S9E117: Teaching Foreign Language the Charlotte Mason Way with Sue Lee
French should be acquired as English is, not as a grammar, but as a living speech. To train the ear to distinguish and the lips to produce the French vocables is a valuable part of the education of the senses, and one which can hardly be undertaken too soon. Again, all educated persons should be able to speak French.”
Charlotte Mason, from Home Education, p. 300
Show Summary:
- On this week’s episode of The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn talk with Sue Lee, veteran homeschool mom and French teacher
- How Sue first learned about Charlotte Mason
- How art history led Sue to studying French
- In what ways did Sue’s teaching change as she learned about Charlotte Mason’s principles?
- How Sue started teaching French classes for homeschoolers
- What are some of Sue’s tips for teaching a foreign language?
- How can a family plan a trip to France or another dream country?
- What is the role of beauty in education?
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Books and Links Mentioned:
For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
Marvels of the Occident by Richard Halliburton
The Little Duke by Charlotte Yonge
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
Find Cindy and Sue:
Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group
Mere Motherhood Facebook Group
Sue’s Website | French with Madame Lee
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We do not want merely to see beauty, though, God knows, even that is bounty enough. We want something else which can hardly be put into words—to be united with the beauty we see, to pass into it, to receive it into ourselves, to bathe in it, to become part of it…
C. S. Lewis, from The Weight of Glory, p. 42-43
…We discern the freshness and purity of morning, but they do not make us fresh and pure. We cannot mingle with the splendours we see. But all the leaves of the New Testament are rustling with the rumour that it will not always be so. Some day, God willing, we shall get in.
