The French Jungle: Recent Episodes
Anna Born
I arrived to Geneva, Switzerland many years ago and learning French was a real struggle. This podcast is my quest to finding new ways of learning and teaching this most beautiful but exasperatingly precise language. Can French language teaching be done differently?
French pronunciation may seem quite a challenge if you have recently arrived to Geneva. But trying to pick up the language during the pandemic when our everyday life has been reduced mostly to our homes can feel an impossible task. After all, how is it possible to practice French pronunciation when practically everything is closed around us? In today's podcast we are going to discuss simple and straightforward ways you can improve your pronunciation in French even in the current challenging circumstances. Im going to give you tips that are going to help you immerse yourself in French pronunciation so that you use this time of lockdown to learn, grow and improve your French.
Learning French is so much fun when you do it while watching the captivating and really cool new French series, Lupin - Dans l'ombre de Arsène.
This episode of the French Jungle not only encourages you to watch the brand new French series on Netflix, but also helps you focus on vocabulary if you answer the questions of the short quiz. Today we are discussing the first episode of Lupin, a gentleman who is a maître de déguisement qui a toujours un coup d'avance. Take a listen!
Making small talk in French is far from easy because people in Switzerland are private, reserved and not very keen on chatting to strangers in general. This is why finding the right things to talk about is going to save you loads of time, energy and will definitely save you from disappointment. If you want to find out what exactly are the five topics that you can safely discuss with most French speakers, then tune into this week's episode of The French Jungle. I left the most popular topic to the last though :)
As foreigners, we want to make new Swiss friends after arriving in Switzerland and many people find this quite a challenging task. One of the reasons is that we do not understand the secret rules that govern making small talk in French. In today's and next week's episodes, I'm going to help you figure out what not to do and what to do when it comes to initiating a conversation in French with a person you don't know very well. While this week I'm focusing on the 5 things you should never do, next week I'm going to go into detail about the 5 topics that are going to make you popular among Swiss French speakers. Tune in to the podcast of today to learn about the five social rules that you should never trespass in French!
Are you stuck learning French? Have you tried learning the language of Voltaire on and off a couple of times without making real progress? If so, you are probably stuck in the Fear Zone. Take a listen to find out what it is and what are three simple strategies to get out of this twilight zone to make real progress in French.
In this episode of The French Jungle I explore and share with you how my shyness was a real obstacle in the path of speaking French. It took many years to overcome it and three secrets helped me on the way to overcome this tremendous psychological barrier. Have a listen to find out what these secrets are!
I hope last week I made you all curious about in what way the French Jungle is going to make you speak French fast. Take a listen to the answer.
The French Jungle is more than a project. It is an experiment into finding new ways to help immigrants learn French in Geneva. And here is the story of where it all began.