After many years of developing and harnessing her language-teaching skills with The French Ecole, Alexa has now created an audio treat for people who wish to learn a new language from scratch, without any pressure, in fun, relaxed, and manageable chunks.
Highlights of lesson 45: Alexa wraps up the course with a review of the last two interviews, a tense review, relative pronouns, her final thoughts and all the usual bits and bobs.
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After many years of developing and harnessing her language-teaching skills with The French Ecole, Alexa has now created an audio treat for people who wish to learn a new language from scratch, without any pressure, in fun, relaxed, and manageable chunks.
Highlights of lesson 44: Alexa introduces the final part of the interview with Samia & Aurelie with more questions and analysis. Plus, there’s a picture description exercise, the idiom “poser un lapin à quelqu’un”, and all the usual bits and bobs.
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After many years of developing and harnessing her language-teaching skills with The French Ecole, Alexa has now created an audio treat for people who wish to learn a new language from scratch, without any pressure, in fun, relaxed, and manageable chunks.
Highlights of lesson 43: AAlexa introduces the second part of the interview with Samia with more questions and analysis. Plus, there’s a tense transformation exercise, the idiom “faire un chèque en bois”, and all the usual bits and bobs.
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After many years of developing and harnessing her language-teaching skills with The French Ecole, Alexa has now created an audio treat for people who wish to learn a new language from scratch, without any pressure, in fun, relaxed, and manageable chunks.
Highlights of lesson 42: Alexa introduces a brand new listening comprehension (with gapfill exercise, questions and translation) based on a great and rather tricky interview with Samia. Plus, there’s a dictation exercise, the idiom “manger de la vache enragée”, and all the usual bits and bobs.
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After many years of developing and harnessing her language-teaching skills with The French Ecole, Alexa has now created an audio treat for people who wish to learn a new language from scratch, without any pressure, in fun, relaxed, and manageable chunks.
Highlights of lesson 41: Alexa completes the listening comprehension exercise with the third part of the interview from the previous two lessons. Plus, tense revision, more useful vocabulary on the subject of hiring a gîte in France, the idiom “être branché”, and all the usual bits and bobs.
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After many years of developing and harnessing her language-teaching skills with The French Ecole, Alexa has now created an audio treat for people who wish to learn a new language from scratch, without any pressure, in fun, relaxed, and manageable chunks.
Highlights of lesson 40: Alexa introduces a listening comprehension exercise based on the second part of lesson 39’s interview, as well as continuing with the dreaded subjonctif présent. Plus, more useful vocabulary on the subject of “music”, the idiom: “c’est la goutte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase”, and all the usual bits and bobs.
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After many years of developing and harnessing her language-teaching skills with The French Ecole, Alexa has now created an audio treat for people who wish to learn a new language from scratch, without any pressure, in fun, relaxed, and manageable chunks.
Highlights of lesson 39: Alexa introduces a listening comprehension exercise based on the first part of an interview with two French people, as well as continuing with the dreaded subjonctif présent. Plus, more useful vocabulary on the subject of “sports”, the idiom: avoir les jetons, and all the usual bits and bobs.
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After many years of developing and harnessing her language-teaching skills with The French Ecole, Alexa has now created an audio treat for people who wish to learn a new language from scratch, without any pressure, in fun, relaxed, and manageable chunks.
Highlights of lesson 38: Alexa introduces the dreaded “subjonctif présent” as well as a great listening comprehension on a passage from Le fantôme de l’opéra by Gaston Leroux. Plus, more useful vocabulary, the idiom: Chercher la petite bête, and all the usual bits and bobs.
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After many years of developing and harnessing her language-teaching skills with The French Ecole, Alexa has now created an audio treat for people who wish to learn a new language from scratch, without any pressure, in fun, relaxed, and manageable chunks.
Highlights of lesson 37: another really tricky dialogue between Alexa, Aurélie and Martine; a general ‘tense revision’ exercise; more idiomatic language and language to help you buy things in shops; plus all the usual bits and bobs.
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After many years of developing and harnessing her language-teaching skills with The French Ecole, Alexa has now created an audio treat for people who wish to learn a new language from scratch, without any pressure, in fun, relaxed, and manageable chunks.
Highlights of lesson 36: a very tricky dialogue between three people; introducing the past conditional; more idiomatic language; plus all the usual bits and bobs.
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Adult French Lessons 31 to 45
14 juillet 2010
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