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Should you learn “bad” or “wrong” French to be able to communicate?

When learning a foreign language, like French, should you stick to clean, textbooks French, playing by the official rules, or should you also learn its wrong usages, like incorrect use…

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Learning French with video games

Video games can be a great source of comprehensible input for French learners. They teach you new words and expressions in a fun context. Here are some tips to choose…

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French inclusive writing explained to learners

Inclusive writing (l'écriture inclusive) hasn't been (yet?) approved by the Académie française but it does appear in more and more media, books, websites, even at school. If you're learning French,…

Learning French on your own

Learning French by mining sentences from comprehensible input

In order to learn French by acquisition or immersion, you can use comprehensible input suitable for your level. This comprehensible content can be books, videos, articles, movies, series, podcasts... anything…

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How to find Substack publications in French to practice reading

Substack is a great place to find free content to practice reading French. However, it's not always easy to find publications in French, as there is currently no language filter…

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How to find free French ebooks

You're learning French and you'd like to find longer, richer material to practice reading? Once you've tackled news articles, blog posts and short stories, the next step is immersing yourself…

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How to easily find French speaking Youtube channels to practice comprehensible input

Immersion is the best way to get your hears used to a foreign language and to learn natural, authentic sentence structures and expressions. If you can't visit a country where…

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Authentic and modern professional written conversations in French

In French courses and manuals, conversation examples are not really natural. For example, nowadays, professional conversations are ways less formal than what you can learn from school and classes. When…

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Talking and writing about one’s hobbies in French

In order to remember new words in French, it's useful to read them several times, in different contexts, but using and writing them also greatly helps. That's why journaling is…

Learning French on your own

Using gen AI to learn French: how to do it well

How to use Artificial Intelligence (AI), and services like ChatGPT, Copilot or DeepL, to learn French or another foreign language? In this post, I share good practices and attention points…