to stories, it would be really helpful to have a “floating” button on the page (which can float as we scroll the page) to pause and play the audio. This will help to pause the audio anywhere in the text and look for meanings or to reflect.

It is a learning Method is highly effective for beginners aiming to reach a B level proficiency. This approach provides a comprehensive range of materials to facilitate an immersive language learning experience. Tailored for optimal results, it caters to the diverse needs of learners, making it an excellent choice for those embarking on their language learning journey.

I have every day used that site. The is very helpful for my.

When nothing else seemed to work for me to be able to get started learning French, this did and felt nearly effortless. Truly life changing. Merci !

Great resource for french comprehensible input and language acquisition!

I was returning to re-watch videos to help reinforce what I had learned from watching them the first time. Alice is a great instructor, she makes the lessons fun and interesting.

Alice’s approach to learning French is natural and enjoyable. Start at the baby stage and move up. Don’t hesitate to listen to the same story more than once. It’s worth the time. And have fun learning naturally.

A fantastic program of learning based on natural language acquisition. They continue to add more and more resources and lessons.

I am finding these videos and the audio from Alice absolutely incredible. With excellent explanation and didatics I am sure I can not only understand but also learning the history of France in more detail and in an attractive way. First class.

A very easy and enjoyable way to learn French.

Very nice contents for learning French effortlessly & joyfully…contents are very organized and can be marked as played or unplayed…Alice is a wonderful teacher; she & her husband made a great efforts to bring such an easy and amusing experience of learning through the best collection of stories and historical events that widened your knowledge of French language, history and culture.
Thanks Alice & thanks for everyone in your awesome community.

I had done a lot of the other usual approaches to learning French and was feeling very frustrated. After finding AliceAyel.com I immediately increased my reading and comprehension knowledge. I have done all the available stages (adult twice) and now I am going through the senior stories for a second time and am reading some of the books from where the excerpts come. I eagerly await the Senior stage. My oral abilities are slowly improving too. Love the method!

Love Alices’ method of learning French. I have been listening to her stories for over a month aleady and I have learned so much. She has a special way of reaching across other cultures and reviving our appreciation of France, it’s language, and it’s history which is so needed especially in the days we are living. Liberté, égalité, fraternite. Vive Le France!

I joined this community a month ago and am thoroughly enjoying Alice’s lessons and all of the other resources. Although I am able to speak French at a low intermediate level, I followed her recommendation and started at the Baby Stage. I am glad that I did! The lessons and stories have been interesting and have built my confidence. Alice weaves French history, culture and everyday life into her lessons and stories. They are accessible to beginners and allow one to naturally acquire the language. I have told many of my friends about the website. It’s fun and it works! Now I have “graduated” to the Infant Stage 🙂

Mon expérience avec le site est extrêmement bonne. Pour peu d’argent, vous obtenez une grand quantité de matériel d’étude pour aider vous a maitriser le français en peu de temps.
Meine Erfahrungen mit dieser Website sind sehr gut. Für wenig Geld bekommt man eine riesige Menge an Lernmaterial, das einem hilft, Französisch in kurzer Zeit zu beherrschen.

THE BEST teacher & coach I know for acquiring French naturally through Comprehensible Input. Her creative talents, her innovative approach & dedication to this method of acquiring French never ceases to amaze me. The techniques Alice uses to get the gist across so one does truly comprehend & retain is solid & fun, as is her website. The resources available to Subscribed Community Members seems endless. Merci Alice

This is such a rich source of comprehensible input for learning French. I really appreciated that the resources start from absolute beginner, because although I have learnt French in the past, at school and as an adult, my French knowledge felt shaky. Going back to the beginning and being able to relax and watch video stories and fully understand them, built my confidence over time.

Perfect for learning French naturally – Alice has made a fantastic site. There’s so much content on the site in addition to the wonderful videos, and it’s updated regularly. Alice is such a good story teller, and she introduces vocabulary repeatedly and over time so you acquire the words naturally. I’ve really enjoyed the site and would highly recommend to anyone who’s learning French.