become fluent in french

I’ve started listening to my french tape on the way to work…need to make this a consistent hobby.

Lets try 3 x a week with the accompanying book.

/think im going to fail my french 102 exam pronouns are confusing me SO MUCH!

but it isn’t because I haven’t been working on it! I’ve been taking a beginner conversation class at CCSF. It’s pretty low-level, since I’ve had a lot of French before, but it is good for what I need, i.e. accent reduction and pronunciation. It’s also cheap. I don’t put enough time into it, because I am so swamped all the time, but it is more time than I was putting into it before. Also, I plan on continuing this in the spring and summer and in fact all the way through the fifth semester (conversation about culture and literature) which, unfortunately, is the end of the road at City College. I’ll have to do something else after that, but will worry about that later. I’ve been trying to supplement using podcasts, but I’ve only just started with that.

I’m just a beginner, but I still have some time. I really just want to be able to get basic french . know alot of vocab and at least be able to communicate some what in french. I really would like to be bilingual

I should probably buy the system, it probably works great. Does anyone know if it does or not?? thanks!

I’ve been living in France for almost 2 months. My French has definitely improved considerably, but there are still a lot of things I can’t understand. I have another month here, but I’m not sure that will be enough, so when I return, I plan on taking French courses. I really want to be bilingual!

i used to be so good at french. and i stopped taking it after high school. but languages fascinate me, and i know that i excel in them. i want to start studying french again so that i can read milan kundera’s novels and le petit prince and madame bovary they way they were written, before they were filtered through a translator. i want to visit france again. i loved paris when i was there. and giverny has attained this sacred place in my head. i want to go back there. but what about nice? provence? cannes? once i get the hang of it, i’ll test my skills in quebec, in montreal.

On my way—uploaded into my computer the French language course (and also some others) by Dr. David Pimsleur.

I listened to the first lesson, but found it slightly difficult not having the words in proper spelling. Being a visual learner, I will have to find a supplement.

I think this will happen a lot faster than I thought. The kids I’m taking care of here don’t speak any English at all, so when I play with them, everything is in French. It’s frustrating sometimes, but they’re really good at explaining what they mean to me. I always say stuff in English by accident, then I remember they can’t understand haha.

I’ve had french classes all true high school but still I am not fluent. Mostly I am scared to make stupid mistakes. I can read it perfect, but speak…
Maybe I will take some extra classes next year. For now I am listening to french radio, just to make the sound stick a bit.