French Story Listening w Alice Ayel January 5-March 23

French Story Listening: A Weekly Feast for the Mind
A 90-Minute Online Class

Instructor:
Alice Ayel

Come to the table. Come hungry for living French—not the dry, lifeless grammar of textbooks, but the rich, nourishing language of compelling stories.

Each week, for 90 minutes, you will be invited into a story—not rushed, not pressured, but given time to digest and assimilate what you hear.

1. Listen to a compelling story told in rich, abundant French. Let the language wash over you. Your mind is designed to make sense of it.
2. Read the same story, allowing vocabulary and structures to settle naturally into your understanding, as nourishment becomes part of the body.
3. Narrate the story— orally, in your own words, and in written form. This is the heart of true acquisition: you tell back what you have received, and in the telling, the language becomes yours. Narration is not mere repetition; it is the act of taking living ideas and making them part of your living knowledge.

Who Will Join Us at This Table?

This class welcomes “upper beginner” students—those who sense they are ready for the next step but need gentle guidance to take it. Whether you are an adult seeking to reclaim a language you once studied, or a high school student building your foundation, you are welcome here.

I provide framing and scaffolding so that each person, regardless of their starting point, may understand and participate fully.

The Promise of Consistent Nourishment

Week by week, through patient exposure and narration, you will find that:

• French comprehension expands naturally, without strain
• Vocabulary and sentence structures become part of your thinking
• Confidence grows as you express yourself without anxiety over rules
• Speech emerges spontaneously when the mind is ready

As the research confirms: “Speaking is a result of language acquisition and not its cause” (Krashen, 1985). There is no pressure to speak before you are ready. The feast comes first; the harvest follows in its time.

Practical Matters

Time: 90 minutes weekly, 9am-10:30am
Format: Live on Zoom (link provided before first class)
Materials needed: A notebook and pen for written narration
Recordings: All sessions recorded and posted online for your convenience

Open to: Adults and high school students