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Sing, learn faster and become more independent in your daily life
Thanks to the power of song, I’ll help you improve your fluency in French more quickly.
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This musical approach suits you, motivates you, makes things easier for you, helps you speak more naturally with the locals and boosts your independency.
With Practical And Musical French, you’ll be able to:
Improve your written and spoken language skills in your
day-to-day life in France.
Put your new knowledge into practice by using it in sentences that are useful in your everyday life.
Improve your pronunciation in both sung and spoken French.
Gain a quicker understanding of French culture and social norms.
Be proud of yourself and, as a result, become more spontaneous when speaking French.
Let me tell you my story
Thanks to my love of English songs, during my first extended stay in England in 2002, even though I didn't always understand the family I was working for... I was able to make myself understood.
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Without really realizing it, my passion for music had already helped me a great deal in learning English.
For years, I had spent hours:
– translating the lyrics of my favorite English songs and feeling the emotions behind the words and expressions,
– singing these songs by heart while trying to reproduce the pronunciation as accurately as possible,
– naturally using this vocabulary during my English classes in middle school and high school,​
– listening to interviews with English-speaking singers in their original language to train my ear.
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And then, once I was immersed in England, it all started to make sense...
- The words I’d heard in songs were cropping up in real-life conversations.​
- Some expressions already sounded familiar to me.​
- My ear was getting better and better at picking up the sounds and intonations.​
Living there and taking lessons, I realised something fundamental...
It’s much easier to learn a language when it’s linked to emotion, enjoyment and natural repetition.
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That’s exactly what songs do!
Today, I want to offer English-speaking expats living in France this same formula: songs + explanations + immersion.
Because I know what it’s like:
– to understand a little… but not enough to feel truly at ease,
– to struggle to find the right words in a simple conversation,
– to understand the grammar… but not be able to speak spontaneously,
– to want to integrate more fully into life in the country where you live without knowing how to progress naturally.
Do you also believe in the power of music to boost your motivation?
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That’s why I created Practical And Musical French.
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Discover ‘Learn practical French through songs’, the fun and motivating singing workshop
that turns your love of music into a boost for your progress!
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Coucou!
My name is Marlène.
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I have a passion for music and spent two years working as an au pair in England and Spain. I then worked in international trade in Barcelona and later in France, before moving into the fields of employment support and recruitment in Bordeaux.
It was whilst helping expatriates find long-term employment that I realised teaching French was the right path for me.
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I set up Practical And Musical French after graduating, having gained experience in traditional French teaching and then spending a year at a training centre preparing learners for the tests set by the French Office for Immigration and Integration, which are based on everyday situations.
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In 2026, I launched the ‘Learn practical French through songs’ workshop to help English-speaking expats – who find it difficult to speak French but find singing easier – to build relationships with locals more quickly, develop a social life and create wonderful memories.
I’m offering music lovers an hour where we read and sing a song in French, learn about grammar, verb tenses and syntax, and then put what we’ve learnt into practice in everyday situations.​​​​​​​​​​
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