30 episodes

We proudly present a one-of-a kind educational program for beginners that includes vocabulary, grammar, exercises, dialogue, and much more in the form of a theatrical performance!

The plot of the play is simple. Valerie, our French tutor, gives one-on-one lessons to beginner students. Valerie has three rules for her students:



1. Complete the assigned lesson on the website and memorize new vocabulary on the flashcards before coming in for one-on-one studies.

2. You can talk about anything, as long as you employ grammar introduced in the lesson.

3. Don't be afraid to switch to English if you don’t know how to say something in French - but switch back to French as soon as you can!



Follow our heroes from Act 1, with conversation mostly in English, to Act 30, where they speak mostly French!


Together with Valerie's colorful students, you will learn the fundamentals of French grammar and expressions. Your vocabulary will expand rapidly and naturally, and your comprehension skills will improve dramatically.


Enjoy the characters, their secrets, desires, and motivations to learn French! Follow the 3 Valerie’s rules and learn with our students, Michelle, Jack, and Kevin! Bon voyage!

French for Beginners Linguistica 360

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    • 3.9 • 113 Ratings

We proudly present a one-of-a kind educational program for beginners that includes vocabulary, grammar, exercises, dialogue, and much more in the form of a theatrical performance!

The plot of the play is simple. Valerie, our French tutor, gives one-on-one lessons to beginner students. Valerie has three rules for her students:



1. Complete the assigned lesson on the website and memorize new vocabulary on the flashcards before coming in for one-on-one studies.

2. You can talk about anything, as long as you employ grammar introduced in the lesson.

3. Don't be afraid to switch to English if you don’t know how to say something in French - but switch back to French as soon as you can!



Follow our heroes from Act 1, with conversation mostly in English, to Act 30, where they speak mostly French!


Together with Valerie's colorful students, you will learn the fundamentals of French grammar and expressions. Your vocabulary will expand rapidly and naturally, and your comprehension skills will improve dramatically.


Enjoy the characters, their secrets, desires, and motivations to learn French! Follow the 3 Valerie’s rules and learn with our students, Michelle, Jack, and Kevin! Bon voyage!

    French for Beginners: Lesson 1 - Does Roast Beef mean “I’m ready to settle down?”

    French for Beginners: Lesson 1 - Does Roast Beef mean “I’m ready to settle down?”

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    Un and une Tu and vous Personal pronouns Être in the present Ah bon ! Bienvenue ! Welcome to the Language Theater! Come in, come in! Take your seat and get ready for a unique experience. My name is Jean-Paul and I will take you through this masterful play. 
    I hope you will enjoy the performance and learn to understand and even speak French by the end of the play. Oh, and by the way, it’s a long play... from one act to the next, you will learn the language, discover nuances of French culture, and experience the thrill of a theatrical performance in the language you are learning. Oui, oui ! We start with just a few words of French in act I, but by the end of our play, most of the acts will be performed in French! Oh, what a thrill it is to enjoy a play in French! 
    Now, a few words about the format of the show, or “course” if you will ... A French teacher, Valérie, gives one-on-one lessons. The students who come for the lessons have very little knowledge of French, almost none. From the first lesson to the last, they will learn to the extent that each one of them will be able to understand and speak French well. You are cordially invited to enjoy the Language Theater and learn French with our students. 
    Well, let’s begin Act I. Valérie, our French teacher, is waiting for her student Jack. This is the first time Valérie and Jack meet in person.

    • 18 min
    French for Beginners: Lesson 2 - Backward Investors

    French for Beginners: Lesson 2 - Backward Investors

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    Basic verb negation Indefinite articles Avoir in the present Avoir and idiomatic expressions Il y a Welcome to the Language Theater! Bienvenue! Do you remember my name? That’s right, je m’appelle Jean-Paul. I hope you really enjoyed Act I and are ready for Act II. Are you ready? Oh, one more thing: review the flashcard before listening to the play. These new words will be used in the play and you should memorize them. They will also be used in our coming acts. 
    Well, let’s begin! Today Valérie, our French teacher, is having another lesson with Jacques. Let’s see how much he remembers from his first lesson! Enjoy the show!

    • 24 min
    French for Beginners: Lesson 3 - Old Dream

    French for Beginners: Lesson 3 - Old Dream

    Topics covered:
    Introduction to French verbs -ER verbs in the present Definite articles Voilà and Voici  
    Bonjour ! I’m glad to welcome you today to Act III of our play. I am sure you, like all of Valérie's students, must have reviewed the flashcard, studied the lessons on our website and even did grammar exercises before you listened to the play. Très bien ! We’re ready to start! 
     
    Today Valérie meets with a student you haven’t met yet. Her name is Michelle. She is at the same level as Jacques and she has a boisterous personality as well! Michelle’s motivation to learn French? We’ll discover it today. Well, let’s meet Michelle! Enjoy the show! Prêts ?

    • 25 min
    French for Beginners: Lesson 4 - Low-fat croissants

    French for Beginners: Lesson 4 - Low-fat croissants

    Topics covered:
    Prepositions with aller Aller in the present Ça va  
    Bonjour ! C’est moi Jean-Paul, your host for Act IV. Oui, Act IV already! We hope that following Jacques and Michelle in their endeavor to learn French is helping you to learn as well. Before you listen to the play, take time to familiarize yourself with the flashcard. Shall we begin? 
     
    Valérie, our French teacher, is meeting with Michelle today for another lesson. As it turns out, Michelle is a really serious student with a specific goal, or dream... Who are we to say? Let’s hope she continues to learn for our great pleasure. Vous êtes prêts ? Enjoy Act IV.

    • 25 min
    French for Beginners: Lesson 5 - Parlez-vous Restaurantien ?

    French for Beginners: Lesson 5 - Parlez-vous Restaurantien ?

    Topics covered:
    Adjectives Avoir and idiomatic expressions (part 2) Qu’est-ce que c’est ? C’est, ce n’est pas Ce sont, ce ne sont pas  
    Bonjour les amis ! I’m glad to welcome you to Act V. Did you miss Jacques? We haven’t seen him in a few weeks. Today, we will catch up with him. Jacques has been busy with his restaurant project but it hasn’t prevented him from continuing his lessons with Valérie. He’s actually doing great! 
     
    Valérie now gives the grammar lessons to her students to study before they meet. So during the class, they can focus more on speaking. We hope that you also find time to study the lessons every week on our website before enjoying the dialogues. Have you already looked at the flashcard and the lessons for today? Oui ? Let’s start then! Enjoy Act V.

    • 23 min
    French for Beginners: Lesson 6 - Calorie Count

    French for Beginners: Lesson 6 - Calorie Count

    Topics covered:
    Adverbs -IR verbs in the present Être en train de  
    Bonjour les amis and welcome to Act VI. Today, we meet with Michelle for the third time. Valérie has been continuing the lessons with her and, as it turns out, Michelle is very determined to learn French... and to move to France with her retired husband. 
     
    As you know, Valérie meets with her students to practice what they have already learned at home. We hope you do the same, that is to study the material before you enjoy the dialogues. Our website has just the kind of tools you need to progress at the same pace as Michelle and Jacques: lessons, essays, quizzes, pronunciation guide and flashcard. Are you ready then? Enjoy Act VI

    • 26 min

Customer Reviews

3.9 out of 5
113 Ratings

113 Ratings

Dizzydee7 ,

Learning French

Brilliant! But a bit to hard for me being x

nicknamenightmare ,

Marmite

I think this is a Marmite podcast - either ‘completely love it ‘ or ‘can’t stand it’.
I have listened to a variety of podcasts to learn French and I applaud this innovative approach which might be better appreciated by those who don’t get On With the traditional style of teaching .
For me personally I find it annoying - sorry - so I won’t continue - but I am sure there are others who will find the informal and more natural style of learning a major advantage - so keep it up!

Benji856 ,

They took website down!

Would have been great if they hadn’t taken the website down to complete the lessons for each episode, but after I used it once last night I discovered next morning I could no longer access the website which makes it impossible to follow for a beginner!

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