Exploring the word "unencumber"

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Teacher Joseph's Podcast

Unencumbered (with transcript for study)

⭐ To go further, visit explorefrench.com. On my website, you can become a Premium Member and gain full access to all transcripts, games and language activities for both of my podcast channels "Learn French with Anthony" and "Explore France with Anthony". On my website, you'll also gain full access to my French online courses, "Skills Trainer" modules to enhance your proficiency in French, "Word Builder" modules to expand your French vocabulary, and audiobooks specially designed for learners of French. 

⭐ In this B1-level episode, we’ll talk about indigenous and regional languages, their gradual disappearance, and the temptation of a single global language to facilitate communication worldwide. We'll also practice indefinite adjectives to express each, every, some, a few, several/many, and most in French, and we’ll learn how to express hypothetical statements, like "If I were rich, I would buy a house," among many other things.

⭐ In the first part of this podcast, I will speak only in French, and in the second part, I will translate and explain everything in English.

⭐ Contents: 1/ La disparition des langues 2/ Les langues régionales en France 3/ Les langues locales en Afrique francophone 4/ Les langues autochtones au Québec 5/ La défense des langues étrangères 6/ Vers une langue unique

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B1#07 Langues régionales et autochtones

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⭐ In this A2-level podcast, we’ll talk about sports and moral values, UNICEF and its goodwill ambassadors, and we’ll explore how sports can help fight discrimination. We’ll practice the present conditional in French to translate the English “would,” and we’ll look at how to express “should” for giving advice or recommendations. We’ll also cover how to express cause with “because,” “because of,” and “thanks to”; how to express consequence with “so” and “that’s why”; and how to express purpose with “to” and “in order to.” Additionally, we’ll learn vocabulary related to moral attitudes and human rights, among many other things.

⭐ In the first part of this podcast, I will speak only in French, and in the second part, I will translate and explain everything in English.

⭐ Contents: 1/ La cérémonie d'ouverture des J.O. de Paris 2024 2/ Le sport, véhicule de valeurs 3/ Les discriminations 4/ L'intégration sociale 5/ L'intégration culturelle 6/ L'intégration humaine 7/ L'UNICEF 8/ Les ambassadeurs de bonne volonté de l'UNICEF

A2#07 Sport, valeurs et discriminations

⭐ In this A1-level episode, we will talk about school, work, retirement and public holidays in France. We will review how to say the months and seasons, and learn useful words and phrases to talk about frequency and describe working conditions in French, among many other things.

⭐ In the first part of this podcast, I will speak only in French, and in the second part, I will translate and explain everything in English.

⭐ Contents: 1/ Les 3 étapes de la vie 2/ Le rythme scolaire en France 3/ Le rythme scolaire ailleurs 4/ Les jours fériés 5/ Les saisons 6/ La semaine de travail 7/ Le temps de travail, les jours de repos et les vacances 8/ Les salaires et la retraite

A1#09 Ecole, travail et saisons

⭐ In this B1-level podcast we will delve into Modern and Classic languages, explore the history of the French language, and discuss artificial and fictional languages. We will also practise using complex relative pronouns, built with “lequel”, “laquelle” and “lesquel(le)(s)”, as well as expressing doubt with structures such as “I don’t think”, “I don’t believe” followed by the subjunctive. Additionally, we will review the vocabulary related to languages and much more.

⭐ In the first part of this podcast I will speak French only, and in the second part I will translate and explain everything I said in English.

⭐ Contents: 1/ Les langues 2/ Histoire de la langue française 3/ L'Académie française 4/ Les langues mortes 5/ L'enseignement des langues mortes 6/ L'espéranto et les langues construites 7/Les langues fictives

#24 (B1) Français, langues mortes et langues vivantes

⭐ In this A2-level podcast I will talk about sports and the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, as well as the increasing use of sport to treat health problems. We will practise the future tense (le futur simple), we will see how to give advice with structures such as “you should”, “you could”, “I advise/recommend you to”, we will see how to translate “never” and “not any more/longer” and we will review the vocabulary related to sports and common health problems, among many other things.

⭐ In the first part of this podcast I will speak French only, and in the second part I will translate and explain everything I said in English. 

⭐ Contents: 1/ Faire du sport (ou pas) 2/ Les sports les plus populaires 3/ Pourquoi faire du sport 4/ La marche 5/ Les bienfaits du sport 6/ Quelques conseils 7/ Les J.O. de Paris 2024 8/ Les mascottes de Paris 2024

#23 (A2) Sports, santé et Jeux Olympiques

⭐ In this A1-level podcast, I will speak about furniture and Feng shui. We will talk about maids’ rooms in Paris, how to equip small spaces and how to organise your interior according to the Chinese art of Feng shui. We will practise the vocabulary for colours, rooms and furniture, we will clarify the difference between “falloir” and “devoir” to translate “must/have to”, we will practise advanced prepositions of location, such as “near, next to, opposite, between, far from” and much more. ⭐ In the first part of this podcast, I will speak French at normal speed, and in the second part I will repeat everything I said at slow speed with some explanations in English. ⭐ Contents: 1/ Les chambres de bonnes 2/ Les meubles multifonctions 3/ Les pièces et leur utilité 4/ La couleur des pièces 5/ Le Feng shui 6/ Quelques règles de Feng shui 

#21 (A1) Feng shui, couleurs et mobilier

⭐ In this B2-level podcast I will talk about agriculture, sustainable development and local agricultural initiatives in France and Africa. We will practise the vocabulary related to plants, pesticides, farming, livestock farming, intensive and mechanized farming, we will learn many French idioms with names of food and animals, and much more!

⭐ In the first part of this podcast, I will speak French at normal speed, and in the second part I will repeat everything I said at slow speed with some explanations in English.

⭐ Contents: 1/ L'évolution de l'agriculture 2/ La question des pesticides 3/ Des initiatives agricoles au Maghreb 4/ Une initiative agricole à Madagascar 5/ L'élevage et l'écopâturage 6/ Les expressions paysannes

#20 (B2) Agriculture et initiatives agricoles

⭐ In this A2-level podcast I will talk about gastronomy and French people’s habits when it comes to eating and buying food. We will see how to savour a meal and we’ll speak about markets and supermarkets in France. We will practise the imperative, we will see how to express your opinion, and we will review the vocabulary related to the five senses and sense organs, as well as adverbs of intensity such as “little, quite, rather, very, much”, among many other things.

⭐ Contents: 1/ La gastronomie française 2/ La dégustation d’un plat (1) 3/ La dégustation d’un plat (2) 4/ Les sens, les saveurs et les textures 5/ Les habitudes des Français à table 6/ La consommation alimentaire des Français 7/ les Supermarchés 8/ Le marché de Rungis