Sure, to improve and accelerate the learning of a language, there is nothing better than listening. So I will share my passion for reading with you. I will register regularly a book, a poem, an article ... If you have the urge of a particular text, please tell me, comments are open  :-) or by email.
Be kind, I record with my phone for the pleasure of sharing, sometimes my tongue will pitchfork or my son will interrupt me ... Help, let's start over ... no, I'm sure you won't hold it against me...!

Whatever your level is, beginner, intermediate or advanced: LISTEN! And if you do not understand everything, it's better! Yes, yes, it's better ... All is not happening in consciousness, so let your imagination help you, it has wonderful powers! Let your brain soak, soak sounds and rhythms ... let it make its own connections, trust ...
Have faith ... have faith ... I cannot say this sentence in my head without seeing the snake in the Jungle Book attempting to eat this poor Mowgli! I promise I will not eat you ;-)
This is another extraordinary technique of memorization ... the association of images, did you know that?
You can use it in a thousand ways: Small example: lying in the dark, listening to poetry, associate images to the word you hear or to the rhythm you feel. Or combine colors, memories ... There will always be a word or a rhythm to take you somewhere ... let it happen :-)

For those who saw Antigone at the Dolphin theatre, did you notice the incredible work of Stuart / Creon? Stuart is not yet bilingual despite appearances, he began to learn French to help his children at school :-) And then he developed a passion for the language. His secret? Every night he listens to a French text before falling asleep. I worked with him for more than a year and his progress is remarkable. He understood the language's prosody, rhythm and intonation all peculiar to French. Theatre workshops have, I hope, certainly helped too ;-)
The ideal is to listen at night. You are relaxed, you do not have access to your dictionary, your relaxed brain will register more effectively the relevant information! Many scientific studies prove it. Watch this video on youtube if you're interested. So trust your brain, do not try to understand everything, keep this part for school or college and try another approach, only let yourself rock to the musicality of the language ... let your imagination do the rest ;-)

Aragon said: "Reading is dreaming about." So let's dream together to learn more!

To begin:
1. Books - entire books or excerpts of authors that I like or that you like.
2. Poems - I love poetry so why not share it ... Poems for adults and children, children love poetry. Often at night before falling asleep, I whisper in the dark in the ear of my son a poem ... He loves it!
Vary the sensations, listen in the dark or in the shower, listen very strong or very slowly ... listen eating, hear without listening, listen and repeat ... driving, running ... Have fun with words that you have heard before to seek the meaning. For us too poetry is often mysterious, that's its charm.
3. articles - of all kinds, not to be bored!

 Je vais commencer par des extraits de ce livre de Jean-Pierre Siméon : Stabat Mater Furiosa. C'est un monologue que je voudrais depuis longtemps monter au théâtre avec mes filles Ea, Hélia et Séléna. J'espère le faire un jour... Ce livre est une "prière furieuse", un cri de femme "qui refuse de comprendre", que la guerre soit encore un drame d’actualité. Nous sommes tous concernés par la guerre. La guerre, passée, présente, future, "est laide, laide comme la mort". Les femmes engendrent des hommes. Des hommes font encore la guerre sur cette terre,  des hommes violent encore des femmes et les femmes font encore des hommes, et ces hommes continuent de faire la guerre, ils continuent sur tous les continents de violer des femmes… Ils continuent de profaner ce sexe d’où ils viennent…
Ce texte est malheureusement d'une poésie cruelle. Si vous voulez vous procurer le livre complet, contacter le Forum.
Pour commencer, écoutez la 4ème de couverture... 

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