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Do you want to improve your listening skills and comprehension of the French as it is spoken in France? With Cultivate Your French podcast, things go smoothly. This is slow French podcast, but Slow French doesn’t just mean speaking slowly and it’s not about quick progress. It’s a nice learning approach.
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Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
You are listening to Cultivate Your French podcast, ONE slow french episode every week. I hope you are well and happy.
My name is Laetitia, I’m French, I live just outside Paris and I share with you a small slice of my daily life here in France.
All the information about the transcript, notes and photos is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com
As many students, my three girls have homework to do during the holidays. Sometimes it’s hard to find the motivation when there are so many things you wish to do. But what will they remember from these holidays? I hope it will be the good moments.
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
We are on holidays in Jura. Last sunday, as you may know, it was Halloween. It’s becoming popular in France. And, I think, this year, a lot of people were expecting the children to knock at their door. Our three daughters were invited to join the two children of our owners for the Halloween walk in the village at night. First, Micaela didn’t want to go, but we convinced her to go : « Allez, Micaela, vas-y! ». I recorded the girls as they came back.
You are listening to Cultivate Your French podcast One Slow French episode every week.
My name is Laetitia, I’m French, I live just outside Paris and I share with you a small slice of my daily life here in France.
All the information about the transcript,notes and photos is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
When we were travelling to Brittany, I heard on the radio Gaspard Koening. This philosopher was talking about his trip from Bordeaux to Rome with his horse Destinada. He followed the steps of a colleague from an other time : Michel de Montaigne.
As Montaigne did, he kept a travel diary then he published a book out of it.
Later that same day, we entered a nice bookshop in Paimpol where I found that very book « Notre vagabonde liberté ». I bought it and started to read it almost right away. I’m still reading it and as I was reading it, I met an acquaintance. Yes !
You are listening to Cultivate Your French podcast One Slow French episode every week.
My name is Laetitia, I’m French, I live just outside Paris and I share with you a small slice of my daily life here in France.
All the information about the transcript,notes and photos is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com
Wednesday Oct 13, 2021
Wednesday Oct 13, 2021
You are listening to Cultivate Your French podcast One Slow French episode every week.
My name is Laetitia, I’m French, I live just outside Paris and I share with you a small slice of my daily life here in France.
All the information about the transcript,notes and photos is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com
A long time ago, I used to tell you about our Wednesdays. The girls didn’t go to school on Wednesday mornings at that time. We used to go shopping at our local organic shop, La Biocoop. I remember Micaela walking and holding at the same time the double stroller in which Felicia and Lisa were sitting.
Our Wednesdays are very different now. They are more school and music related!
Wednesday Oct 06, 2021
Wednesday Oct 06, 2021
Pietro and I went to Brittany last week-end. We were invited to one of my kung-fu friend’s wedding, Ophélie. In the morning, there was the « mariage civil » at the mairie; Then, later in the afternoon we arrived at the party that was taken place in a typical breton manoir. It was a rainy day, the photos with the family and friends were often interrupted by the rain. Finally, Ophelie threw her bride’s bouquet. Threw, well not exactly…
You are listening to Cultivate Your French podcast One Slow French episode every week.
My name is Laetitia, I’m French, I live just outside Paris and I share with you a small slice of my daily life here in France.
All the information about the transcript,notes and photos is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com
Wednesday Sep 22, 2021
Wednesday Sep 22, 2021
Have you heard about the Arc de triomphe being wrapped in silvery blue fabric?
It’s a temporary artwork from the artists (now dead) Christo and Jeanne-Claude.
The Arc de triomphe as we usually see it disappeared under pleated fabric and red ropes. The artwork will be dismantled on October 3rd. On a sunny afternoon, I went there to have a look at this artwork. It’s strange. I don’t know yet what to think about it. The Arc de triomphe is a monument mainly related to wars, so maybe it’s like a pause in its history and the chance to see it differently.
This episode is recorded on the spot! You can hear the furious traffic of this enormous roundabout that is La place Charles de Gaulle where is located the Arc de triomphe.
I also tell you about how the press reacted in France about this wrapping!
My name is Laetitia, I’m French, I live just outside Paris and I share with you a small slice of my daily life here in France.
All the information about the transcript,notes and photos is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com
Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
My name is Laetitia, I’m French, I live just outside Paris and I share with you a small slice of my daily life here in France.
This week, I answer to the following question : how to work your French with Cultivate Your French podcast?
The podcast is not a class or a lesson, it’s like an audio blog in French. I share with you a small slice of my Life in France. The aim is to keep up with your comprehension of the French language or to simply improve it.
Cultivate Your French is half way through your textbook and France!
But the podcast can also be a very good tool to work on your French.
In this episode I share with you 5 tips to work on your French with the podcast.
This episode is longer than usual and is dense on the subject of learning. I will read the text to you slowly, one time.
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Yes, this is La rentrée. My three girls are back to school, but as they are in lycée and collège their timetable changes from day to day. When they leave in the morning, they say « A tout à l’heure Maman! ». I have to quickly ask « A quelle heure? ». Sometimes it’s one hour later, sometimes 3 hours later, etc.
Or they might not leave at all in the morning. For example, Lisa doesn’t go to the collège on Monday mornings.
So, last Monday, she came with me to do some shopping at Monoprix. This is where we met La vieille dame qui faisait ses courses.
You are listening to Cultivate Your French podcast One Slow French episode every week.
My name is Laetitia, I’m French, I live just outside Paris and I share with you a small slice of my daily life here in France.
All the information about the transcript,notes and photos is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
Last week, I went to Nathalie Iris’s bookshop in La Garenne-Colombes. This is close to where we live.
Nathalie also regularly presents books on TV in the show Télématin. She’s also very active in her bookshop where there are often book signatures with famous authors. We met during the first confinement and since then, to our delight, she talks about books on the podcast One Thing In A French Day.
We met last week to talk about « la rentrée littéraire ». This is a big event in France and this is the subject of today’s podcast.
I’m sure you are going to enjoy meeting with Nathalie in this episode. Don’t you think that we can hear her smiling in her voice.
You are listening to Cultivate Your French podcast One Slow French episode every week.
My name is Laetitia, I’m French, I live just outside Paris and I share with you a small slice of my daily life here in France.
All the information about the transcript,notes and photos is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com
Wednesday Aug 25, 2021
Wednesday Aug 25, 2021
La Défense is a big business district located west of Paris. It’s not far from where I live. It’s only 4 minutes by train. And this is where I was on Monday afternoon. I had taken the girls to the cinema inside the enormous shopping centre. I had two hours to spare so I decided to record this episode right at the foot of the Grande Arche, the building that ends the « axe historique » of Paris. Then I walked and took photos of the different works of art that I had just mentioned in the episode. Including the statue of La Défense by Barrias which gave its name to the district. It
was erected in 1883 to the glory of the French soldiers of the 1870 war with Prussia.
You are listening to Cultivate Your French podcast One Slow French episode every week.
My name is Laetitia, I’m French, I live just outside Paris and I share with you a small slice of my daily life here in France.
All the information about the transcript,notes and photos is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com