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  • How to learn Portuguese fast & easily in 3-minute chunks!

    How to learn Portuguese fast & easily in 3-minute chunks!

    Learning a language can be difficult, but here are some tips that will get you speaking Portuguese in no time at all
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    Kieran Ball
    May 17, 2019
    How to learn German fast & easily in 3-minute chunks!

    How to learn German fast & easily in 3-minute chunks!

    Learning a language can be difficult, but here are some tips that will get you speaking German in no time at all
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    Kieran Ball
    May 17, 2019
    How to learn Italian fast & easily in 3-minute chunks!

    How to learn Italian fast & easily in 3-minute chunks!

    Learning a language can be difficult, but here are some tips that will get you speaking Italian in no time at all
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    Kieran Ball
    May 17, 2019
    How to learn Spanish fast & easily in 3-minute chunks!

    How to learn Spanish fast & easily in 3-minute chunks!

    Learning a language can be difficult, but here are some tips that will get you speaking Spanish in no time at all
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    Kieran Ball
    May 17, 2019
    How to learn French fast & easily in 3-minute chunks!

    How to learn French fast & easily in 3-minute chunks!

    Learning a language can be difficult, but here are some tips that will get you speaking French in no time at all
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    Kieran Ball
    May 17, 2019
    Why do we say “ça c’est” instead of “ça est”?

    Why do we say “ça c’est” instead of “ça est”?

    The word for “that” in French is “ça” and “is” is “est”, so why don’t we say “ça est” for “that is”?
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    Kieran Ball
    Jun 3, 2023
    Different accents in French

    Different accents in French

    Those little lines and squiggles that you see on top and underneath some letters in French are rather important
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    Kieran Ball
    May 27, 2023
    YouGlish: A great site for improving your French pronunciation

    YouGlish: A great site for improving your French pronunciation

    YouGlish is a website that uses YouTube to help you improve your French pronunciation
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    Kieran Ball
    May 20, 2023
    Developing an effective way to learn

    Developing an effective way to learn

    A good learning system is something that will almost guarantee success in whatever you’re learning. Some of it has to do with the method…
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    Kieran Ball
    May 16, 2023
    A little tip to make you sound more French

    A little tip to make you sound more French

    This little tip is an easy adjustment you can make to your speaking to make you instantly sound more French
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    Kieran Ball
    May 13, 2023
    Harry Potter in French: Book 1, Chapter 11 (Le Match de Quidditch)

    Harry Potter in French: Book 1, Chapter 11 (Le Match de Quidditch)

    Reading in a foreign language is an amazing way to build your vocabulary, improve your overall comprehension and see examples of grammar in…
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    Kieran Ball
    Apr 20, 2023
    How to pronounce the letter C in French

    How to pronounce the letter C in French

    In this guide, you’ll learn about the two ways to pronounce the letter C in French
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    Kieran Ball
    Apr 15, 2023
    Confidence in speaking a foreign language

    Confidence in speaking a foreign language

    There are many things you need to master when learning a foreign language: vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, listening, speaking. All…
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    Kieran Ball
    Jan 30, 2023
    French indefinite articles: le/la/la

    French indefinite articles: le/la/la

    Indefinite articles are the words for “a” and “an”
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    Kieran Ball
    Oct 27, 2022
    French definite articles: le/la/la

    French definite articles: le/la/la

    Definite articles are the words for “the”
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    Kieran Ball
    Oct 26, 2022
    French stress

    French stress

    This little tip will immediately make you sound more French
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    Kieran Ball
    Oct 25, 2022
    French pronunciation: the letter C

    French pronunciation: the letter C

    Here are some handy tips for pronouncing the letter C in French
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    Kieran Ball
    Oct 24, 2022
    C’est bon

    C’est bon

    The very first sentence you learn to build in my 3 Minute French course is “c’est bon”, which we learn means, “it’s good”.
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    Kieran Ball
    Feb 23, 2022
    La Vie En Rose

    La Vie En Rose

    Let’s go through Édith Piaf’s famous song and see what French we can learn
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    Kieran Ball
    Feb 14, 2022
    Encanto

    Encanto

    I’ve just watched the Disney film “Encanto” and there was plenty of Spanish in it!
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    Kieran Ball
    Jan 23, 2022
    Colours in French

    Colours in French

    Here’s a quick guide to using (and pronouncing) colours in French
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    Kieran Ball
    Jan 16, 2022
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