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

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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.

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Ep01 - Overcome your fear of speaking now

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

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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.

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Ep02 - Sound like a native#1 - The R sound

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

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Ep03 - How to introduce yourself like a native

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

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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. 

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Ep04 - Risqué pronunciation - The mistakes you must avoid

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 article + noun, we use “c’est”. If you chose correctly, let me know in the comments too!

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Ep06 - French Essentials#1 - Stop confusing C'est and Il est

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 the French Blabla podcast! 

This podcast is for you and your French journey, I'm really interested in knowing what you would like me to cover in the next episodes. Is there a grammar point or a situation that you're curious about? Something you learnt at school you'd like me to frenchify? Please tell me your ideas in the comment section :)

A très vite pour un nouvel épisode,

Caroline

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Ep07 - Asking questions about work like a native

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 hesitate to share with me in the comment section.

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Ep08 - Essentials#2 - Stop confusing Bon and Bien

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

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Ep10 - The Guide to Love

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

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L'heure du conte

L'heure du conte - 01 - Le Petit Chaperon Rouge

Coucou à tous,

Did you like the first part of the Fairytale series? If you've missed it, click here and let's do the first part together. I hope it was helpful to you and that le passé composé is crystal-clear. Today we will focus on a new fairytale, less famous than le Petit Chaperon Rouge. With it, we will study our second past tense: l'imparfait. How we use it is very different than with our other past tense and the study guide that I made will help you practice.

Share your memories in the comment section

In the study guide, there’s a new creative exercise for you to do. If you’d like me to have a look at it, please share it in the comment section. This time you won't have to make a story, you'll be invited to share some childhood memories. I'm really looking forward to sharing with you on the blog.

Stay tuned for the final part of the Fairy Tale series where we’ll cover how to use the passé composé and l'imparfait together.

A très vite,

L'heure du conte - 02 - Les trois souhaits

Bonjour à tous,

Welcome to the fifteenth episode of the French Blabla podcast where we will cover tips to increase your fluency while boosting your way of learning. This episode is the first part of a two parts series in which we will study how to speak a more natural French through common transformations. This episode is aimed at beginners with easy and instantly actionable tips that will improve your French in under 8 minutes. Stay tuned!

In this Episode

The smooshing comes back
Three tips to sound more natural
Improve your listening skills
A dictation challenge

Join the dictation challenge in the comment section

In the episode, I challenged you with three smooshed sentences where I applied all the tips that we learnt today. Will you be able to recognize the transformations and write what I said in the comment section?

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Ep15 - How to litter your French like a native #1

Bonjour à tous,

Welcome to the sixteenth episode of the French Blabla podcast where we will cover tips to increase your fluency while boosting your way of learning. This episode is the second part of how to litter your French like a native and is geared towards intermediate and advanced learners. Click here if you miss the first part aimed at beginners and learn some instant actionable tips for a more natural French. Today we'll learn the bad grammar that French people use. Stay tuned!

In this Episode

Bad grammar French people use
One of the most important notion for a natural French
Some listening practice

Ep16 - How to litter your French like a native #2

Coucou à tous,

Did you like the second part of the Fairytale series? I hope it was helpful to you and that l'imparfait is crystal-clear. Today is the final part of our Fairytale series where we will cover the trickiest part of past tenses: how to combine them together in a sentence. You will find plenty of exercises in the study guide but if you have questions, the comment section is all yours.

Share your text in the comment section

In the study guide, there's a creative exercise for you to do. If you'd like me to have a look at it, please share it in the comment section. It will be very interesting to read the text you wrote for your movie clip. Don't forget to share the link along with the text so that I can check it.

A très vite,

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L'heure du conte - 03 - Estula

Welcome to the seventeenth episode of the French Blabla podcast where we will cover tips to increase your fluency while boosting your way of learning. I come back with a new episode in the French essentials series. If you haven't checked the two other episodes, click here to end the confusion between "bon" et "bien" and here for the difference between "c'est" and "il est". Today we will study the differences between the verbs "connaître" and "savoir". You will also discover the magic recipe to always know which one to use. Stay tuned!

In this Episode

A magic rule to always know between your "Connaître" and your "savoir"
A special use of the verb "connaître"
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 hesitate to share with me in the comment section.

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Ep17 - French Essentials #3 - Stop confusing Connaître and Savoir

Christmas is almost here, it's the perfect time to celebrate the holiday with a tale. Today, we will learn together how to write a card or a message to your loved ones for the New Year and for Christmas. We will also see some useful Christmas decoration vocabulary. A study guide is of course waiting for you so that you can practice our special holiday phrases.

Share your wishes in the comment section

In the study guide, there’s a creative exercise for you to do. If you’d like me to have a look at it, please share it in the comment section. Let's send our best wishes to each other for the holidays. I can’t wait!

Joyeux Noël à tous,



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L'heure du conte - Pierre et le cadeau de Noël

Welcome to the eighteenth episode of the French Blabla podcast where we will cover tips to increase your fluency while boosting your way of learning. In this new episode we meet Nicole, one of my relatives and she will talk about her hobbies and what she likes doing during the weekends. Through our conversation, we’ll learn how to talk about our activities but also we will study some fluency tips to improve your listening skills. Stay tuned!

In this Episode

Talk about likes and dislikes
Learn the vocabulary of hobbies
Discover the French culture
A challenge for you to shine


Tell me about your hobbies in the comment section

Now is your turn to tell me about your hobbies! With the help of the vocabulary and grammar that you’ve learnt in the study guide, write a few lines about what you like doing and what you don't like doing on weekends. I’ll be waiting for you in the comment section. I can’t wait to discover a bit more about you!

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Ep18 - What do you do on weekends - Let's talk about hobbies

Welcome to the nineteenth episode of the French Blabla podcast where we will cover tips to increase your fluency while boosting your way of learning. In this new episode we will meet Louis and we will have a talk about his family. As he's from Corsica, you will notice that his accent is different from Nicole's.  Through our conversation, we’ll learn how to talk about our family and then it will be your turn. Stay tuned!

In this Episode

Discover a new French accent
Learn the vocabulary of the family
French culture nugget
A challenge for you to shine

Tell me about your relatives in the comment section

Now is your turn to tell me about the people close to you. With the help of the vocabulary and grammar that you’ve learnt in the study guide, write a few lines about the members of your family. I’ll be waiting for you in the comment section. I can’t wait to discover a bit more about you!

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Ep19 - Let's talk about your family

Welcome to the twentieth episode of the French Blabla podcast where we will cover tips to increase your fluency while boosting your way of learning. In episode 9, we discovered why French was difficult to understand. If you haven't listened to this episode or if you don't remember, I suggest you go listen. Today, we will learn about the second reason why French is difficult to understand and it's because of filler words that are used extensively when we speak. In this episode, I'll share with you two filler words and how to use them like a native. Stay tuned!

In this Episode

Two filler words to give more life to your conversations
Sound like a native
A cheat sheet to download with the tips from today’s episode

Share your comments in the comment section

Do you have any other fillers or puzzling words that you struggle with? Is there something that you can’t seem to master no matter how hard you try? Don’t hesitate to share with me in the comment section.

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Ep20 - Two filler words you haven't learnt at school

Welcome to the twenty-first episode of the French Blabla podcast where we will cover tips to increase your fluency while boosting your way of learning. In this new episode we will talk about eating and I will share with you an easy French recipe that I like. We’ll learn how to talk about our food and discover a new tense to help you share your local recipes. Stay tuned!

In this Episode

The imperative tense
Learn the vocabulary of cooking
French culture nugget
A challenge for you to shine

Tell me about your favourite recipe in the comment section

Now is your turn to tell me about the things you like to eat. With the help of the vocabulary and grammar that you’ve learnt in the study guide, share with me a recipe from your country or your favourite recipe. I’ll be waiting for you in the comment section. I can’t wait to discover a bit more about you!

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Ep21 - What's your favourite recipe?

Bonjour à tous !
Welcome to the French Blabla podcast where you'll find tips to increase your fluency while boosting your way of learning. 
If you're fed up with boring grammar books or tired of speaking an artificial French, far from how natives speak, then this podcast is for you.
Whether you're studying French or another foreign language, we will cover a wide range of topics that will help you in your learning journey.

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