Somewhere on your phone right now, there are probably three French apps, a bookmarked YouTube channel, and a podcast subscription you meant to get back to. You’re not short of French learning resources. Nobody is, in 2026. The internet holds more free Fre... See more
There’s a moment in every serious learner’s journey when the training materials run out. The podcasts made for students feel slow, the textbook audio sounds staged, and what stands between you and real French is no longer vocabulary. It’s velocity. News a... See more
Years after they’ve forgotten every dialogue in their textbook, my students can still sing Papaoutai. Every word. I’ve tested this at alumni meetups, and it never fails: the grammar drills evaporate, the songs stay. One student who moved to Lyon told me s... See more
Ask me the fastest way to grow French vocabulary, and I’ll give you an answer that hasn’t changed in fifteen years of teaching: spaced repetition flashcards, ten minutes a day, every day. Ask me the most common way students waste that method, and the answ... See more
YouTube might be the largest free French library ever assembled. It’s also where more of my students have quietly stalled than anywhere else. They watch faithfully, three videos a day for months, and their comprehension climbs while their speaking stays f... See more
