How Rendez-Vous Tutos Help You Build French Each Week

Mar 16

Rendez-Vous Tutos are where your week starts

Each week, one 907 word.

You:

  • explore how it works
  • build with it in your Cahier
  • hear it used in real French

You are working with one word at a time.

What you do each week

  1. Go to the current month’s Rendez-Vous Tutos
  2. Watch one Tuto (live or replay)
  3. Take the word into your Cahier
  4. Build your own sentences

That’s it.

You are not trying to complete everything.

You are working with one word.

> Link: Go to Rendez-Vous Tutos page 

You are not looking for dates

You are not searching for the “right” session.

You start with the current Tuto at the top of the page.

The calendar is there if you want to join live.

The replay is where most people begin.

What you do with it

Watch the current Tuto.

Take one idea.

Write it in your Cahier.

That is enough.

You are building, not collecting.

> Link: How to use Le Cahier

Where this fits

Rendez-Vous Tutos start your week.

From here you move into:

  • your Cahier
  • live classes
  • the libraries


> Link: View Live Class Schedule 

What happens in a Rendez-Vous Tuto?

Each Tuto is short.

You will:

  • hear the word used in different ways
  • see how it moves across situations
  • get ideas to take back to your Cahier

You are not trying to understand everything.

You are looking for:
→ something you can use


A quick example (PRENDRE)

You watch a Tuto on prendre

You notice:

  • prendre un café
  • prendre une décision

You go to your Cahier and write:

Je prends un café avec elle
Je prends une décision importante

That is enough.


NB This is a simple example. You can develop it in many complex and creative ways depending on your learning level.

Build and extend your word in the libraries

Use the libraries to support this work when something needs attention

> Link: How the Libraries Support Your Learning

Once you’ve started building with your word or phrase in your Cahier, you can take it further in the libraries.

If something breaks, go to the Grammar Library and fix the structure.

If something feels difficult to say, go to the Pronunciation Library and make it easier to produce.

If you want to hear how it sounds in real use, go to the Listening Library and notice it being used.

Each library has a clear job. You visit with a purpose, then come back to your Cahier and keep building.

That’s how your French starts to hold.

What to do after watching

Go to your Cahier.

Write 2–3 sentences using the word.

That is where the learning happens.


Then

  • come back to another Tuto
  • notice another use
  • extend your sentences

You are building range over time.


Keeping it going

Rendez-Vous Tutos create a shared rhythm inside The French Room.

You may notice the same language appearing again in Live Classes, where the examples begin to circulate in conversation.

Many people also return to the same Tuto several times whilst working in Le Cahier or exploring examples in the libraries.

Small regular moments like this make it much easier to stay connected to the language.

TECHNICAL INSTRUCTIONS

How to watch a replay (current month_

Watch the Tuto at the top of the page. Or choose one further down the list.

The most recently recorded Rendez-Vous Tuto will always be at the bottom of the list.


That is the current word.

Older Tutos are available if you want to explore further in the Vocabulary Library.


How to watch the replay after the Live Stream

Replays of Tutos made in the current month

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1. Go to the Rendez-Vous Tuto page
2. Choose to view the current month's word as a "List" or "Picture Tile"
3. Click on a Rendez-Vous Tuto to start watching

NB: Tutos are named according to their content and share the same reference as the live stream

Older replays of Tutos made in previous months

1. Go to the Vocabulary Library
2. Choose to view the library as a "List" or "Picture Tiles"
3. Scroll to find the word that interests you
4. Click on a Rendez-Vous Tuto to start watching

WORD POTENTIAL > BUILD > EXTEND

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The repeated sequence of a 907 word in first in Rendez-Vous Tutos and then in the Vocabulary Library

1. I explore the potential of the word in the first Tuto. For you this answers the question; "Is this word worth my attention?"
2. Next, we build up the word and explore its usage, range of meanings and quirks.
3. Finally, we see how we can extend off the base we have built to say some potentially rarer, advanced and more colloquial and interesting things. 

How to watch a Rendez-Vous Tuto Live

Go to your Live French Room Calendar of Events

Find the scheduled Rendez-Vous Tuto and click Join

You enter the live stream at the scheduled time

Each Tuto lasts around 10 minutes

You can stay focused, take notes and return to the replay later.

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What you will see before, during and after a
Rendez-Vous Tuto live stream

The Rendez-Tuto Live Stream Calendar

You can see the upcoming Rendez-Vous Calendar in:

- My Study
- Rendez-Vous Tuto page 

If you miss a live session

Nothing changes

The replay is always available
You continue with the same word
You build at your own rhythm


The French Room Guidebook

This article is part of the The French Room Guidebook, a collection of practical explanations about how learning works inside The French Room.

Return to the Guidebook index

If you would like to understand the wider learning approach at The French Room, you may also find this helpful:

How Adults Become Fluent in French

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