be fluent in French

I went to an elementary school from 1st-8th grade that taught French, then took more in High School. Unfortunately I didn’t keep it up through college and now it’s been a long time. I also haven’t been anywhere that speaks French…which doesn’t help. I think though, that if I just got back into it, with some practice, it would start coming back. However, I haven’t figured out the best way to go about this. I listen to French music and watch French movies, and maybe I should start focusing on the language in those more than I do. Also I have some educational tapes I should start trying to use regularly. And maybe I should start planning on a trip in the next few years to help establish this goal….

I lived studied abroad in France in college and managed to loose my French speaking skills. I want them back, and to be fluent.

I would love to find someone on 43things that would like to converse back and forth in French.

I’m just about to finish up taking French 1, I’m hoping I can take at least 3 years of French during my high school career. Then continue learning by myself.

also, for those interested in learning french, or any other language for that matter… itunes has free (yes, totally free) podcasts in the educational category for learning languages! hope that helps everyone!

i joined a band, in which they want me to sing a few songs in french – even translate some american classics, like beatles songs, into french. this is going to help me improve so much!
right now, i’ve learned the song “Je suis jalouse” by Emily Loizeau… cute song! so much fun to sing! i love singing in french!

going to France is also on my list, this is a no-brainer…

I suppose I should force myself to treat learning French as a “class” and set aside time each week to go through lessons.

I’ve been collecting RSS feeds of French courses online, and finally downloaded iTunes to organize them all. I found that I just didn’t have time to go through the feeds and download the webcast each and every time. Hopefully iTunes helps me with all of that…

Now to figure out how much time I can set aside! ^sigh

j’ai trouve un group avec qui je peux practiquer parlant en francais! je l’ai trouve sur le website www.meetup.com. nous nous rendezvous chaque semain et parlons en francais!

i’ve been learning french in school since 5th grade now, and i guess i’m okay, and could well get around france if i were there again on vacation.

but i would also enjoy really being able to discuss stuff and express myself en français aussi ^^

it’s a beautiful language and a beautiful country as well.