{"id":1951,"date":"2024-12-02T15:46:41","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T23:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/?p=1951"},"modified":"2024-12-02T15:49:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T23:49:48","slug":"practice-your-french-and-learn-some-science-on-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/2024\/12\/02\/practice-your-french-and-learn-some-science-on-the-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Practice your French and learn some science!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/files\/2024\/12\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/files\/2024\/12\/image-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1952\" style=\"width:324px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/files\/2024\/12\/image-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/files\/2024\/12\/image-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/files\/2024\/12\/image-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/files\/2024\/12\/image-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/files\/2024\/12\/image.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes the best way to practice a language is by just passively listening to it. This could be in a movie with subtitles, or just an interesting video on YouTube. I see it as letting your subconscious absorb the language through osmosis. Is that even a thing? Maybe there&#8217;s a science channel that talks about science-y stuff like that. Wait&#8230; there is! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>C&#8217;est Pas Sorcier is a TV show available on YouTube that explains all kinds of science-related stuff in French. They&#8217;re meant for middle and high school students whose first language is French, so they do speak a little fast. I would recommend it for intermediate French speakers (A2 level). My personal favorite is &#8220;Comment fonctionne notre \u00e9lectrom\u00e9nager?&#8221;, it&#8217;s very interesting and the characters are really funny. This show is shown A LOT in French high schools, it&#8217;s very nostalgic and even though they&#8217;re still releasing new videos, they&#8217;ve kept their vintage essence. Go check it out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the link to the channel! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Cestpassorcierofficiel\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Cestpassorcierofficiel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes the best way to practice a language is by just passively listening to it. This could be in a movie with subtitles, or just an interesting video on YouTube. I see it as letting your subconscious absorb the language through osmosis. Is that even a thing? Maybe there&#8217;s a science channel that talks about &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/2024\/12\/02\/practice-your-french-and-learn-some-science-on-the-way\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Practice your French and learn some science!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2882,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,69,95,146,84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advanced","category-french","category-intermediate","category-online-resources","category-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2882"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1951"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1955,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951\/revisions\/1955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}