French for Beginners podcast

French for Beginners

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!

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!

 

#30

Learn French in 30 lessons: Lesson 30 - La victoire de Michelle

Topics covered: ---Causative avec faire ---Present participle ---Au fur et à mesure Bon... more

29 Nov 2012

21 MINS

21:50

29 Nov 2012


#29

Learn French in 30 lessons: Lesson 29 - La muse et le coq

Topics covered: ---Disjunctive pronouns ---Subordinating conjunctions ---Être comme un c... more

29 Nov 2012

19 MINS

19:26

29 Nov 2012


#28

Learn French in 30 lessons: Lesson 28 - Irresistible

Topics covered: ---Simple future ---Simple future: irregular stems ---Un de ces quatre m... more

29 Nov 2012

22 MINS

22:26

29 Nov 2012


#27

Learn French in 30 lessons: Lesson 27 - No plan B

Topics covered: ---Comparisons with adjectives ---Superlative adjectives ---Mettre la ch... more

29 Nov 2012

18 MINS

18:49

29 Nov 2012


#26

Learn French in 30 lessons: Lesson 26 - Pastis anyone ?

Topics covered: ---Infinitive constructions - Part I ---Infinitive constructions - Part I... more

28 Nov 2012

21 MINS

21:45

28 Nov 2012


#25

Learn French in 30 lessons: Lesson 25 - Blind date

Topics covered: ---Impersonal verbs and expressions ---Indefinite pronouns ---Quand même... more

28 Nov 2012

19 MINS

19:19

28 Nov 2012


#24

Learn French in 30 lessons: Lesson 24 - À la vôtre !

Topics covered: ---Indirect object pronouns ---C’est vs il est/elle est and on ---À la v... more

28 Nov 2012

20 MINS

20:43

28 Nov 2012


#23

Learn French in 30 lessons: Lesson 23 - Bon voyage !

 Topics covered: ---Imparfait : formation ---Imparfait : uses ---N’importe quoi Bonjour... more

28 Nov 2012

19 MINS

19:01

28 Nov 2012


#22

Learn French in 30 lessons: Lesson 22 - Tacos fever

Topics covered: ---Depuis / Il y a...que / Ça fait...que ---Coordinating conjunctions --... more

28 Nov 2012

20 MINS

20:56

28 Nov 2012


#21

Learn French in 30 lessons: Lesson 21 - Ambassadress

Topics covered: ---Passé composé of pronominal verbs ---Past participle agreement : excep... more

28 Nov 2012

22 MINS

22:49

28 Nov 2012


#20

Learn French in 30 lessons - Lesson 20: Accents

Topics covered: ---Direct object pronouns ---Agreement of the past participle ---Les doi... more

28 Nov 2012

19 MINS

19:04

28 Nov 2012


#19

Learn French in 30 lessons - Lesson 19: Sleepless in Paris

Topics covered: ---Passé composé with être ---More past participles for être ---D'ailleu... more

28 Nov 2012

19 MINS

19:41

28 Nov 2012


#18

Learn French in 30 lessons - Lesson 18: Charity work

Topics covered: ---Passé composé with avoir ---Negation and placement of adverbs with pas... more

28 Nov 2012

21 MINS

21:34

28 Nov 2012


#17

Learn French in 30 lessons - Lesson 17: ADN

Topics covered: ----RE verbs (irregular) like suivre, vivre ---Comparative and superlativ... more

27 Nov 2012

17 MINS

17:49

27 Nov 2012


#16

Learn French in 30 lessons - Lesson 16: Mission impossible?

Topics covered: ---Pronominal verbs ---Tôt, tard, en avance, en retard, à l’heure ---Il ... more

27 Nov 2012

20 MINS

20:19

27 Nov 2012


#15

Learn French in 30 lessons - Lesson 15: The nose job

Topics covered: ---Savoir vs Connaître ---Tout ---Par contre / En revanche Bonjour et b... more

27 Nov 2012

20 MINS

20:38

27 Nov 2012


#14

Learn French in 30 lessons - Lesson 14: How’s your skin today?

Topics covered: ---BOIRE (to drink), CROIRE (to believe), VOIR (to see) ---Time in French... more

27 Nov 2012

17 MINS

17:32

27 Nov 2012


#13

Learn French in 30 lessons - Lesson 13: EXpress yourself

Topics covered: ---VENIR ---Interrogative words ---Je n’en reviens pas ! Bonjour et bie... more

27 Nov 2012

21 MINS

21:52

27 Nov 2012


#12

Learn French in 30 lessons - Lesson 12: Who wants to live in Whatever-Sur-Mer ?

Topics covered: ----RE verbs (irregular) like mettre ---Partitive articles ---Bon marché... more

27 Nov 2012

21 MINS

21:53

27 Nov 2012


#11

Learn French in 30 lessons - Lesson 11: Tour de Food

Topics Covered: ----RE verbs (irregular) like prendre ---Interrogative and exclamative qu... more

27 Nov 2012

21 MINS

21:44

27 Nov 2012


#10

Learn French in 30 lessons - Lesson 10: License to speak

Topics Covered: ---DIRE (to say), LIRE (to read), ÉCRIRE (to write) ---Alternate forms of... more

27 Nov 2012

18 MINS

18:46

27 Nov 2012


#9

Learn French in 30 lessons - Lesson 9: It’s going South

Topics Covered: ---Modal verbs vouloir, pouvoir, devoir ---Demonstrative determiners ---... more

27 Nov 2012

21 MINS

21:49

27 Nov 2012


#8

Learn French in 30 lessons - Lesson 8: Keep on asking and you will receive

Topics covered: ---Introduction to questions ---Faire in the present ---Faire et express... more

27 Nov 2012

20 MINS

20:42

27 Nov 2012


#7

Learn French in 30 lessons - Lesson 7: To be or not to be… speaking French ?

Topics covered: ---RE verbs in the present ---Possessive determiners ---Tu te rends comp... more

27 Nov 2012

20 MINS

20:46

27 Nov 2012


#6

Learn French in 30 lessons - Lesson 6: Calorie Count

Topics covered: ---Adverbs ----IR verbs in the present ---Être en train de   Bonjour le... more

27 Nov 2012

26 MINS

26:15

27 Nov 2012


#5

Learn French in 30 lessons - Lesson 5: Parlez-vous Restaurantien ?

Topics covered: ---Adjectives ---Avoir and idiomatic expressions (part 2) ---Qu’est-ce q... more

26 Nov 2012

23 MINS

23:03

26 Nov 2012


#4

Learn French in 30 lessons - Lesson 4: Low-fat croissants

Topics covered: ---Prepositions with aller ---Aller in the present ---Ça va   Bonjour !... more

26 Nov 2012

25 MINS

25:55

26 Nov 2012


#3

Learn French in 30 lessons - Lesson 3: Old Dream

Topics covered: ---Introduction to French verbs ----ER verbs in the present ---Definite ... more

26 Nov 2012

25 MINS

25:28

26 Nov 2012


#2

Learn French in 30 lessons - Lesson 2: Backward Investors

Topics covered:  ---Basic verb negation ---Indefinite articles ---Avoir in the present ... more

26 Nov 2012

24 MINS

24:30

26 Nov 2012


#1

Learn French in 30 lessons - Lesson 1: Does Roast Beef mean “I’m ready to settle down?”

Topics covered:  ---Un and une ---Tu and vous ---Personal pronouns ---Être in the prese... more

26 Nov 2012

18 MINS

18:30

26 Nov 2012