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LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1
Learn French with Gaëlle, an experienced French teacher. 99% in French and designed for students with a basic level (A2) or lower intermediate (B1). Gaëlle speaks slowly to make it easier to understand. If you have an intermediate level, you can always increase the playback speed in your app. Each week, you’ll improve your French whilst also learning about French culture, society, history, and much more. Go to LanguaTalk.com/frenchpod to read an interactive transcript of each episode as you…
Episodes
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1Rentrer, revenir, retourner
In this episode, Gaelle explains the difference between 3 similar verbs: rentrer, revenir and retourner. If you think they all mean “to come back” and you…
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1Le pronom iel
In this episode, Gaelle introduces you to the new French revolution that has taken place in the dictionary ‘Le Robert’: the introduction of the new subject…
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1Josephine Baker
In this episode, Gaelle presents to you the wonderful Josephine Baker, an American-French black woman, born in 1906, dead in 1976 and recently admitted to the…
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1#25 Découvrir un métier - danseur et chorégraphe
In this episode, you’ll hear an interview with Yoann, a young French dancer and choreographer. He talks about his incredible journey from his local dance…
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1#24 Les registres de langue
In this episode, Gaelle explains the 3 different styles of speech that exist in French and that people use depending on their cultural background and their…
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1#23 La banlieue - partie 2
In this 2nd episode on ‘la banlieue’, Gaelle explains the origins of the French banlieue from the 20s, and the reasons behind its slow and predictable decay…
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1#22 La banlieue - partie 1
In this episode (part one of two), Gaelle explains what “banlieue” means. It’s commonly translated as “suburb” but in reality it’s more complicated than that…
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1#21 La tradition de la galette des rois
In this episode, Gaelle will tell you everything you need to know about a festive dessert, available in France only in January: la galette des rois. You will…
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1#20 Un film culte: la tour Montparnasse infernale
In this episode, Gaelle will introduce you to a French movie: la tour Montparnasse infernale. You will also get to learn about a famous comic duo: Eric et…
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1#19 Simone Veil
In this episode, Gaelle introduces you to a key French female figure of the 20th century: Simone Veil. Born in 1927, she was caught in the horror of the Second…
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1#18 Raconter une journée au passé
In this episode, Gaelle gives you real life examples of how to talk about your weekend or your day at work. Because when you want to have a friendly chat with…
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1#17 Découvrir un métier - bénévole
In this episode, Gaelle interviews Laure, a French woman currently unemployed and who decided to use her free time to do some good and volunteer. Laure talks…
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1#16 Le français oral - contractions et disparitions
In this episode, Gaelle gives you some handy tips that’ll help you understand French people and sound more French. Oral French is quite different from written…
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1#15 Stromae, un artiste à écouter
In this episode, Gaëlle takes you down a musical path to meet a famous Belgian singer: Stromae. You will learn where his stage name comes from, what he’s been…
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1#14 L’énergie nucléaire en France
In this episode, Gaelle talks about the nuclear strategy chosen by France as its main source of energy and electricity. She explains why the country has made…
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1#13 Pourquoi la Joconde est-elle au Louvre?
In this episode, Gaelle takes you on an adventure between France and Italy, Renaissance and modern time. She explains why the most famous painting in the world…
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1#12 Gourmand, bêtise et autres mots intraduisibles
In this episode Gaelle introduces you to 5 new words that are quite unique to the French language, words that can’t be translated into English without using…
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1#11 La méfiance vaccinale en France
In this episode, Gaëlle will try to understand why French society seems so opposed to vaccines. In the land of Louis Pasteur, the distrust toward jabs, and…
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1#10 Découvrir un métier - médiathécaire
In this episode, Gaëlle interviews a special guest - Elisabeth, a “médiathécaire” (librarian). You will learn what she loves about her job, how the library…
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1#9 L’art du pain et du fromage en France
In this episode, Gaëlle will “vous mettre l’eau à la bouche” (make your mouth water) by talking about two all time favourite French foods: cheese and bread…
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1#8 Les BDs (bandes dessinées)
In this episode, Gaëlle explores a literary style, typical of France and Belgium, the “bande dessinée” or “BD”. You will discover the drawn world of Astérix…
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1#7 Liaison et élision
In this episode, Gaëlle focuses on phonetics and explains two phenomena commonly used in French and vital to be understood: “la liaison” and “l’élision”. You…
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1#6 The life of Coco Chanel
In this episode, Gaëlle tells you the story of one of the great French women - Coco Chanel, creator of the world-famous brand. In this short biography, her…
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1#5 Habitudes alimentaires
In this episode, Gaëlle discusses the specificities of a French meal and the French habits around the table. It’s common knowledge to say that French people…
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1#4 La tour Eiffel
The Eiffel Tower...everyone knows its shape and instantly thinks of Paris when seeing it. But did you ever wonder why this big metal structure exists? In this…
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1#3 Femmes françaises
In this episode, Gaëlle tackles stereotypes about French women. Are they really all slim and elegant ? Do they smoke 20 cigarettes a day whilst letting their…
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1#1 Lupin
In this episode, Gaëlle talks about the French series “Lupin”, produced by Netflix and “must see” of 2021. If you haven’t watched the series yet, don’t worry…
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1#2 Faux amis: actuellement et finalement
In this episode, Gaëlle helps you with two tricky words: “finalement” and “actuellement”. Through examples and translations in English, you will understand why…
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1Trailer - LanguaTalk Slow French
Welcome to LanguaTalk Slow French. This short trailer explains what the podcast will cover and how it can help you learn French.