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French for Beginners

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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! (https://www.newsinslowfrench.com/series/guts/1/opening)
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!

  • 30 episodes
  • Updated Nov 29, 2012

Episodes30

  • Nov 27, 2012 · 18 min

    French for Beginners: Lesson 10 - License to speak

    Topics Covered: DIRE (to say), LIRE (to read), ÉCRIRE (to write) Alternate forms of negation Dis donc ! Dites donc ! Bienvenue mes amis ! Today, we meet with Kevin again. As you might have noticed, Kevin’s motivation for learning French is quite...

  • Nov 27, 2012 · 21 min

    French for Beginners: Lesson 9 - It’s going South

    Topics Covered: Modal verbs vouloir, pouvoir, devoir Demonstrative determiners À mon avis.. Bonjour mes amis ! Bienvenue ! Today, for Act IX, we’ll be joined by Michelle who is still making plans for her big move to France with her husband. She...

  • Nov 27, 2012 · 20 min

    French for Beginners: Lesson 8 - Keep on asking and you will receive

    Topics covered: Introduction to questions Faire in the present Faire et expressions idiomatiques Ça ne fait rien / Cela ne fait rien Bonjour et bienvenue ! C’est moi, Jean-Paul ! I’m glad to introduce Act VIII. Yes, Act VIII already! I’m sure...

  • Nov 27, 2012 · 26 min

    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...

  • Nov 26, 2012 · 23 min

    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...

  • Nov 26, 2012 · 25 min

    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...

  • Nov 26, 2012 · 25 min

    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...

  • Nov 26, 2012 · 24 min

    French for Beginners: Lesson 2 - Backward Investors

    Topics covered:  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...