Tip of the Week #384: 🇫🇷 We Just Finished Filming Visual French 2!

I have some exciting news! Compass Classroom and I just finished filming Visual French 2!

After months of teaching, recording, and working through French lessons, we’re finally finished!

The experience reminded me of something I’ve believed for years:

The best way to learn a language is to spend lots of time with the language itself.

Not just studying grammar rules. Not just memorizing vocabulary lists. Actually reading, listening to, and understanding the language.

That’s one reason I love Le Français par la Méthode Nature, the textbook we use in Visual French. The book teaches French almost entirely in French.

The book starts with simple sentences. Pictures, context, and repetition help you understand what you’re reading. Then, little by little, the sentences become longer. The vocabulary grows. The grammar becomes more complicated.

Before long, you’re reading entire stories in French. And you’re understanding them!

Here’s my advice: Spend a little time every day reading or listening to something you can mostly understand in the language you’re learning.

Don’t worry about understanding every word. Don’t stop to look up every unfamiliar expression. Just keep reading. Let the context help you.

Twenty minutes a day, consistently, can make an enormous difference over time.

And if you’re studying French with me, I’m happy to report that Visual French 2 is one big step closer to being ready!

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