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The French Room podcast are conversations with people learning at The French Room. Sharing thoughts about their French connections, stories of their French experiences and tips on learning the language. The host is Ellie Louis, the owner of https://thefrenchroom.org an online French language school for adults.
Episodes
11 episodes
Un Coup - one word hundreds of sentences you can say
Each month at The French Room we focus on one word and explore how far we can use it across different situations and to express different meanings without changing the base phrase.This month (April 2026) our word is UN COUP.Incred...
Episode 9 - Nikki talks about appearing on a live Talk Show in Pau en France!
Nikki is an international 3-day event event judge specialising in dressage. Her job takes her to France and usually she only needs to communicate in English. But this time Nikki gets invited onto a live broadcast in French and is asked to comme...
Listening Tuto
Listening to an extract from a French Radio station RFI
Episode 8 - Ellie Louis talks about her career, confidence and overcoming fear with Nicky Dunn the owner of match making agency Pi Society
This interview was with Nicky Dunn the owner of Pi Society in Exeter in 2022. Ellie talks about overcoming fear and pulling on her strengths rather than trying to make obvious weaknesses into strengths. It's a candid and personal discussion but...
Episode 7 - Justine talks about what she finds most evocative about the UK (In French)
Justine is our French cookery "animatrice". Justine and I met 5 years ago when she came to England to improve her English. I was her English teacher. Since then Justine has had regular involvement with The French Room running our "cook alongs"....
Episode 6 - Nadja talks about the challenges and joys of her move to France 1 year ago.
Nadja shares the highs and lows of using her French language skills since she moved to France a year ago. This a candid analysis of the rollercoaster ride of learning a foreign language.
Episode 5 - David talks about cycling across France (In French)
David est un grand passionné du vélo et a arpenté les routes à travers la France. Son dernier tour il a fait 1200kms en 8 jours! Il a des conseils pour qu'on puisse faire pareil!
Episode 4 - Steve talks about the similarities between learning a language and playing an instrument
Steve has been a musician for over 50 years. He played the London scene in a band back in the 60s. He has composed music played by one of the most iconic guitarists of our era and has taught guitar to children for decades.We talk about ...
Episode 3 - A chat with Thibault in French about how he came to own nearly 20,000 books!
I met Thibault in 2015 when The French Room was just starting out. We did a cheese and wine evening together. He then came back to The French Room a few years later to do a hugely popular wine tasting evening. His company, Wine Sto...
Episode 2 - Gemma Talks about being a Gite Owner in the Pyrenees
I chat to Gemma about how it is to live and work in France. Gemma and her young family moved to the Pyrenees 2 years ago. She has some great tips on overcoming the fear of speaking in French and shares an intriguing story of gate crashing a Fre...
Episode 1 - Lisa talks about living and working in Lyon
The French Room podcast is an opportunity to chat about our connections with France. There are over 100 people learning with The French Room and they have so many interesting stories to tell about their French experiences.In this episod...
