How to Boost Your French Effortlessly with DailyFrench
If you are interested in learning French, you might have stumbled upon some of these pictures and videos on social networks.
They are part of a collection named "DailyFrench" I created them over a year ago and there are now over a three hundred of them, and counting: A new one everyday.
DailyFrench has been designed to let you learn French vocabulary and structures effortlessly while you relax and browse your social media feeds.
Here is how it works:
Note, if you’re in a hurry, click here to jump straight to the steps to take full advantage of the French Lover Daily. By the way, did I mention? It’s totally free.
→ Pictures
Our brain recalls 20% of what we read but 80% of what we see. By associating the new words to a picture, you dramatically increase the chances of remembering it.
→ Sounds
The recordings in the DailyFrench videos serve two purposes:
French pronunciation is not always obvious and for this reason it’s good to hear my native voice, so you know how to pronounce.
Those of us who have an auditive learning type will remember better if they also hear the words and the sentences. It’s definitely the case for me, and I know I’m not alone.
→ Example sentences
A big drawback of most “word of the day” accounts out there, is that the words are given to you without any context. For this reason, even if you do remember the word, you are not likely to know how to use it in an actual sentence.
To avoid this problem, each French Lover daily video features four example sentences to let you know how to use the new word. The sentences are in French on the video, but if you need a translation, you will always find it in the description.
→ All the necessary grammar details
took my own advice I included in the French Lover daily videos all the details you need to be able to use the words straight away: nouns come with articles, verbs with preposition, adjectives with their feminine and plural forms etc.
→ Spaced repetition
It would be so great if we could see a word once and remember it forever. Unfortunately our brain tends to discard all the information that we don’t see repeated often enough. For this reason, the daily French words are conveniently delivered to you at three different times. A preview on instagram right after lunch, the video is posted on facebook in the late afternoon and on youtube the next morning, where you can replay it as often as you want. All preview pictures are also uploaded to pinterest, so you can repin the ones you’d like to review later. You will benefit from following any of these accounts, and you’ll definitely get the maximum effect if you follow them all.
How awesome is that? Instead of coming and going like most “word of the days” do, the French Lover daily words come one day and stick around forever.
→ Playlists
Because some words are just better learned together, once the new videos have been released on youtube, I organize them in playlists around grammar topics, or vocabulary themes. It’s ideal to review the relevant topics before an exam or a test.
See all the existing playlists
→ Personalization
Because not every word is relevant to you, there should be an easy way to select and keep the ones you want to learn now. Say no more! All you need to do is to visit the DailyFrench pinterest board, grab the words you like and pin them to your personal board to review them later.
Your next steps
If you like this way of learning French, you will love to learn with me as a student or client. Please check out:
My 1-1 coaching program, The French Transformation, if you need to improve your French fast.
My group program, The French Fluency Accelerator, if you’d like to join a community of students from all over the world. We have weekly practice calls together and the best online video library to learn French.
Pro tip: you don’t need to choose!
All my 1-1 clients are invited to join the French Accelerator free of charge.
Feel free to book a call with me now to discuss options.
About the author
Angel Pretot is a French learning coach. He helps English speakers from all over the world learn French fast and become fluent. You can work with him one-on-one (online via skype or a similar software) or join a global community of French learners in his group program the French Fluency Accelerator.
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