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April 2010 Newsletter 


1. 101 Million Downloads Reached!

On April 12th, FrenchPod101.com and Innovative Language Learning reached 101 million lesson downloads! Thanks to all the listeners for supporting us! The winners from our 101 Million Download contest have been picked and posted. Click here to see if you’re a winner!

Second Prize goes to…. YOU! Join us for the next 101 million lessons! Double Your Subscription For a Handful of Pennies while they are still left, only 101 were made available, click here before they’re all gone.

2. Did you get fooled?

Pranks, jokes and lies oh my! - did you dodge them all on April Fool’s Day? April Fool’s Day has a rich tradition in France. In France and French-speaking Canada poisson d’avril (literally, April fish) involves trying to attach a paper fish to a victim’s back without being noticed. Not the most elaborate trick in the book, but fun for kids nonetheless. Jokes may have gotten more elaborate throughout the years; one of the most famous and successful being the BBC’s report of Spaghetti Trees being grown in Switzerland. The prank was so believable that citizens called in to ask where they could buy Spaghetti Trees! The reporter’s reply? Plant a leaf of basil in a can of tomato sauce and hope for the best.

3. Bonus Audio Lesson!
We’re trying something a little new this month with our first ever global news lesson! Don’t worry, this is still a French lesson but in this lesson, you’ll get to meet some other Innovative Language hosts you wouldn’t normally come across in our FrenchPod101.com lessons. This month, we’re talking about Earth day!

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This Month’s Top Blog Post

  1. Touchdown! 101,000,000 Lessons Downloaded

This Month’s Top 5 Lessons

  1. Intermediate Lesson #14 - Leave No Stone Unturned in France

  2. Survival Phrases #39 - French Foreign Exchange

  3. Survival Phrases #40 - French Telephone Card

  4. Video S2 #14 - Have a Whale of a Time with FrenchPod101.com!!

  5. Video S2 #13 - Birds of a Feather Flock Together at FrenchPod101.com!

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