Welcome to Walk, Talk and Learn French

Wtlfrench-300Welcome to Walk, Talk and Learn French from the Radio Lingua Network. This video show presents French grammar like you've never seen it before. Join teacher Pierre-Benoît as he wanders around the streets of Paris talking about the language he sees on posters, adverts and notices.


Walk, Talk and Learn French is published in weekly episodes, beginning on 9th January 2009. You can view the episodes on our website, or subscribe for free in iTunes and receive each episode automatically as soon as it's published. Bonus materials for each episode will soon be available, along with the option to download high quality videos.

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03/27/2009

Feedback as we film our second series

To all Walk, Talk and Learn French viewers: episodes 9 and 10 will be published next week, but they're on hold as we're actually out in Paris filming our second series of Walk, Talk and Learn French. We thought we'd take this opportunity to ask you for your feedback. Any comments? Ideas? Suggestions?

 
I know that some viewers have mentioned that WTL is "too short". However we intend to continue to produce short shows like this as we feel they work best, both from a production point of view, and from the point of view of the learner. Keeping things short also makes each episode perfect for use in French classrooms around the world.
 
Let us know what you think and we'll try to take your views on board as we film our second series.
 
And lessons 9 and 10 will be with you next week!

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03/14/2009

Episode 08 - Walk, Talk and Learn French

In episode 08 of Walk, Talk and Learn French, Pierre-Benoît and Mark talk avoir expressions and take another look at the imperfect tense.


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03/07/2009

Episode 07 - Walk, Talk and Learn French

In episode 07 of Walk, Talk and Learn French, Pierre-Benoît and Mark talk about superlatives: 'the biggest', 'the tallest', 'the oldest', 'the hairiest...'!


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02/28/2009

Episode 06 - Walk, Talk and Learn French

In episode 06 of Walk, Talk and Learn French, Pierre-Benoît and Mark consider 'si clauses' which combine imperfect and conditional tenses. Please note that teachers using this episode with their classes should view the full episode before using it with younger students.


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02/14/2009

Episode 05 - Walk, Talk and Learn French

In episode 05 of Walk, Talk and Learn French, Pierre-Benoît and Mark look more at adjective agreements; they talk about the expression 'être embêté(e) de + infinitive; and explain how the 'ne' in 'ne...pas' is often dropped in spoken French.


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02/06/2009

Episode 04 - Walk, Talk and Learn French

In episode 04 of Walk, Talk and Learn French, Pierre-Benoît and Mark talk about adjective agreements and look at false friends / false cognates: words which look similar in English and French but which mean totally different things. This episode was shot on the parvis of the Hôtel de Ville. 


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01/30/2009

Episode 03 - Walk, Talk and Learn French

In episode 03 of Walk, Talk and Learn French, Pierre-Benoît and Mark introduce the construction il faut + infinitive. This episode is based around an advert in the métro.


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01/24/2009

Episode 02 - Walk, Talk and Learn French

In episode 02 of Walk, Talk and Learn French, Pierre-Benoît and Mark introduce the expressions dès que and ne ... plus. This episode is based around an information poster in the métro.


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01/16/2009

Episode 01 - Walk, Talk and Learn French

In episode 01 of Walk, Talk and Learn French, Pierre-Benoît and Mark introduce the phrase il y en a and discuss adjective agreements. This episode is based around a poster for the film Ratatouille.  


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01/09/2009

Pilot Episode: Walk, Talk and Learn French

In this pilot episode for the brand new video podcast Walk, Talk and Learn French, presenters Pierre-Benoît and Mark introduce the programme. When you're learning a language, one of the best things you can do is look around you on the signs, posters and notices. However, this isn't always possible, especially if you can'ttravel to the country where the language is spoken. With Walk, Talk and Learn French we're bringing this experience to your classroom or your home, to your iPod or your phone. 

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