French family dinner: Conversations for Beginners

Learn about dinner conversations and making plans in French.   French family dinner: Conversations for Beginners Welcome back to French Conversations for Beginners; Week 2 Episode 2. Learn how to have family dinner conversations in French. Today we’ll discuss French family dinner conversations had at the table. This is a major part of French culture,… Read More French family dinner: Conversations for Beginners

Free Language Learning: Notebooks

Free Language Learning with Notebooks Check out these completely free ways to learn a language. I am a huge proponent of task-based language learning. While grammar, structures and vocabulary are important, you can’t communicate immediately if you set the focus there. When learning is task-based, you are learning how to communicate in real situations in… Read More Free Language Learning: Notebooks

‘You are ill’ in French: Conversation for Beginners

‘You are ill’ in French: Conversation for Beginners Welcome to Everyday French Conversations for Beginners: Week 2 Episode 1. Let’s talk about the pharmacy. We’ll start with a dialogue where the American is not feeling well and is speaking to a pharmacist. There are a few helpful several words and phrases in French to use… Read More ‘You are ill’ in French: Conversation for Beginners

Breakfast in French: Conversations for Beginners

Breakfast in French: Conversations for Beginners Welcome to Everyday French Conversations for Beginners: Episode 6. This episode has one double entendre explained in context (possibly explicit). Learn language get breakfast at the bakery in French. We’ll talk about the bakery, a place to get French breakfast and food such as sandwiches, baguettes, candies, cakes, Christmas… Read More Breakfast in French: Conversations for Beginners

Food in French: Conversations for Beginners

Food in French: Conversations for Beginners Welcome to Everyday French Conversations for Beginners Week 1 Episode 5. Today, we will learn to shop for food in French. Let’s talk about easy grocery shopping: going to the supermarket and asking quick questions about food: (01:50) Supermarket conversation in French. (02:38) How to pronounce, “And a kilo… Read More Food in French: Conversations for Beginners

Learn speaking French: Conversations for Beginners

Learn speaking French language to navigate the train station. Learn speaking French: Conversations for Beginners Welcome to Everyday French Conversations for Beginners. Learn speaking French language to navigate at the train station. You can’t rely on every train station sign in France, since trains are sometimes cancelled unexpectedly at the last minute, or there are… Read More Learn speaking French: Conversations for Beginners

Travel in a French city: Conversations for Beginners

Travel in a French city: More Getting Around in French Welcome back to French Conversations for Beginners; Episode 3. We’ll learn a few more key travel phrases so you don’t get lost in a French city!  You can’t always count on Google Maps. You might not have cellphone data (or a charged battery) when traveling.… Read More Travel in a French city: Conversations for Beginners