Stage & Story in French (L6)

By the end

What you'll build

• Project and articulate in French — diction drills, breath, pace and the deliberate pause
• Use French idioms and imagery accurately, and know which ones not to translate
• Structure and deliver a story with a hook, a turn and a landing
• Handle humour and persuasion in French, including what does not travel from English
• Argue a position, rebut an objection and speak for two minutes with no preparation
• Deliver a recorded three-minute talk in French that you would be willing to share

Curriculum

What's inside

6 modules · 30 lessons

1. 01

   Voice, Diction and Presence

   5 lessons
   • The Instrument, Not the Vocabulary
   • Diction Drillstongue twister
   • Presence Lab: The Sixty-Second Openpresence lab
   • Speaking Lab: Pace and the Pausespeaking lab
   • Checkpoint: Voice and Presencequiz
2. 02

   Idioms and Imagery

   5 lessons
   • The Difference Between Correct and Vivid
   • Idioms in Contextmetaphor idiom
   • Word Power: Imagery for Speechesword power
   • Using Idioms Correctlyfill blank
   • Checkpoint: Idiomsquiz
3. 03

   The Storyteller's Craft

   4 lessons
   • The Shape of a Story That Lands
   • Listening: A Story Told Welllistening lab
   • Speech Template: Build Your Storyspeech template
   • Speaking Lab: Tell Itspeaking lab
4. 04

   Humour and Persuasion

   5 lessons
   • What Travels and What Doesn't
   • Rhetorical Expressionsmetaphor idiom
   • Speaking Lab: Argue a Positionspeaking lab
   • Listening: A Persuasive Speakerlistening lab
   • Checkpoint: Humour and Persuasionquiz
5. 05

   Debate and Speaking Without Preparation

   5 lessons
   • Thinking On Your Feet in a Second Language
   • Word Power: Debate Languageword power
   • Repairs and Rebuttalsfill blank
   • Speaking Lab: Impromptuspeaking lab
   • Checkpoint: Impromptu and Debatequiz
6. 06

   The Recorded Capstone

   6 lessons
   • Building a Three-Minute Talk
   • Speech Template: Plan Your Talkspeech template
   • Capstone: The Recorded Talkspeech practice
   • Speaking Lab: The Thirty-Second Versionspeaking lab
   • Final Checkpoint: Stage and Storyquiz
   • + 1 more lesson

The shape of it

How this course works