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Join us today as we answer some of the questions that we imagine many of you have regarding the most recent changes to FrenchPod. We hope you'll tune in!
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amh2007 says
September 27, 2009
no more new lessons? But that's the whole point about FrenchPod; that the content is always new...
I am a PraxisPassstudent, so do I get a discount now that the product has changed?
shirleyradeva says
but why? your programmes are so good...September 27, 2009
londonparis says
September 27, 2009
Really sad news.
There's a lot of podcasts so there's plenty to explore still. I hope at some point new podcasts get published and that something could be done to build on the podcasts that we already have here. A real treasure chest here...
bababardwan says
September 27, 2009
Yeah,I too am disappointed.However with what must be well over 250 lessons it is going to take me a long time to work through them all and I think that at that point one would have to be in a very strong position.I'd love to hear from any Poddie who has worked through them all [or close to them all] to see what level of fluency they felt they had obtained.Personally I won't be seeking any sort of refund for a couple of reasons.Firstly because it looked very much on the cards that it would come to this.Secondly because thank goodness I still have the archive and that's not being removed.And finally because of the promise of continued help on the site and Amaury and Marion have been outstanding in their help and response to questions.I do hope that some time down the track when the global economic climate changes that consideration will be given to recommencing new lessons but I'm sure this decision was not taken lightly and that no-one is in a position to comment on that now.
frimja says
September 27, 2009
halo french pod iam surly gonna miss you guys.it was wanderful to learn french with you.you made it like fun . i have gone through allmoste all the lessons and i know it halpped me a lot.even if it is not fair and you should keep up the good work am sur it was your last solution. thank you all of you amaury jp créstila erica and the others.
merci a vous tous. comme vous disiez amaury c'est ça la vie.au revoir
jimoya says
September 27, 2009
Oh, no!! I've been busy for the last month, and haven't been able to visit my beloved Fpod for a while. I finally found some time today to sign in and was ready to update my account...but after listening to this podcast I'm soooooo shoched.
Bon, c' est la vie! Thank you so much for all your hard work, guys!
Amaury, I'm still waiting for you in Japan ;-)
amaurylibeer says
September 28, 2009
Bonjour à tous,
We're really sorry about this news as we tried to have great content in every lesson.
We would like to thank you all for these wonderful comments. We hope we will still be able to help and give you good support : we will be here to answer your questions on the lessons or anything you have queries about in your French studies.
Regarding any question on your personal account, can you please send an email to support@praxislanguage.com or leave a comment on http://frenchpod.com/contact and our customer service will get back to you.
Obviously we have a thought for Christela, Erica, Laurie, Marion, JP and Christophe but FrenchPod is still alive and ready to help everyone make progress in their French studies.
amaurylibeer says
September 28, 2009
Salut monica,
Je suis allé au Japon la semaine passée et j'ai adoré : je suis allé rendre visite à des amis qui habitent à Nagoya.
J'ai vraiment très bien mangé, j'ai visité le château de Nagoya et le Osu Kannon temple, je suis allé au parc (il a fait très beau),...
C'était très bien donc j'aimerais un jour y retourner! Et qui sait, j'aurais peut-être la chance de te rencontrer.
bababardwan says
September 28, 2009
Hey,what happened to the PM's ? There no longer seems to be the little envelope in the top right corner.I'm guessing this has gone the way of CPod and it's being done via email now but I don't recall this being announced.Also,what happened to the old PM messages?
eleoshka says
September 28, 2009
Owww this is sad((
But still great news everybody still stays on this website and we can stay connected by commenting and discussing))))
Thanks to all the staff of Frenchpod for making those great lessons, which were both funny and useful. What else to say, just one more great thanks))))
Is there a possibility that this website will restart making podcasts in future?
amaurylibeer says
September 28, 2009
Oui, c'est triste eleoshka. Mais nous sommes toujours là et nous espérons que tu continueras à nous poser des questions sur les leçons que tu étudies ou sur n'importe quel problème que tu rencontres en français.
Merci mille fois en tout cas pour ces mots très très gentils.
Concernant ta question, il ne faut jamais dire jamais eleoshka. Donc, qui sait? Mais ce n'est pas quelque chose que nous pouvons te garantir.
Merci encore pour ce message.
alvia says
September 28, 2009
It is a sad news.....
I just discover this wonderful learning platform and it is going to stop....
Is there any chance to have new lesson again???
I love your lessons because we can learn with fun and with updated story background.
We all love frenchpod..
amaurylibeer says
September 29, 2009
Many, many thanks alvia.
We're sad as well that the lesson production stops. 'Never say never' but at the moment no new lessons are planned.
We will still be here to answer all your questions and comments though, si if you have any doubt, please don't hesitate.
amaurylibeer says
September 29, 2009
I'm going to have a look for you regarding the old Personal Messages bababardwan.
pixiepod says
September 29, 2009
Can I say the m word?
This must be very dissapointing for you guys because I'm certain you enjoy making the lessons. The main appeal of FP is listening to you all have so much fun.
Domage!
I will stick around and hope, and hope, and hope :)
londonparis says
September 29, 2009
I'm relieved to know that you guys will still be around though :D
Who knows? Maybe things may pick up... You know the company Apple was at a dead end for quite some time, they then came out with the iPod then BOOM everything changed.
Their loyal customers stuck with since the beginning because they knew sooner or later Apple WILL make an innovation and takeover.
Trust me, you guys are the leaders in language learning. I've looked around everywhere and sure I've benefitted elseswhere but it's not the same as Frenchpod. (And, yes there's still much to do).
I'm just hoping you guys would atleast slash the subscription charges until you come out with the new content ;-)
amaurylibeer says
September 29, 2009
Yes, you can say the m word pixiepod : )
We're really sad as we did enjoy a lot making the lessons. Everyone who has been working here at FrenchPod has been really enthusiastic about the job.
Dommage... mais il ne faut jamais dire jamais pixiepod.
amaurylibeer says
September 29, 2009
Merci, merci beaucoup londonparis.
Nous serons encore présents pour répondre aux questions et, qui sait, peut-être que ce qui s'est passé chez Apple se produira ici.
Comme je l'ai écrit à pixiepod, il ne faut jamais dire jamais. Merci encore londonparis.
johnrox says
Thank you for a great vision, wonderful creativity, and good times while they lasted. JohnSeptember 30, 2009
anugrah says
September 30, 2009
Amaury, I will miss your voice. But at least I have some podcasts to listen to. Haha.
I'll try to come up with lesson suggestions again. I'm happy that you've used 3 of my suggestions. All of which I'm not able to listen to because I'm not subscribed. But thanks anyways.
I really did use a lot of phrases and words from my fp lessons when I was in Senegal this summer. Thanks again.
J'ai vraiment utilise beaucoup de les phrases et les mots du FP quand J'etais au Senegal cet ete. Merci Encore.
milonga says
September 30, 2009
Salut Amaury, je suis desolee de n'avoir plus de nouvelles lessons. J'adore Entre pods, je pense que c'est un program tres interessant, ou on apprend beaucoup. Je vous remercie car on peut voir la grand dedication que vous avez donne a cette emision et aussi la grand vocation que vous avez pour l'enseignement de la langue francaise.
Je vous souhait da la bonne chance. Au revoir
Milonga
amaurylibeer says
October 1, 2009
Merci beaucoup pour ces mots très aimables John.
amaurylibeer says
October 1, 2009
Salut anugrah,
Merci pour toutes les idées de leçon que tu nous as proposées. Cela nous a bien aidés (Thanks for all the lesson ideas you suggested. It did hepd us).
Nous sommes vraiment, vraiment très heureux que FrenchPod t'ait aidé lorsque tu étais au Sénégal (we're really, really happy that FrenchPod helped you when you were in Sénégal).
Petites corrections dans ta phrase :
J'ai vraiment utilisé beaucoup de phrases et de mots de FP quand j'étais au Sénégal cet été. Merci encore.
Merci à toi anugrah, vraiment.
anugrah says
October 1, 2009
Amaury, you're the bomb. I'll make sure I can chat with you, because I have tons of French questions to ask, because I can't ask in school. The teacher is too busy going over the basics. It's also quite sad, because in America, you don't speak the language. You always speak English.
So in America, you actually have to make an effort to learn multiple languages. You know how many? 6?
Well yes, thank you for the corrections as well. See you around!
hoss_2008 says
October 1, 2009
Very sad to hear that, but hope u the best all the frenchpod team. I learnt so much from each and every one of you.
Bonne chance :)
amaurylibeer says
October 2, 2009
Salut Milonga,
Merci beaucoup pour ces mots très sympathiques concernant Entre pods. Cela me touche beaucoup.
Je vais maintenant corriger ton commentaire :
Salut Amaury, je suis désolée de ne plus avoir de nouvelles leçons. J'adore Entre pods, je pense que c'est un programme très intéressant, où on apprend beaucoup. Je vous remercie car on peut voir l'engagement que vous avez fourni dans cette émission et aussi la (grande) vocation que vous avez pour l'enseignement de la langue francaise.
Je vous souhaite bonne chance. Au revoir
C'est vraiment très gentil Milonga, je te remercie du fond du coeur. Bonne chance à toi également et n'oublie pas que je suis toujours ici à FrenchPod, prêt à répondre à toutes tes questions.
kaddiieee says
October 3, 2009
who will be kind enough to help me out with french?
milonga says
October 3, 2009
Merci Amaury. Je vais te demander qu'est que je peut faire pour ameliorer mes fautes d'ortographe? Quand j'ecrie, je me trompe beaucoup. Je sais que les dictes sont excellentes, mais si on etudie seul, ce n'est pas possible. Quel est le meilleure exercise de French Pod pour corriger cet probleme?
shazza says
October 3, 2009
Salut Amaury, merci beaucoup pour les leçons!
I think I've listened to almost all the intermediate lessons now. It really helps hearing the examples of the subjunctive and other grammar points in sentences, rather than just in writing and I learnt a lot of new words and phrases from the podcasts. It's also great because I can learn French on the train rather than in a classroom.
I'm studying for the DELF B1 exam, it's a shame you can't do lots more lessons, it would have been so useful! Though I'm more sad for you guys at Frenchpod of course!
Maybe things will get better in the future, I hope!!! :D
Will you be doing any more Entrepods?
Best wishes!!!!
Sharon
kimiik says
October 4, 2009
Et voilà ... c'est la fin des haricots !
kchi says
October 5, 2009
I love frenchpod! Come back soon!
amaurylibeer says
October 5, 2009
No problem for the corrections anugrah.
Please, when you have a question, just ask it and the FrenchPod team will do its best to help you.
A bientôt
amaurylibeer says
October 5, 2009
Oui, c'est assez triste hoss_2008,
Mais nous sommes heureux de lire que tu as beaucoup appris grâce à FrenchPod. Nous sommes sûrs que tu peux encore apprendre un peu plus. En tout cas, nous sommes toujours là pour t'aider.
Merci pour ces compliments et ces encouragements.
amaurylibeer says
October 5, 2009
Salut kadiieee,
We're here to help you with your French studies so if there's something you haven't understood in a lesson or something you want to know about French grammar, French spelling or French culture, don't hesitate to ask us.
Good luck with your French studies
christof says
October 6, 2009
Bonjour Amaury et les FPodies !
Whoua ... 250 lessons .. that's great ! I'm proud I've been part of this adventure (that's not over yet !).
Amaury tu es le pilier de cet édifice et je te félicite du travail accompli. Bon, ça n'a pas toujours été facile ... mais on s'en est sorti :-D
londonparis says
October 7, 2009
Hey christof how are you? :)
I would just like to share somthing with anyone reading this. To my amazement I just recently realised that A LOT of podcasts weren't being shown in my iTunes feed. Just recently I was browsing through the site and I realised that quite a lot of Newbie/Elementary lessons were on the site but my iTunes hadn't pick them up.
So basically what I had to do was to subscribe to every lessen 'set' and then bookmark any other podcasts that weren't picked up. That way I managed to get all the podcasts in my iTunes. And there are so many! Much more than I anticipated.
So in case that's happening to anyone (without realsing) then you'll have to do what I did above.
There are more than enough to keep you busy till the next batch of podcasts come out :)
amaurylibeer says
October 12, 2009
FrenchPod existe encore kimiik et je suis toujours là pour répondre à toutes vos questions.
Quoi qu'il en soit, c'est une très jolie expression française que tu réutilises ici.
amaurylibeer says
October 12, 2009
Salut milonga,
Et si tu essayais d'écouter les dialogues ou une autre partie audio en les retranscrivant ensuite, comme si c'était une dictée. Je sais que cela peut être difficile car nous parlons parfois un peu vite mais c'est un très bon exercice.
Nous avons ce type d'exercice présent dans les dernières leçons où tu retrouves trois phrases sous forme de dictée. Mais ce n'est pas le cas des premières leçons, nous allons les changer dès que possible.
Aussi, n'hésite pas à écrire des commentaires. Je suis là pour les corriger :
Merci Amaury. Je vais te demander qu'est que je peux faire pour améliorer mes fautes d'orthographe? Quand j'écris, je me trompe beaucoup. Je sais que les dictées sont excellentes, mais si on étudie seul, ce n'est pas possible. Quel est le meilleur exercice de FrenchPod pour corriger ce problème?
Si tu ne comprends pas une de ces corrections, fais-le moi savoir. De même, s'il y a une règle d'orthographe ou de grammaire qui te pose partulièrement problème, tu peux me demander sur la page de discussion de n'importe quelle leçon.
Bonne chance milonga, et ne t'en fais ton français est déjà très bon et c'est normal de faire des fautes, c'est comme ça qu'on progresse.
amaurylibeer says
October 12, 2009
Merci beaucoup pour ce commentaire kchi, c'est très gentil.
amaurylibeer says
October 12, 2009
Salut Sharon, merci infiniment pour ton message.
We're not planning on having anymore Entrepods at the moment but who knows, in the future... ?
We're glad the intermediate lessons helped you . We're sure you can try the upper-intermediate level now : there are even more examples of the subjunctive in these lessons.
Good luck for your DELF B1 exam Sharon, let us know how it goes! And if your have any queries, don't hesitate to ask them here on the discussion board.
All the best.
liuwenqing says
October 13, 2009
bonjour,tout le mond!
amaurylibeer says
October 14, 2009
Salut liuwenqing et bonjour tout le monde!
amaurylibeer says
October 14, 2009
Salut Cristof !
Et oui, presque 250 lessons, plus les 'Voulez-vous chanter avec moi?', plus les 'Entre pods'. Quelle source d'informations!
Voilà aussi pourquoi j'attends toutes vos questions.
amaurylibeer says
October 14, 2009
Merci beaucoup pour partager ceci avec toute la communauté londonparis.
Thanks a lot to share this with all the community.
liuwenqing says
October 20, 2009
salut ,tout le monde,je suis une fille chinoise ,et je aime beaucoup le francais,mais i know little about it , donc je suis content de vous voir ice.
amaurylibeer says
October 20, 2009
Nous sommes très heureux de te connaître liuwenqing (we're very happy to know you).
Où habites-tu en Chine (where do you live in China)?
Je vais corriger ton commentaire (I'm going to correct your comment) :
salut tout le monde, je suis une fille chinoise et j'aime beaucoup le français mais je ne connais pas bien cette langue, donc je suis contente de vous voir ici.
C'est très bien liuwenqing, continue.
liuwenqing says
October 20, 2009
merci beaucoup.
je suis en Nanjing ,et wellcom en Chine.
amaurylibeer says
October 22, 2009
De rien liuwenqing,
Tu es (or tu habites) à Nanjing... J'aimerais y aller (I would like to go there).
Tu sais que les bureaux de FrenchPod sont à Shanghai (do you know that the FrenchPod office is in Shanghai)?
You can say : 'Bienvenue en Chine'
liuwenqing says
October 22, 2009
non,je ne sais pars que les bureaux de FrenchPod sont a Shanghai; mai je suis contente de ca , et bienvenue a Nanjing!
do wellcome you to be in Nanjing at anytime and contact me if you like ,it will be my pleasure to show you around !
a biendot!
amaurylibeer says
October 23, 2009
Merci beaucoup pour cette invitation liuwenqing. J'espère vraiment pouvoir y aller un jour (I really hope I'll be able to go there one day).
Concernant ton message :
Non, je ne savais (as it's past now) pas que les bureaux de FrenchPod sont à Shanghai; mais je suis contente de ça, et bienvenue à Nanjing!
Très bon commentaire.
vinrouge408 says
October 27, 2009
Merci Frenchpod (et surtout Amaury), pour votre aide. Avant d'écouter à Frenchpod, je ne pouvais pas comprendre le journal télévisé, la radio, ou bien presques toutes les conversations des francophones en travaillant. Vos podcasts m'avais donné l'assurance d'éssayer de parler en français avec des autres, et maintenant, j'ai quelques bons amis francophone qui sont vraiment importants à moi. Sans votre aide, ça ne serait pas le cas. Merci merci merci!!!! Gros bisous!
amaurylibeer says
October 27, 2009
Merci pour ce très gentil commentaire vinrouge408.
Cela nous fait vraiment très plaisir. Nous sommes heureux de savoir que nous avons pu t'aider dans ton apprentissage de la langue française. L'expression française dans ce cas est : 'Cela nous fait vraiment chaud au coeur.' qui veut dire 'Cela nous apporte du réconfort', cela nous fait vraiment plaisir.
Je vais jeter un coup d'oeil à ton message :
Merci Frenchpod (et surtout Amaury), pour votre aide. Avant d'écouter Frenchpod, je ne pouvais pas comprendre le journal télévisé, la radio, ou bien presque toutes les conversations des francophones en travaillant. Vos podcasts m'ont donné l'assurance d'essayer de parler en français avec les autres, et maintenant, j'ai quelques bons amis francophones qui sont vraiment importants pour moi. Sans votre aide, ça ne serait pas le cas. Merci merci merci!!!! Gros bisous!
N'oublie pas que je suis encore là pour répondre à toutes tes questions vinrouge408, que cela soit concernant une de nos leçons ou bien un problème que tu te poses au niveau de la grammaire ou encore quelque chose que tu désires connaître sur la culture francophone.
Merci encore à toi pour ton message.
Bises
bigkev says
October 28, 2009
Hi,
What was the reason for not producing any new lessons?
Thanks,
Kevin
amaurylibeer says
October 30, 2009
The problem is that we don't have an audience wide enough to maintain the lesson production bigkev.
The content we've produced over the past two years remains on the site, available for you to study.
I also continue to participate in site conversations, and am happy to answer any questions you may have!
robfrank says
November 26, 2009
Zut alors!
Much like everyone else I came via chinesepod and signed up for all the other pod trials French, Italian and Spanish out of curiosity. Plus who doesn't want to know 6 languages and be an international man of mystery?
When it came time to decide on which level to get I selected the Praxis language pack over just Chinese because the production values were as good and the learning was fun. Also as a Canadian I feel that my French could be improved over the forced learning I did in school.
Ah well I guess I'll have to just enjoy the old lessons...Excusez-moi, Monsieur Brad Pitt...
amaurylibeer says
November 26, 2009
And I'll be there if you have any questions regarding the lessons you study robfrank. So don't hesitate to ask.
Good luck with your French studies / Bonne chance
hape says
December 26, 2009
Re - the future of FrenchPod:
just had a look at the Praxis Language Website, and saw that FrenchPod does not anymore belong to their product line, see here.
So will FrenchPod be closed in the near future? Does it really make sense to subscribe?
hape says
December 26, 2009
Pas de réponse, c'est aussi une réponse.
amaurylibeer says
December 30, 2009
Nous te présentons toutes nos excuses pour cette réponse tardive hape (we would like to apologize for this late answer).
The lessons and their content will be available here on FrenchPod and the website won't be closed in the near future. The lesson production has stopped though, but I'm still here to answer all your questions.
I hope this answers your query.
Je te souhaite de passer un très joyeux réveillon du Nouvel An hape (I wish you have a great New Year's Eve party).
hape says
December 31, 2009
Thanks for the answer, Amaury. Hope to see you still here in one year, hopefully with new lessons, more customers. All the best for 2010.
londonparis says
January 1, 2010
Come one people! I know you all want to master french this year :)
amaurylibeer says
January 5, 2010
Many thanks for your comments hape and londonparis.
Meilleurs voeux pour cette année 2010 (best wishes for this year 2010).