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French for Beginners Podcast Transcripts

Linguistica 360 · 29 episodes with transcripts

We proudly present a one-of-a kind educational program for beginners that includes vocabulary, grammar, exercises, dialogue, and much more in the form of a theatrical performance! (https://www.newsinslowfrench.com/series/guts/1/opening) The plot of the play is simple.

Spoken has transcripts of 29 French for Beginners episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from November 26, 2012.

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French for Beginners: Lesson 1 - Does Roast Beef mean "I'm ready to settle down?"

November 26, 2012

Jean-Paul (0:00)

Bienvenue. Welcome to the Language Theatre. Come in, come in. Take your seat and get ready for unique experience. My name is Jean-Paul and I will take you through this masterful play. I hope you will enjoy the performance and learn to understand and even speak French by the end of the play. Oh, and by the way, it's…

Now, a few words about the format of the show, or course, if you will. A French teacher, Valérie, gives one-on-one lessons. The students who come for the lessons have very little knowledge of French, almost none. From the first lesson to the last, they will learn to the extent that each one of them will be able to…

Valérie (1:55)

Bonjour, êtes-vous Jack ?

Jack (1:58)

Excuse me?

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