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How to practice your French for free (or almost) in Paris?

How to practice your French for free (or almost) in Paris?

Learning French is an investment. It’s an investment in time and money. It takes at least 2 years to speak French fluently. As an adult, if you have a career, kids, it may probably take longer.  When you speak a language, it’s forever and that's the reason why it’s...

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About Yasmine

About Yasmine

How did I go from being a very bad student to helping thousands of French learners speak French with confidence? Before building a language school. Before finding the best teachers around to teach French with me. Before the podcast ”le français avec Yasmine”. There...

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Planning Out Your Conversation: A Good Strategy or No?

Planning Out Your Conversation: A Good Strategy or No?

You can’t practice and improve your French on your own, without a teacher. Has this thought ever crossed your mind? Do you think that, on your own, it’s too hard to make or even maintain progress in French? Attending a course to learn French is always a great idea....

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How to Deal with your Accent in French (4 Easy Tricks)

How to Deal with your Accent in French (4 Easy Tricks)

You can’t practice and improve your French on your own, without a teacher. Has this thought ever crossed your mind? Do you think that, on your own, it’s too hard to make or even maintain progress in French? Attending a course to learn French is always a great idea....

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3 Reasons a pandemic is the best time to learn a language

3 Reasons a pandemic is the best time to learn a language

We’re all getting tired of the pandemic and the social distancing, quarantine, and curfews that it brought along with it. But unfortunately, some things are simply out of our control. (It’s like that cliché French expression goes, “c’est la vie”.) Remember that even...

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Going To A Store With a Beginner Level: Good or Bad Idea?

Going To A Store With a Beginner Level: Good or Bad Idea?

So you’ve been studying some French, maybe through a professional online course or through a self-study regime and you’ve arrived at the beginner level. Congratulations! You may have studied definite (le, la, les) and indefinite (un, une, des) articles, present tense...

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Is it possible to learn french in 3 months?

Is it possible to learn french in 3 months?

You’ve probably seen this claim advertised somewhere before: Be fluent in French in just 3 months! Whether it was the title of a YouTube video, blog post, or a targeted ad you’ve probably wondered … Is it really possible? Or is this just clickbait? When I do my...

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How To Overcome Brain Blocking When You Learn French

How To Overcome Brain Blocking When You Learn French

How many times has this happened to you? You finally muster up the courage to speak French — whether it’s ordering food, calling the bank, or a conversation with relatives. Feeling ready and rehearsed you start to speak ... and then all of a sudden… frozen, you go...

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9 tips to overcome your brain blocks when you speak French

9 tips to overcome your brain blocks when you speak French

How many times has this happened to you? You finally muster up the courage to speak French — whether it’s ordering food, calling the bank, or a conversation with relatives. Feeling ready and rehearsed you start to speak ... and then all of a sudden… frozen, you go...

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Why Learning French is Like A Diet

Why Learning French is Like A Diet

  The best way to conceptualize your French-learning journey is to think of it like following a diet or getting in shape. While speaking French is way cooler than rocking a six pack (maybe I’m a tiny bit biased) … they both speak to a similar principle. Let me...

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