⭐ In this B1-level podcast I will talk about our memory, we will see how it works, how we recall things and why it’s important in the construction of our personal identity. We will also talk about genealogy, peoples’ origins, music with Stromae, literature with Marcel Proust, and philosophy with Daniel Dennett. And we will review the vocabulary for senses and emotions, we will practise the gerund 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. 

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#03 (B1) Mémoire et généalogie

⭐ 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 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 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 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 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 