The French in Action videos on the main website for the series are only available in the US and Canada at this time, but you can watch all the videos on KZread at this playlist: kzread.info/head/PL4lJLtpfKDUEUofMMkp9XO0l8vM10BMAh Thanks to those of you who pointed this out to me! If you want to learn French, the best way to start is by watching the free series French in Action by Pierre Capretz! Using outstanding Comprehensible Input techniques, French in Action follows the story of a young couple and their adventures in France. 🇫🇷 French in Action video series: www.learner.org/series/french-in-action/ Apparently the above link only works for folks in the US and Canada, but you can watch all the videos on KZread at this playlist: kzread.info/head/PL4lJLtpfKDUEUofMMkp9XO0l8vM10BMAh The textbook that accompanies the series, containing all the scripts of the dialogues, is found here: 📖 Part 1 amzn.to/3t9YBcm 📖 Part 2 amzn.to/30u8xB9 🏛 My comprehensible input Latin video series Lingua Latina Comprehensibilis: kzread.info/head/PLU1WuLg45Siw2bcwgjIj8FgQoJuGTM70j 🏺 My comprehensible input Ancient Greek video series Ancient Greek in Action: kzread.info/head/PLU1WuLg45SixsonRdfNNv-CPNq8xUwgam Once you've finished the French in Action series, learn to be a fluent *reader* of French with the French by the Nature Method series on the Ayan Academy channel: kzread.info/head/PLf8XN5kNFkhdIS7NMcdUdxibD1UyzNFTP And you'll also enjoy my friend Lionel's channel which has great comprehensible input in French: kzread.info/dron/PCEAKg3qaASm_ptfwAGtLQ.html And if you like, do consider joining this channel: kzread.info/dron/Lbiwlm3poGNh5XSVlXBkGA.htmljoin 🦂 Support my work on Patreon: www.patreon.com/LukeRanieri ☕️ Support my work with PayPal: paypal.me/lukeranieri 📚 Luke Ranieri Audiobooks: luke-ranieri.myshopify.com 🏛 Ancient Greek in Action · Free Greek Lessons: kzread.info/head/PLU1WuLg45SixsonRdfNNv-CPNq8xUwgam 👨‍🏫 My Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata playlist · Free Latin Lessons: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGucxplyaazgnrg.html 🦂 ScorpioMartianus (my channel *entirely* in Latin & Ancient Greek) kzread.info 🎙 Luke Ranieri ASMR in Latin: kzread.info 🌍 polýMATHY website: lukeranieri.com/polymathy/ 😊 polýMATHY on Facebook: facebook.com/lukepolymath 🐦 polýMATHY on Twitter: twitter.com/LukePolymath/ 🎮 Join the Discord community: discord.gg/u4PN2u2 🌅 polýMATHY on Instagram: instagram.com/lukeranieri/ 🦁 Legio XIII Latin Language Podcast: kzread.info 🎙 Hundreds of hours of Latin & Greek audio: lukeranieri.com/audio 👕 Merch: teespring.com/stores/scorpiomartianus 🦂 www.ScorpioMartianus.com 🦅 www.LukeRanieri.com ☕️ Supported in part by LanguageMugs.com : languagemugs.com/shop/?wpam_id=11 📖 My book Ranieri Reverse Recall on Amazon: amzn.to/2nVUfqd

@mayanlogos92

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. You great 💕

@DavidSinghiser

3 жыл бұрын

I read this. I read the same on the Annenberg site while listening to you. 10 minutes into your video I clicked on the link, no video. Oh yeah, I live in Paraguay now.

@DavidSinghiser

2 жыл бұрын

@Big Black Dot. Sí.

@DavidWuFrench

2 ай бұрын

@@DavidSinghiser "The playlist does not exist"

I just adore how soothing your voice is

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

That's very nice of you! 😊

@keanancupido

3 жыл бұрын

Same here!!!

@bumblebeeeoptimus

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed I couldn't agree more

@tandago7281

2 жыл бұрын

Perfect treatment against insomnia. Calms down and makes me dream of speaking new languages and exploring history and the workd. Perfect!

@ragheadand420roll

2 жыл бұрын

Perhaps from the years of speaking latin Latin seems to have the same tone 👍🏻🇺🇸

I LOVE French in Action!!! I’m on episode 15 and it is truly amazing-I can’t recommend it enough. Comprehensible Input is the way to go, I don’t understand why it hasn’t taken over the language learning community. There needs to be so much more like this! You have done such great job with your excellent Comprehensible Input Latin and Greek efforts. Merci beaucoup !

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

Magnifique! Merci

@aaronmoore3050

Ай бұрын

did you use any extras to help you along?

Your video makes me want to follow the whole French in Action course... and I'm French!

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

Salut, mon ami! Haha yeah, it's really entertaining! It's a great recommendation to make to those who want to learn French or to improve their listening skills.

@TheSpecialJ11

2 жыл бұрын

It's a very cute series. I genuinely looked forward to the progression of the plot each episode.

There was an educational TV channel where I live that broadcast the show in the 80s. Fantastic TV series. Robert, Mireille, Marie Laure, Tante Georgette, Madame Beleau, Hubert, so many lovely characters. Rest in peace professor Capretz. Luke, it is incredible how you physically reminds me of a big brazilian comedian called Paulo Gustavo.

@polyMATHY_Luke

6 ай бұрын

Very flattered by the comparison.

@MultiSUPERLATIVO

5 ай бұрын

@@polyMATHY_Luke It is amazing. I guess that Paulo's mother would be happy to meet you one day.

This video got me to start French in Action back in March, but I took a several months long hiatus from it until picking it up again recently and finishing it. Because of it, I now feel like I am at a decent level in French and can understand so much when I watch videos in French. I will continue on my path to fluency, but this video kickstarted the French journey for me. Thanks for introducing me to it! P.S. I plan on learning Latin next ;)

"How many dead languages do you want to become fluent at?" polyMATHY: "Yes"

@yeshnavale

2 жыл бұрын

💀😂 ong, that was funny

@tandago7281

2 жыл бұрын

How about dying languages?:(

"Nous allons apprendre le français", "Rōma in Italiā est", "My tailor is rich"… there are some iconic phrases every language learner remembers forever.

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

Aha ouais!

@peterfireflylund

3 жыл бұрын

Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres.

@orleanslecanut3031

3 жыл бұрын

@@peterfireflylund Quoque!

@pscar1

3 жыл бұрын

Petite référence de Funès. ;)

@falcychead8198

Ай бұрын

My hovercraft is full of eels.

Video about French: exists The French: hippity hoppity the comments section is now our property

@Mercure250

3 жыл бұрын

Cette section commentaires est maintenant notre propriété

@orleanslecanut3031

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mercure250 ALL YOU FRENCH ARE BELONG TO US

@mayanlogos92

3 жыл бұрын

:)))))))))) niceee

@thatdude3827

2 жыл бұрын

je suis pas français mais j’apprends français et c’est pourquoi je suis là (any french speaker lemme know if this is incorrect or not)

@doigt6590

2 жыл бұрын

@@thatdude3827 Tu as oublié le déterminant « le » entre « j'apprends » et « français », mais sinon c'est parfait. Bravo!

You have this calmness 😍

I love this, I'm looking forward for an OLD FRENCH vid!

Damn, my parents even recorded the whole series in vhs back in the nineties. It was broadcasted by a public channel in my state.

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah!

@nath5588

3 жыл бұрын

Vous êtes tellement fort, Luke, que vous m'avez donné l'envie irrésistible, avec vos 11 minutes de promotion, d'apprendre...ma propre langue maternelle ! Et aussi, de me replonger dans le monde d'avant...mais hélas, la série n'est apparemment pas disponible depuis la "vieille Europe"😭 Merci beaucoup également pour vos cours de grec ancien que je suis avec enthousiasme, maintenant je sais d'où vous vous êtes inspiré.

I love French in Action! I used to watch it on morning TV before attending university back in the mid 1990s and was so happy to find it again now on KZread. It’s really a delightful way to learn French.

Wow @ that message from Pierre Capretz. What a gentleman!

I’m going through these videos right now! They make me smile, the characters are so cute, the 80s are so quaint, it’s a high-quality educational experience and a very pleasant way to spend 30 minutes. It makes perfect sense that you’re “gushing” over this series!

Tem Francês também, que maravilha !!

I'm French but I enjoy watching these kind of videos.

Thank you so much Luke! I'm studying Italian and Spanish now and soon French. Everything you've shared will be of use in the future.

I'm glad I discovered this channel

We used this method in my college French class - never had another language class like it! 💜

This is exactly what I needed thank you! I subscribed to your Scorpio channel about 10 years ago when you were still reading the news, and it was the best decision I ever made, you're a treasure.

Incroyable, tu maîtrises également le français ! Félicitations 💪👏👏

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

Trop gentil!

From ancient Greek to French, your methods are always work for me! Thank you Luke 😆

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

I’m glad to share them, my friend!

Thank you so much for sharing this, english is my second language and you speak it so clearly that it's like music to my ears, also love the latin videos. Now I'm learning french and will watch the French in Action videos. Thanks again.

I loved this show! I took a trip to Paris in 1991, and watched this show every morning before I went to work before I left to prepare. I had taken one semester in college and an adult ed. class, and that combined with this program really helped my basic communication skills when I travelled. I could at least try to speak to French people in their own language.

I just started watching this series, it's amazing

As a French teacher, I completely agree with you regarding French in Action. It's dated, but it works!

I will mix it with "Le Français par la Methode Nature" and "Le Journal en Français Facile". Thanks a lot.

I love this series and I am going to start watching it again.

As if I weren't your #1 fan already, I am literally starting french lessons this week!!

Thank you for the tip!

It's great, it was my first try at a 3rd language back in the late '80s was on air on PBS. I really liked the fact that there were no translations they showed the action and the words associated and you start understanding right away obviously takes practice to actually start speaking there is a companion workbook. Just recently watching some French videos came across one that had the fountain they showed very often on the show with the mechanical lips and other stuff, apparently, it's still standing.

I couldn’t agree more! A great series. Thanks for sharing your experience with it.

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting, Kenneth!

Oh yes! I always wanted to reanimate the remainders of this beautiful language that still gotta be somewhere in the depths of my brain. Somewhere!!! 😀 So, _merci beaucoup_ for this series. 💜

i gotta say, french in action is absolutely fantastic! just wish i had something like this when i first started learning italian. merci luke

Me, also learned French using French in Action. I recall the first days when I just arrived in Paris, I'd spend hours in Bibliotheque Pompidou listening to these videos. Just like Mireille, I ended up spending 4 years to study Art History at Sorbonne in later years. A lot of sweet memories and nostalgia of 80s from this series that one unfortunately wouldn't be able to find in today's France. What's nice about French in Action, as many fans rightfully pointed out, is the characters. It feels like a TV series in which these amazing characters would interact and grow with you as you improve your French level.

I remember seeing a video of this series a LONG time ago when I first learned French. Thank you so much for making this video just to remind us this exists. My first yt search after this vid was “French in action.”

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

Great! Yeah feel free to use the links in the description when you need the playlist.

Will definitely be watching the series later when I get to French, it’s amazing how such an old resource can still be so useful.

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

Great! Yeah I was equally amazed even when the series was only two decades old.

I remember seeing some of it while getting ready for school at around 6am on my local PBS station in the early 90s. I never got to see the whole thing till a few years ago and I joined the fan club! I'm so glad I found another fan of the show and this whole video on it!

Awww....i remember this series on PBS in the 90s. Marilou was my favorite character

Thanks for the tips, this series was just what I was looking for!

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

Great!

Awesome show. Mireille is so lovely

I remember this! Great recommendation.

Dear Luke, I know you can talk at least 10 languages but now I know that, besides all those languages you are able to read minds so, please admit it that you can I just started to learn (basic) french, those videos will come off more than handy. Thank you so much

Thank you for reminding me that I need to revisit my copy of French in Action. Everything that you wrote about it is true. The enjoyment is immense and the experience is precious. So much of present day existence in the U.S. has deteriorated into the gutter so it is wonderful to go back decades. I also have been reading the transcripts while watching the 52 week Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish. I am glad to learn that someone gushes over French in Action.

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! There are many kindred spirits here

@SupportWeThePeopleKB

2 жыл бұрын

Praise to WGBH Boston and the Annenberg Foundation for teaming up with Pierre Capretz at Yale and Bill Van Patten at U Illinois Urbana-Champlain to make these remarkable immersive programs. These were massive efforts to produce quality materials for language learners. With the upsurge of self-taught polyglots, both French In Action and Destinos should have cult followings.

I can't explain how much I fall in love with this course. I have just finished the French in action course today morning and then I wanted to see some reviews about the course and sadly I found almost no one talking about it until I saw your video. I totally agree with you that this is the greatest language learning program ever made, no other course even came close to French in action. Thanks for your wonderful review and advices.

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment!

@georgeem9954

2 жыл бұрын

That's great..I am in chapter 11. How is your french level now? Like B1 or C1

That's what I'm doing to learning French - Comprehensible Input. I watch videos "by native speakers for native speakers". Most of the things I don't understand but still it's worth the time. 😉😉

Thankyou so much for this review. I will defiantly be watching this now. Merci

merci beaucoup!

I was born in '86. Perhaps it's a sign I should dig in. My Lingva Latina book will arrive next week and my interest in language learning has been growing steadily for some time. Thank you for your incredible amount of great learning material and resources.

I’ve needed this video for a long time

Merci Luke !!! 🇫🇷❤🇺🇸

OMG, I loved French In Action !!! Honestly, I watched the series many times during the 80s and into the 90s. And whenever I think about language learning in general, I fondly remember the excellent approach take with that series. It's still so fun to watch ! It was clearly a labour of love for Dr Capretz et al. Cheers !

@polyMATHY_Luke

2 жыл бұрын

Oui!

Luke, thank you for being one of the best language learning channels on KZread. It’s because of your videos on Latin that I purchased my copy of Lingua Latina last summer. I’ve been watching your videos on Latin and Ancient Greek, which are very helpful and a great supplement. Never did I think would I be able to find a similar resource for French (which I’ve always considered my natural enemy). But I trust your recommendation and I will watch this video series and begin tackling French. Many thanks!

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

I'm so grateful for your kind words, but I hardly think myself deserving of them. I'm really happy to hear about your progress though! That's great!

En effet😊 c'est une très mignonne méthode. Merci beaucoup de l'avoir partager ✨

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

De rien 😊

I've been looking all over for something like this for Canadian French rather than Parisian. As a hockey fan growing up I used to hear the French spoken by players and announcers and think it was such a beautiful-sounding language, and thanks to KZread those clips are available to the whole world again. Former Expos and Canadiens announcer Claude Mouton (who is no longer with us) has the clearest and most mellifluous speech you could ask for and is a total pleasure to listen to; I wish he had made language-learning videos!

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

Canadian French in super interesting! I hope you find what you're looking for

@androune45

3 жыл бұрын

Québécoise ici :) I don't know if you'll find it interesting but you can look up Téléfrancais! on KZread. It was made in the 80s by the Educational Board of Ontario. It's for kids, but I find it quite charming. If you use Reddit you can also check out the r/Québec for reading :)

@doigt6590

2 жыл бұрын

@@polyMATHY_Luke What do you find interesting in Canadian French? Also what varieties and sociolects do you find most interesting? Perhaps a video idea for the future...

@87advil

Жыл бұрын

Hi Mark, I know you left this comment a long time ago, but the channel Wandering French has videos in intermediate Quebec French.

I remember watching these in French class in high school when these were (I didn't realize at the time) quite new. Class of '90.

French in Action takes me back to my teen years when I first got into French back in 1993.. Oh the nostalgia. It hits so hard.

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully all of it good!

More videos like this pls! Amazing!

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

More on the way!

Merci beaucoup Monsieur Polymathy vous avez raison, ils sont vraiment super. Je vais les ajouter à mon plan d'apprentissage. Je suis sûr qu'ils seront utiles.

I remember the pretty blonde from 1980's high school french! Love it Thanks so much!

Very recently decided to take French more seriously and right on time I see this upload. Higher powers must be at work! Thank you!

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

De rien! Good timing

"Destinos" for Spanish is similar and also great!

@polyMATHY_Luke

7 ай бұрын

Here is my video on it: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hYKfms2Dmtmnfqw.htmlsi=Ph5a4Gi2Zau_yxvb

Dia dhuit, Luke! Well, what a treat it has been to discover your KZread channel in the past few days. I'm someone whose been really struggling with language learning motivation the past 2 years, and so to encounter your enthusiasm has been most inspiring, perhaps even putting me back on the straight and narrow (or so I hope). I guess when I returned from France after a period there, I became quite deflated in not having the same access to native French speakers as I did (including those with no English that forced me into French), which was amplified further by my inability to convince French speakers on iTalki to chat with me (do others have this experience?). I'm going to give this video series a go, I've a lot to catch up on, and your review sounds encouraging. PS I'd love to hear your thoughts on the Irish language. It would be very exiting to learn what a fluent Latin speaker would make of this Celtic language. Apparently the Italic and Celtic families are more closely related? You'd be a good judge. Best regards :)

Merci, Luke! Je vais commencer à le regarder ce soir!

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

Merci à toi!

Thanks for this. I've been teaching myself French for a few months already, and this would come in useful.

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

Let me know how you like it!

Ce m'a l'air d'être un excellent moyen d'apprendre la plus belle langue du monde !

Bonjour Luke; as a teacher here in France - of French to the English and English to the French - I found the video series of interest of course - maybe of most use for isolated students. However in my classes I tend to follow the methods of Michel Thomas, literally translating his French classes in to English for my french students who range from 16 to 70! I agree that immersion only in the learnt language (with from time to time a brief word of guidance in the native tongue) is the method that appears to produce the most lasting results - and lots of revision !

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

Certainly!

I follow your videos for learning French, Italian, Latin, Greek, etc and... I improve my English

Not only you translate many stuff in the air, but you also translate a lot of languages! You're a truly translator! 😄

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

Nah I'm just a guy with a computer. 😊

You are the best! Thx!:)

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

Merci!

I started learning French in ‘87 and enjoyed this series.

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

Grand!

@joshadams8761

3 жыл бұрын

@@polyMATHY_Luke Singing along with Jacques Brel was also helpful, especially for mastering the ʁ.

Omg thank you for this! I've been making to learn French for a while

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

I'm very pleased to share it!

You can't imagine how happy I am for finding these tips. I was starting to learn French in the end of 2019, but then the pandemic came and the classes were cancelled... Soooo glad to be back! Thanks a lot!!!

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

Oh great! Enjoy and good luck!

Omg i use to watch this. On pbs. I loved it

The Magic Flute Overture!

Ces vidéos semblent géniales. Si je les connaissais quand j'ai commencé à apprendre le français je suis sûre que je les aurais utilisées !

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

Absolument!

Mon dieu! I'll take an important french exam in two weeks and this is exactly what I need. Thank you so much.

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

That's just enough time! watch all 52 episodes in two weeks! I'm sure it'll help. Sleep well, and eat well too.

@realOrdchi

3 жыл бұрын

@@polyMATHY_Luke I'll definitely do that! Thank you again, that's pretty life saving haha! I mean I can drill vocabulary and grammar, but that doesn't mean that it'll be useful, especially in french, where the written and the spoken language differ quite a lot.

Ça fait du bien d'avoir cette vidéo.

Luke, I followed your recommendation and I am glad I did it. A wonderful serie of videos. I improved a lot my hearing understand of French. Thank you! Salut!

@polyMATHY_Luke

Жыл бұрын

I’m delighted! Thanks for the response

Thank god, perfect timing.

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

Grande!

I’ve been watching French in Action and Destinos for the past couple weeks, they’ve been amazing and truly a gift that we don’t deserve. Hopefully these, along with the Lingua Latina I’ve been learning with your and Hans Ørberg’s help in the past year or so, will help me learning Portuguese as I will be living in Brazil for the next two years! Gratiās ago tibī et illīs māgnificīs quī hōs ordinēs fēcērunt!

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

What a great opportunity! Keep going strong!

@BraxtonBogard

2 жыл бұрын

Love the profile pic of Brother Brigham! Are you serving in Brazil for the Church? And lets goooooo with the Latin!

I just did something very similar to that, thanks to the University of Porto, with Portuguese and an 8 weeks free program, one lesson per week with a lot of videos on KZread, i highly recommand this initiation to Portuguese. I got my little certificate at the end of it !

Actually filmed in summer of 1985. Classic series!

FiA saved me when I landed in Paris for work in 1996 with no French study under my belt. With this course I was functional in most situations in 6 months.

Que ótimo! Acho que vou tentar.

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

😃

OMG, I loved French In Action! I still think about Mireille and Robert and their adventures.

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

Moi aussi!

We got French in Action on our PBS station in 1987-88. It aired every Sunday evening for a year. Even back then as I high school Freshman, I was confused, but I had a huge crush on Mireille. Last year, I started learning French and I use many tools. Duolingo, a French reader, Chez Mimi and Extra (two shows from Channel 4 in England) and French in Action. With a little French knowledge after using several of my learning aides, I can actually understand what is being said on French in Action and what Capretz is getting at when he is teaching his class (even the student who insists on calling the female in their story 'Ethel' LOL). It's pretty cool. I can say a few things in French and also speak in franglais.

À la prochaine ! J'attends pour tes nouvelles vidéos!

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

😃

Well, just finished, it was a great experience although I will complement it with something more. However, it was the best possible introduction and comprehension practice for french I could ever get. I recommend it to everyone.

@polyMATHY_Luke

Жыл бұрын

Magnifique!

Love this series! Doing it now. Annenburg learner also has a Spanish version called “Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish”.

"French in Action" was a pioneer in language instruction that was replicated with other languages e.g. Prego! The idea of a central storyline as the point of departure was revolutionary. So rather than "At the Supermarket", "Going to the Post Office", etc. which are the standard unit topics in any language course, these subjects were linked to the needs and lives of the main characters. I actually taught "French in Action" as a grad student, and adapted all my future teaching in Spanish and ESL along those same guidelines.

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

Wow! But this Prego, do you mean the textbook? I think I remember it from college.

I agree. French in Action is one of the main reasons that I speak French very well as an English speaker. Sure, dedication and interest in learning the language, along with the fact I was a teenager and spoke descent Spanish, were even bigger reasons, but I do believe that French in Action was what propelled my interest and dedication in the first place. This is because French in Action allowed me to, without being in France or some other French-speaking place, hear French as spoken by natives and to learn it in an immersive way, since the entire series teaches French exclusively in French, just like a toddler for example would learn a language. It's old as heck now, the cars and how the people dress appear so outdated now, and some (not all) of the slang or expressions are also outdated, but I would still recommend it because it's incredibly effective, when combined with formal textbook type lessons. Just use it as a supplement to high school or undergrad level French classes, or even at-home courses, and be persistent with watching all the series, one at a time, repeating them at least once. The plot makes it very enjoyable. Plus the main actors are attractive, and the supporting actors are also enjoyable to watch.

I forgot about those. I used to watch them.

Formidable! I haven’t seen these since I was a young French student in the early 90s.... I had a HUGE crush on Mireille, and have always loved that name since then, full disclosure... Merci pour avoir partagé!

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

Et merci a vous!

What a lovely way to acknowledge the input of a man who was your teacher (of sorts) - you yourself are a first class teacher too Luke: I consider myself a lucky guy to have come across your channel whenever it was back then - Because I too have learned a great deal from you

@polyMATHY_Luke

Жыл бұрын

That’s terribly kind! If I have succeeded in transmitting any knowledge, it’s because I have learned from my betters, like Capretz.

We used that in my high school French classes. I’m in my 40s now and I can still read a lot of printed French. I can’t listen and comprehend much (parlez plus lentement, je suis americainne) but it’s stuck with me so I guess that says something about their method. I also still say “mystère et boule de gomme” like Marie Laure did 😂

From the same decade I remember a Russian series with the same format, called "Давайте познакомимся" with simple vocabulary but rich in details. The funniest one by far is a guy hearing a tape recorder with Russian lessons while another guy answer the recorded voice as it was spoken by the protagonist - who actually doesn't say a single word! Thanks for sharing!

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I just started French In Action videos. I started learning French about 10 years, the normal classroom way, and got to a decent written/reading level. Then I went to France fairly confident. However, when I arrived I got so disheartened because I couldn't understand anything! Let alone speak. I now realised I should have been watching these types of videos. Anyway, up to video 3, I will let you know how it goes. ps. I have watched some of your videos before as I studied 6 years of Latin in high school! :)

I LOOOOVE 'French In Action'.

@polyMATHY_Luke

3 жыл бұрын

Moi aussi!

@teresita.lozada

3 жыл бұрын

@@polyMATHY_Luke I used to watch bits of it on cable tv but now that I am more organized to study languages than back in the 90S, I am commited to watch one episode a day. Thank you sooo much for this and I hope I get to include Latin as one of my long-term language goals.