Past
Quel a été le meilleur moment de ta semaine jusqu'à présent ?
What has been the best moment of your week so far?
Olga · Student journeyFrom zero to spontaneous conversation, in 16 weeks
Russian, she first started learning to prepare for a holiday trip to France, fell in love with it and kept going - one lesson per week, from A0 to B1 in 16 lessons.
- Russian
- Started A0 · complete beginner
- 1 lesson / week
Lesson 1
The foundations that serve you immediately
Bonjour · Bonsoir (Hello · Good evening)Enchanté(e) (Nice to meet you)S'il vous plaît · Merci (beaucoup) (Please · Thank you (very much))Pardon, je n'ai pas bien compris (Sorry, I didn't quite understand)Pourriez-vous répéter, s'il vous plaît ? (Could you repeat, please?)Je m'appelle Olga · Je suis russe (My name is Olga · I'm Russian)
Lessons 2 to 6
One situation at a time
Each lesson covers one real scenario, with systematic review of everything before. Lesson 6 marks a real turning point: after sharing what happened on her France vacation, we leave “tourist French” behind and enter everyday conversation.
Lesson 9
She answers without a script
At this point, Olga responds to questions she's seeing for the first time. The three-tense matrix has become reflex.
Present
D'habitude, quelle est la première chose que tu fais quand tu rentres chez toi ?
Usually, what's the first thing you do when you get home?
Future
As-tu déjà planifié tes vacances pour Arcachon ?
Have you already planned your holiday to Arcachon?
Bonus
Quel est le dernier objet que tu as acheté ?
What's the last thing you bought?
Lesson 14
The journal becomes the lesson
This is where the method shines: something Olga wrote freely becomes, days later, the starting point for a grammar lesson built just for her.
“Aujourd'hui je me suis levée deux fois. La première fois, je me suis levée à trois heures et demie pour saluer (dire au revoir) ma fille. Elle participe à un championnat régional de jiu-jitsu aujourd'hui. Elle devait se lever plus tôt parce que le voyage à la destination dure environ quatre heures. Ils sont partis à quatre heures et demie du point de rencontre.”English translation
“Today I got up twice. The first time, I got up at half past three to say goodbye to my daughter. She's taking part in a regional jiu-jitsu championship today. She had to get up earlier because the trip to the venue takes about four hours. They left the meeting point at half past four.”
Before lesson 15, this text became the foundation for targeted work on the pronouns Y and EN, with equivalents from a language she already knew used as bridges to anchor the rule.
Y
Replaces a location, or something introduced by à, never a person: je pense à ma mère → je pense à elle. (I think about my mother → I think about her.)
EN
Replaces something introduced by de. Bridges: da, dahin (Y), von dort, davon (EN), with daher deliberately left out (it means “therefore”, not “from there”).
Exercises worked through together
Tu vas à la boulangerie ? → Oui, j'y vais (Are you going to the bakery? → Yes, I'm going (there))
Il fait du piano tous les jours ? → Oui, il en fait tous les jours (Does he play piano every day? → Yes, he does (some) every day)
Today
A0B1 · 16 weeks
Olga went from memorised phrases to 100% French-taught lessons and spontaneous conversations - in 16 weeks, one lesson per week.
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