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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 listen. This will help you follow along and allow you to study the sentences.

LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1

In this episode, Gaelle talks about an unusual and beautiful place to visit in the Pyrenees: le gouffre d’Esparros (the Abyss of Esparros). You will hear about its discovery, the beauty it conceals and the extremely precise work done to keep it in excellent condition whilst opening it to the public.

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You can find an interactive transcript for this episode on ⁠Langua⁠, and you can see the vocab list here: ⁠https://languatalk.com/blog/podcast/french?via=frenchpod⁠

Looking to learn French fast with a tutor like Gaëlle? Meet a tutor for a free trial session.

Gouffre d’Esparros

In this episode, Gaelle interviews Clémence, a French dietitian with her own private practice. With her modern and progressive views on nutrition, Clémence will explain why being slim doesn’t always mean being healthy, and how the table manners you learnt as a child can have a big impact on your adult life and your relationship with food.

Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform to help you become fluent in French: ⁠https://languatalk.com/french-AI-chat?via=gaelle⁠

You can find an interactive transcript for this episode on ⁠Langua⁠, and you can see the vocab list here: ⁠https://languatalk.com/blog/podcast/french?via=frenchpod⁠

Looking to learn French fast with a tutor like Gaëlle? Meet a tutor for a free trial session.

Interview avec Clémence, diététicienne

In this episode, Gaelle explores the many facets of a famous French seaside resort: Cap d’Agde. From state-planned economy to sexual freedom, this Mediterranean summer hot spot has a lot to it.

Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform to help you become fluent in French: ⁠https://languatalk.com/french-AI-chat?via=gaelle⁠

You can find an interactive transcript for this episode on ⁠Langua⁠, and you can see the vocab list here: ⁠https://languatalk.com/blog/podcast/french?via=frenchpod⁠

Looking to learn French fast with a tutor like Gaëlle? Meet a tutor for a free trial session.

Visite de l’été - Cap d’Agde

In this episode, Gaelle goes back in time, post Second World War and the midst of the Cold War, when nuclear weapons were at the center of attention. France got its first nuclear bomb in 1954 and has been a nuclear power since then. But the development and testing of those bombs had to happen somewhere and that part of French history has its share of secrets, lies and deceit. Far from the metropole, the nuclear trials are still an open wound for many people.

Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform to help you become fluent in French: ⁠https://languatalk.com/french-AI-chat?via=gaelle⁠

You can find an interactive transcript for this episode on ⁠Langua⁠, and you can see the vocab list here: ⁠https://languatalk.com/blog/podcast/french?via=frenchpod⁠

Looking to learn French fast with a tutor like Gaëlle? Meet a tutor for a free trial session.

Les essais nucléaires français

In this episode, Gaelle interviews Jérémy Michalak, a French TV producer. For the past 10 years he has worked with Lucie Carrasco, a heavily disabled French woman, in her trips around the world. In this interview, you will understand how difficult it was to cast and show disability on TV in France, why the duo Jérémy/Lucie is a unique one, and why inclusive cities matter. 

Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform to help you become fluent in French: ⁠https://languatalk.com/french-AI-chat?via=gaelle⁠

You can find an interactive transcript for this episode on ⁠Langua⁠, and you can see the vocab list here: ⁠https://languatalk.com/blog/podcast/french?via=frenchpod⁠

Looking to learn French fast with a tutor like Gaëlle? Meet a tutor for a free trial session.

Interview with TV producer, Jérémy Michalak

In this episode, Gaelle explains the difference between “temps”, “fois” and “heure”, all translated as “time” in English - making it hard for English speakers to choose the right word.

Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform to help you become fluent in French: ⁠https://languatalk.com/french-AI-chat?via=gaelle⁠

You can find an interactive transcript for this episode on ⁠Langua⁠, and you can see the vocab list here: ⁠https://languatalk.com/blog/podcast/french?via=frenchpod⁠

Looking to learn French fast with a tutor like Gaëlle? Meet a tutor for a free trial session

Temps, fois, heure

In this episode, Gaelle goes back in time, during the French colonisation of Algeria.The history between the old colonial power and its colony is a rocky one, with a terrible independence war that scared both countries. And in the middle of it, stood a small but powerful white European community, later called “Pieds-noirs”. But why such a name? Listen to this episode to find out!

Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform to help you become fluent in French: https://languatalk.com/french-AI-chat?via=gaelle

You can find an interactive transcript for this episode on Langua, and you can see the vocab list here: https://languatalk.com/blog/podcast/french?via=frenchpod

Looking to learn French fast with a tutor like Gaëlle? Meet a tutor for a free trial session here: https://languatalk.com/french-tutors-online?via=frenchpod

L’Algérie et les Pieds-Noirs

In this episode, Gaelle talks about a famous French writer from the 19th century: George Sand. And don’t be fooled by the masculine name, as it was a decoy for this female writer to get her place in the very misogynist society of the time. Come and meet this incredible woman who didn’t believe in gender norms and thought she could be as good as any man.

Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform to help you become fluent in French: https://languatalk.com/french-AI-chat?via=gaelle

You can find an interactive transcript for this episode on Langua, and you can see the vocab list here: https://languatalk.com/blog/podcast/french?via=frenchpod

Looking to learn French fast with a tutor like Gaëlle? Meet a tutor for a free trial session here: https://languatalk.com/french-tutors-online?via=frenchpod

Biographie - George Sand

In this episode, Gaelle tackles a grammar point: how to build formal questions and how to use the “t euphonique”. If you ever wondered why French people say “comment va-t-elle?” and where this extra “t” comes from, you are in the right place.

Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform to help you become fluent in French: https://languatalk.com/french-AI-chat?via=gaelle

You can find an interactive transcript for this episode on Langua, and you can see the vocab list here: https://languatalk.com/blog/podcast/french?via=frenchpod

Looking to learn French fast with a tutor like Gaëlle? Meet a tutor for a free trial session here: https://languatalk.com/french-tutors-online?via=frenchpod

Grammaire - t euphonique et questions formelles

In this episode, Gaelle talks about a sad and difficult topic: death. Following the loss of her friend, she realised that death is not something we easily talk about, and we usually don’t know the appropriate words for it. You will learn how to express the loss, your condolences and how funerals take place in France. After all, death is a part of the cycle of life - we should talk about it.

Check out Langua, a cutting-edge AI platform to help you become fluent in French: https://languatalk.com/french-AI-chat?via=gaelle

You can find an interactive transcript for this episode on Langua, and you can see the vocab list here: https://languatalk.com/blog/podcast/french?via=frenchpod

Looking to learn French fast with a tutor like Gaëlle? Meet a tutor for a free trial session here: https://languatalk.com/french-tutors-online?via=frenchpod

Interview with TV producer, Jérémy Michalak

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