J'irai ou je vais aller?
Learn how to stop overusing the futur simple and when to use the futur proche or the present tense instead.
Tes prochaines étapes:
1. Follow along with the transcript to view the examples from today's lesson.
2. Download your French Fluency Roadmap to track your French goals, vocabulary, and progress in 2026.
3. Tap the "Subscribe" button so that you never miss a lesson from Let's Speak French!
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Your guide for setting a SMART French goal that you'll actually stick to.
Tes prochaines étapes [Your next steps]
1. Download your French Fluency Roadmap to set and track your SMART French Goal, week by week.
2. Check the French transcript for this episode to make sure you're ready to set a SMART Goal.
3. Share this episode with a friend learning French so that you can keep each other assignable (the A in SMART) with your goals this year.
Have a question? Want to share your French goal? I love hearing from you! Send me message @elevatefrench on Facebook or Instagram.
In this A2/B1 level French lesson, you'll learn about food, music, and cultural traditions for the holidays in France.
Tes prochaines étapes [Your next steps]
1. Get your free French travel course to learn how to navigate travel mishaps that will occur with transportation, lodging, and restaurants as you travel in France and Québec.
2. Check out the transcript for the French lesson.
3. Tap the "Subscribe" button, so that you never miss an episode of Let's Speak French!
How to improve your listening comprehension, based on scientific research on the "double play" method. You'll learn listening strategies and how to feel less anxious while listening.
Prochaines étapes:
1. Download your French Listening Without Stress guide.
2. Tap "Subscribe" so that you never miss an episode!
A lesson for both intermediate and beginner French learners to avoid the common mistakes between BON and BIEN.
Tes prochaines étapes (Your next steps)
1. Check your understanding with the transcript.
2. Got a question about BON vs BIEN? I love hearing from you! Drop me a line at natalie@elevatefrench.com.
3. Tap "Follow" so you never miss an episode of Let's Speak French!
Frédéric Patenaude, French teacher and polyglot, breaks down the best ways to go about learning a language (and learning multiple languages over the decades). If you're ready to make real progress with your intermediate or advanced French, you'll love Frédéric's tips for improving your study habits and the mindset shifts you need to finally speak French more proficiently.
Voici tes prochaines étapes:
1️⃣ Check your comprehension with the transcript of this week's episode.
2️⃣ Défi / challenge: Find 60 MORE minutes per week for your French study. Write it down in your planner or somewhere you're going to see it every single day. Snap a photo and tag @elevatefrench in Instagram stories (or send me a message - I love to hear from you!). I'll check in to help you with your goal of fitting French more sustainably into your schedule.
3️⃣ Check out French with Frédéric for more Québec French content!
Improve your intermediate French with these better alternatives to "merci beaucoup" to sound more nuanced in your French for work, travel, or casual conversation.
Tes prochaines étapes [Your next steps]
1️⃣ Get the French Professional Email Template to politely communicate in formal email contexts.
2️⃣ Review the transcript and pick three new expressions that you'll aim to use in your next French conversations to express your thanks.
3️⃣ Tap the "Subscribe" button so you never miss an episode!
Improve your B1 and B2 French listening comprehension skills with the passive voice, which is frequently used to talk about French news.
Your intermediate French action steps 👇🏻
1️⃣ View the lesson examples in the transcript here.
2️⃣ Take the Passive Voice Quiz to get immediate feedback on your use of this tricky structure.
3️⃣ The passive voice doesn't get talked about enough in French learning resources, but you hear it all the time! Share this episode with a friend that's learning French to help them to understand more French media.
Bonne continuation et à la prochaine!
Improve your French pronunciation with these 14 liaison rules for liaison obligatoire, liaison interdite, et liaison facultative!
Your action steps:
1️⃣ Check out the transcript of this lesson.
2️⃣ Record yourself practicing the examples in the transcript, or just talking about your day. You can send it to Dr. Natalie for feedback on Instagram @elevatefrench in direct messages!
3️⃣ Did you learn something today? Leaving a rating and review helps the podcast to reach more French learners and is always appreciated!
What's it like to stay in a dorm and speak only French for 7 weeks as an adult? Brittany Kreek shares her experiences and her tips for going from beginner to the top of Middlebury's language program level in just 4 years.
She'll tell you how to study on the days that you aren't feeling motivated and how to stay focused as an adult!
Vos prochaines étapes (Your next steps):
1️⃣ Overcome the Intermediate Plateau with your Customizable Study Template
2️⃣ Review the transcript
3️⃣ Share this episode with a friend learning French!
Learn how to get by in French when disaster strikes! Specifically, you'll learn intermediate tips to improve your French for the B2 and C1 levels.
Tes prochaines étapes:
1️⃣ Download your Intermediate French Kit to gain confidence with speaking, grammar, and pronunciation.
2️⃣ Tu as compris? Follow along with the transcript for this episode to check your comprehension and review the new vocabulary you'll learn.
3️⃣ Tap "Follow" wherever you're listening so that you'll never miss an episode!
Learn how to use 3 verbs that confusion intermediate learners - arriver, partir, and s’en aller! Discover what “arriver” really means, when to say “je m’en vais,” and how to sound more natural by using "arriver" to talk about what you can and can't do.
Your action steps:
1️⃣ Take the quiz to test your understanding!
2️⃣ Check your understanding with the transcript
3️⃣ Checkout Part I of this series: How to use retourner, rendre, rentrer, revenir, and renvoyer
Are you overusing the imperative? Turns out French speakers avoid using the imperative with four other grammar structures to sound more natural and polite.
Your action steps:
1️⃣ Follow along with the transcript and review the content here.
2️⃣ Practice using the imperative! Create a story on Instagram where you tell your friends what they should do by avoiding the imperative. Use the subjunctive, infinitive, futur simple, or "Veuillez + infinitif" to tell them what to do. Remember to tag @elevatefrench to get feedback from Dr. Natalie!
3️⃣ Learn something new in today's lesson? Veuillez laisser un avis! Please leave a rating and review to help more intermediate learners to find this podcast.
Get a conversation going with your French coworkers, family, or Francophone friends! Your intermediate starter pack to starting more conversations in French.
Voici tes prochaines étapes:
1️⃣ Get your Past Tense Cheat Sheet so you can easily talk about what you've seen and read with the passé composé and imparfait.
2️⃣ Review the transcript for this lesson.
Make sure to tap the subscribe button so that you'll never miss an episode!
Tu me manques or Je te manque? Clarify how to use the verb Manquer to talk about what you miss, what you don't have, and what opportunities you have missed out on.
Vos prochaines étapes:
1️⃣ Take the MANQUER quiz!
2️⃣ Check out the transcript to check your understanding
What are the best techniques to improve your spoken French? In this conversation with Dr. Julia Gorham, professor of French at The Australian National University, you'll learn how to improve your French with research-based tips.
Tes prochaines étapes [Your next steps]:
1️⃣ Follow along with the transcript here
2️⃣ Make sure to tap the "subscribe" button so you never miss an episode!
Have a question about French? DM Natalie @elevatefrench on Instagram or Facebook. It might just become the subject of a new episode!
When do you use COD vs COI - what even are they and why do you absolutely need them to improve your intermediate French?
Your action steps after listening:
1️⃣ Join the Intermediate French Class to improve your fluidity and learn all the small words (such as COD vs COI) that make a big difference in your speaking and listening skills
2️⃣ Review the transcript for today's lesson
3️⃣ Need to gain confidence with speaking from scratch? Save your spot in the Beginner French Foundations Reboot group class!
Got a question about your level? I always love to hear from you! You can reach me anytime at natalie@elevatefrench.com
Why do you sound like a textbook and how can you fix it?
Tes prochaines étapes [Your next steps]
1️⃣ Improve your French with the free live class - Speak Real French: Slang & Idioms for Intermediate Learners. Save your spot here for the September 2025 free live class and practice!
Which article should you use and when? And when should you use DE versus DU, DE LA, DES?
Breaking down all the review you need to speak more confidently at the intermediate level in this episode.
Tes prochaines étapes [Your action steps]
1️⃣ Take the quiz to test your understanding!
2️⃣ Check the transcript and listen again to make sure you know exactly when to use the definite and partitive articles.
3️⃣ Tap "Subscribe" or "Follow" where you're listening so that you never miss an episode of Let's Speak French!
Can you actually be a "numbers person" or a "language person?" In this lesson, you'll learn:
Your action steps:
1️⃣ Get your customizable template: Overcoming the Intermediate Plateau.
2️⃣ Review the transcript.
Enjoying Let's Speak French? Leave a review to help other intermediate learners find the podcast!