39 episodes

Do you want to improve your listening skills and comprehension of the French as it is spoken in France?

You’re right, it’s very motivating to understand well when someone talks to you.

With Cultivate Your French podcast, things go smoothly.

First, I, Laetitia, read the text that I have chosen from One Thing in a French Day slowly, with clear articulation.

Then I read the text to you at a normal speed.

Cultivate your French - Slow French Laetitia Perraut

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Do you want to improve your listening skills and comprehension of the French as it is spoken in France?

You’re right, it’s very motivating to understand well when someone talks to you.

With Cultivate Your French podcast, things go smoothly.

First, I, Laetitia, read the text that I have chosen from One Thing in a French Day slowly, with clear articulation.

Then I read the text to you at a normal speed.

    203 — Nice : rencontres et médailles — mercredi 13 mars 2024

    203 — Nice : rencontres et médailles — mercredi 13 mars 2024

    Last weekend, I was in Nice for the French traditional kung fu championships. Nice is one of the sunniest towns in France, but not last weekend. It rained a lot. My friend Anthony and I travelled by train. Lomine came by plane. The three of us had put a lot of work into preparing for this competition with our teacher Xie Han. The competitions are also an opportunity to meet other participants. I met Célia who was competing in the same taolu (sequence) as me, but in a different age category. 
    Lomine, Anthony and I returned to Paris on Sunday with medals, some of them gold.  




    In the notes that come with the transcripts, you’ll find a phrase to repeat aloud, a phrase that I’ve chosen for you in the text and I’ll explain why I chose this particular phrase. The repeating phase is a very interesting exercise because it works on several levels. First of all, you’re speaking French because you’re repeating the sentence out loud. Secondly, the phrase I’ve chosen often requires rhythm, so you’re practising speaking with the right rhythm. Finally, I’ve also chosen this sentence for its syntax. By repeating the sentence, you train your brain to feel the construction of the sentence. 


    Of course, I’ll also pick out a few expressions or turns of phrase that are very natural in French. 


    So, to get a feel for French, receive the text by email each time an episode is released, and enjoy all the positive effects of having the exact text of the episode, you could subscribe to the Cultivate Your French transcript at www.cultivateyoufrench.com.


    The subscription costs 4 euros a month and each new subscriber receives the 10 latest episodes.

    • 8 min
    202 — Légers changements — mercredi 5 mars 2023

    202 — Légers changements — mercredi 5 mars 2023

    There are new objects in my life at the moment. Their presence and the changes in habits they imply make my life slightly different, and that ’slightly’ feels good. 
    There’s the chest of drawers in our bedroom, a large oak chest of drawers. There’s also the handbag I recently bought from Nat&Nin on boulevard Beaumarchais. A choice that Micaela and Lisa, who were with me that day, the day we went to the Pavillon de l’Arsenal, ’validated’, as they say. 


    In the notes that come with the transcript, you’ll find the sentence to repeat aloud. It’s a sentence I’ve chosen and I’ll explain why. 
    There will also be a series of practical phrases for talking about what’s new and old in French. 


    So, to give your French a new lease of life,receive the text by email each time an episode is released, and enjoy all the positive effects of having the exact text of the episode, you could subscribe to the Cultivate Your French transcript at www.cultivateyoufrench.com.

    The subscription costs 4 euros a month and each new subscriber receives the 10 latest episodes.

    • 7 min
    201 — Le pavillon de l’Arsenal — mercredi 28 février 2024

    201 — Le pavillon de l’Arsenal — mercredi 28 février 2024

    Last week, Micaela, Lisa and I spent a day in Paris. We started by shopping at the Forum des Halles, before heading to the Bastille district for lunch and a visit to an exhibition. The exhibition was at the Pavillon de l’Arsenal, a beautiful nineteenth-century building now dedicated to urban design in Paris. 
    It’s this exhibition that I’m going to tell you about. 
    In the notes that come with the transcript, there will be a sentence to repeat aloud, a sentence that I’ve chosen for you and I’ll explain why. There will also be all the turns of phrase used in the text to describe and explain. Be careful, once you start to notice them, you’ll see them more and more, and you might be tempted to improve your French!

    So to Cultivate Your French, receive the text by email each time an episode is released, and enjoy all the positive effects of having the exact text of the episode, you could subscribe to the transcript at www.cultivateyoufrench.com.

    The subscription costs 4 euros a month and each new subscriber receives the 10 latest episodes.

    • 9 min
    200 — Lisa s’est fait percer les oreilles chez Nico — mercredi 21 février 2024

    200 — Lisa s’est fait percer les oreilles chez Nico — mercredi 21 février 2024

    My daughter Lisa, fourteen years old, dreamt of having her ears pierced. Around here, there’s one name that comes up all the time for ear piercing, and that’s Nico. It’s not the same atmosphere as at the jeweller’s, but the technique is much gentler and very professional. In fact, Nico is a star - people come from far and wide to have them pierced by him. Today, I’m going to tell you what it was like for Lisa. 


    In the notes that come with the transcript, we’re going to focus on three little phrases in the text that are very natural in French and whose construction is very useful for conversation in French. 


    So to Cultivate Your French, receive the text by email each time an episode is released, and enjoy all the positive effects of having the exact text of the episode, you could subscribe to the transcript at www.cultivateyoufrench.com.

    The subscription costs 4 euros a month and each new subscriber receives the 10 latest episodes.

    • 5 min
    CYF 199 — Quel est ce chien qui aboie? —mercredi 14 février 2024

    CYF 199 — Quel est ce chien qui aboie? —mercredi 14 février 2024

    The other day, when Lisa left for school after lunch, I heard a dog barking. I thought this was strange because there are no dogs on our floor. On the first floor, there’s a quiet little dog called Lana. And there are also two dogs living with a family. 
    But there are other dogs in our building. I’m going to introduce them to you in this episode. 
    And we’re going to find out who the dog on our floor was, thanks to Lisa. 
    In the notes that come with the transcript, we’ll notice together at the place of adjectives in sentences, and I’ll tell you about my theory of the adjective carriage. 


    So if you’d like to ride with us, please subscribe. So to Cultivate Your French, receive the text by email each time an episode is released, and enjoy all the positive effects of having the exact text of the episode, you could subscribe to the transcript at www.cultivateyoufrench.com.


    The subscription costs 4 euros a month and each new subscriber receives the 10 latest episodes.

    • 6 min
    198 — Chez Chanel avec Alice Chance — mercredi 7 février 2024

    198 — Chez Chanel avec Alice Chance — mercredi 7 février 2024

    A few days ago, my friend Alice proposed a sort of challenge: to go and buy a lipstick at the Chanel store on rue Cambon, the brand’s historic store, where Gabrielle Chanel had her apartments and haute couture workshops. 
    I knew the store very well, always had, but only from the outside. What happens once you open the door? 
    This is the mystery I propose to unravel today. 


    In the notes that come with the transcript, we’re going to focus on three expressions that sound simple, but are typical of the French language. You’ll also see the typical forms of spoken French in the text. 


    So to Cultivate Your French, receive the text by email each time an episode is released, and enjoy all the positive effects of having the exact text of the episode, you could subscribe to the transcript at www.cultivateyoufrench.com.


    The subscription costs 4 euros a month and each new subscriber receives the 10 latest episodes.

    • 7 min

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