It's cold outside. Come in, come in! Bienvenue!
Make yourselves comfortable by the fire. I'm going to tell you a story.
 
Once upon a time, there was a podcast, a podcast with a treasure trove of over two thousand five hundred episodes. For the festive season, we've opened the treasure chest! Let's discover how magic can sometimes find its way into everyday life.
In the eight episodes of this series, you'll encounter witches, a big cuddly toy, a Christmas troll, a fox... but I won't say any more.
 
This series comprises eight story episodes from the One Thing In A French Day podcast. It's an opportunity to work on your comprehension skills with an enjoyable and often funny theme.
 
A PDF with the texts and audio files in mp3 format.


How should you work with the audio and the transcript… and how to improve your comprehension?


Use your ear!


Here are some possibilities suggested by the listeners of One Thing In A French Day themselves :


— If you are not confident enough… read the text and listen to the audio at the same time. Look up for the words you don’t understand. Then, let your brain work for a few hours or days and listen again to the audio without the text. This will improve your comprehension.
 


— If you want to improve your comprehension smoothly, then it might be a good idea to read the text first, then listen to the audio without the text.
 


— If you want to see how much of the episode you understand or if your comprehension is good, then enjoy the text directly. Read the text just to check a few points.


 
And after?


After, you could read the text loud. And why not read it loud several times?
This way your brain hears you speak French! You improve your pronounciation and you also get how sentences are built.


Write down the vocabulary or some sentences on a special notebook. The fact to write some sentences in French is also a good way to memorise the vocabulary and the sentences’ structures.


 
A few days later, why not listen again?


Are you ready for Les contes de One Thing In A French Day?


 
Bonne écoute! Bonne lecture.


A bientôt,


Laetitia⭐︎