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