French Blabla

Bonjour à tous, Welcome to the eleventh episode of the French Blabla podcast where we will cover tips to increase your fluency while boosting your way of learning. This episode is once again inspired by one of my advanced student who told me a story of an embarrassing situation she experienced in a shop in Paris. She was shocked that nobody told her about that. Today we’re going to study together the real French manners when you go to shops so that you don’t have to experience what my student did. Stay tuned! In this Episode A common French attitude Learn the real French etiquette Stop saying “je voudrais” Some listening practice Share your anecdotes in the comment section Have something like that ever happened to you? Have you ever found yourself in a situation you didn’t understand? How did you react? If you have some embarrassing or funny stories to share, I’ll be delighted to read them. I’ll be waiting for you in the comment section. Music by bensound.com

Coucou à tous, I hope everything is going as great for you as for me. I’m thrilled to introduce you with this post to a new segment of my podcast. I will, of course, continue to do the normal episodes with my tips to improve your fluency. I have, however, decided to expand a bit and to create a new series that will teach you French. We will start with the three parts Fairy tale series that will help you master the past tenses. For each part, you will find the audio of the story and a study guide with everything you need from grammar to exercises to learn these tenses. Go to my website to download the study guide. http://frenchteachercaro.wordpress.com Music by bensound.com

Salut à tous, Welcome to the tenth episode of the French Blabla podcast where we will cover tips to increase your fluency while boosting your way of learning. This episode is inspired by one of my Conversation student who keeps using the phrase “je l’aime”. I realized that even though the verb “aimer” is one of the first we learn and seems very easy to use, it can be tricky to master. This verb has a lot of nuances and we will study them today so that you can really express your feelings accurately. Stay tuned! In this Episode Learn how to avoid this common mistake The multiple shades of love A cheat sheet with bonus phrases A challenge for you to shine Music by bensound.com

Salut à tous, Welcome to the ninth episode of the French Blabla podcast where we will cover tips to increase your fluency while boosting your way of learning. Today we tackle the biggest challenge French learners face, that is understanding when people talk. Pronunciation in all our study books doesn't come close to what we hear in the streets. There are a few reasons for that and today we will study 3 tips to boost your listening skills. Stay tuned! In this Episode Tips to sound more natural 3 listening skills boosters The reason why you struggle to understand French people A challenge for you to shine Share your answers in the comment section The number 2 is particularly tough as there are a lot of "e" in the sentence. It will help you to count the pronounced syllables. If you haven't joined my Twitter, there's still time. You will find more resources and challenges to improve your French! Music by bensound.com

Bonjour à tous, Welcome to the eight episode of the French Blabla podcast where we will cover tips to increase your fluency while boosting your way of learning. Let's start 2016 with some French! I wish you all the best for this new year and I hope you will fill it with language learning. To kick-start it, today we will cover two words that learners usually don't really know how to use. We will cover tips to choose wisely and to understand why we use what we use depending on the situation. Stay tuned! In this Episode Mistakes to avoid Cheat words to swap to instantly know which word to use A cheat sheet to download with the tips from today’s episode A challenge for you to shine Share your answers in the comment section I’m really looking forward to your answers to my little challenge. After a few contributions, I will post the answer to the quizz. Do you have any other pairs or puzzling grammatical use that you struggle with? Is there something that you can’t seem to master no matter how hard you try? Don’t h

Bonjour à tous, Welcome to the seventh episode of the French Blabla podcast where we will cover tips to increase your fluency while boosting your way of learning. I know that in my previous post, I told you that this episode would be the second part of my French Essentials serie, but I changed my mind in the mean time and really wanted to do a follow-up of the third episode where we talked about introducing ourselves like real French people. I thought that doing a single episode about self-introduction and basically about proper French social chit-chat wasn't enough. As for the last episode, do you remember my little challenge? I would like to thank Elias, Ruth, and Danielle for their answers. You did great and right! Congrats to the 3 of you. I'm so happy you joined me here. In this Episode Which phrases are real French and which aren't How to be polite even where you're not interested How to ask for details gracefully A cheat sheet to download with the tips from today’s episode Choose what will be next on t

Bonjour à tous, Welcome to the sixth episode of the French Blabla podcast where we will cover tips to increase your fluency while boosting your way of learning. This episode was created hearing my advanced students make this mistake over and over again. I’ve decided that it was time to end the confusion and help choose correctly between the two constructions. In today’s episode, you will see that it’s a trap easy to avoid. We will cover tips to choose wisely and to understand why we use what we use depending on the situation. Stay tuned! In this Episode Real tips and explanations Use the two constructions like a boss A cheat sheet to download with the tips from today’s episode A challenge for you to shine Share your answers in the comment section I’m really looking forward to your answers to my little challenge. After a few contributions, I will post the answer to the quizz. Oh and by the way, you remember the question I asked you in the episode, I hope you chose “c’est une fille”! Don’t forget that with an a

Bonjour à tous, Welcome to the fifth episode of the French Blabla podcast where we will cover tips to increase your fluency while boosting your way of learning. This episode was created in collaboration with our friends at Takelessons.com and you can find the original post by clicking here. You will get extra tips on how to create the subjunctive. I was super excited to be contacted to create an episode for them. I'm also really happy I had the chance to meet the friendly Megan. In today's episode we will talk about the least favourite tense of French learners: the dreaded subjunctive. We will cover tips to avoid using it but also how to sound like a native when you do use it. Stay tuned! In this Episode 4 tips to avoid using the subjunctive Learn how to sound like a native using subjunctive A cheat sheet to download with the tips from today's episode (on my website) Share you story in the comments Which tense is the worst for you? Which phrases would you like to know how to use better? I would love to hear a

Welcome to the fourth episode of the French Blabla podcast where we will cover tips to increase your fluency while boosting your way of learning. In today's episode, I will share with you a shameful moment of my English journey and you will discover some words that you should pronounce correctly if you don't want to get offended looks, or if you don't want to put yourself in an awkward situation. In this Episode Why I was so embarrassed on that fateful night The words you really shouldn't mispronounce Expressions that are definitely not transparent Share you story in the comments What words or expressions have you used that got you some weird looks? Do you have an embarrassing moment that happened in your learning journey? I would love to hear about it. Music by bensound.com

Welcome to the third episode of the French Blabla podcast where we will cover tips to increase your fluency while boosting your way of learning. In today's episode, we will go back to the first lesson ever that you took in French. You remember when you learnt how to introduce yourself? I'm sure you only repeated "Je m'appelle" and I'm afraid this is not what natives would say. In this Episode Ways to introduce yourself Say bye bye to artificial French How to behave when you meet somebody Music by bensound.com

Welcome to the second episode of French Blabla podcast where we will cover tips to increase your fluency while boosting your way of learning. In today's episode, we will talk about the most difficult sound of the French language, that is to say our R sound. Feared by many of you, after this episode, you will know all there is to know about it and you will have the tools to face this sound! In this Episode Reasons you can't pronounce R in every word A step by step guide to pronounce the R sound How to create your personalized drills Share your story in comments below We've all been struggling with pronunciation and it can be so frustrating not to be able to sound the way we want. Try to do the exercises and tell me if it helped. Which position of the R is the most difficult to you? I would love to hear about it. Music by bensound.com

Welcome to the first episode of French Blabla podcast where we will cover tips to increase your fluency while boosting your way of learning. In today's episode, we will talk about a situation that every learner has faced at least once. It can be a real plague for some of us and prevent us from reaching our full potential. Today is the day you will discover how to overcome your fear of speaking. In this Episode Reasons we get blocked and paralyzed when speaking a foreign language Why the recurrent advice "go face your fear" doesn't work Why active listening will improve your communication 8 practical tips to definitely get rid of fear Share your story in comments below We've all felt this way at one point in our learning journey. What are the situations when you feel anxious and blocked? What do you do to overcome your fear? I would love to hear about it. Music by Bensound.com