Comment commence l’été des filles ? (French Teenage Summer Life) — jeudi 9 juillet 2026

C'est l’été : le rythme change à la maison. Que font les filles cet été? This episode is in French because it's a slice of real, everyday family life — not a scripted lesson, but the kind of natural, spontaneous storytelling that French learners rarely get access to. If you want to hear how a French family actually talks about summer plans, exams, and daily life, this episode is for you. Level: B1-B2. Much of the vocabulary here is everyday and accessible — jobs, weather, family updates — but the episode also touches on more elevated register when discussing Lisa's baccalauréat exam and French literature spanning two centuries, from Graffigny's 18th-century Lettres d'une Péruvienne to Baudelaire's 19th-century prose poems, giving learners exposure to both conversational and more literary French in a single episode. Curious how the rest of the family navigated the infamous French bac exam? Dive into these related episodes: Pour comprendre les débuts du bac dans la famille : https://onethinginafrenchday.podbean.com/e/2224-%e2%80%94-micaela-a-passe-le-bac-%e2%80%94-lundi-27-mars-2023/ La suite de l'aventure du bac de Micaela : https://onethinginafrenchday.podbean.com/e/2257-%e2%80%94-les-epreuves-du-bac-sont-enfin-terminees-pour-micaela-%e2%80%94-lundi-26-juin-2023/ Felicia, elle aussi, face au bac de français : https://onethinginafrenchday.podbean.com/e/2381-%e2%80%94-commentaire-compose-ou-dissertation%c2%a0-c-est-le-bac-de-francais-pour-felicia-%e2%80%94-vendredi%c2%a014%c2%a0juin-2024/ french stories, paris stories, french daily life, authentic french, real french, life in paris, spoken french, learn french — family, summer in france, baccalauréat, french teenagers, viola da gamba, baroque music This episode answers to the following questions: What is the French baccalauréat exam?How does the French bac oral exam work?Who was Françoise de Graffigny?What is Lettres d'une Péruvienne about?Who wrote Petits poèmes en prose?What is a viola da gamba?Where is Ploërmel, France?What is life like for French teenagers in summer?What jobs do French students do in summer?When is the French grape harvest (vendanges)? © Laetitia Perraut – Éditions Café Anglais. Tous droits réservés. Toute reproduction, réutilisation ou fouille de textes et de données (TDM), notamment pour l’entraînement ou l’alimentation de systèmes d’intelligence artificielle, est interdite sans autorisation écrite (art. L122-5-3 du Code de la propriété intellectuelle). All rights reserved. No reproduction, reuse or text and data mining, including for AI training or AI products, without prior written permission.