SophiaBee is saving planet Earth
my friend said to me the other day “tu ecris de mieux en mieux en francais.”
How I did it: With a lot of effort by tstudying every night and not listening of peoples's insult on my accent. I read boks, I even spoke nothing but french for a whole two weeks. Read how I did it…
How I did it: I've taken French lessons at school since the age of 12, and am now in a French Leistungskurs, ie high-level course, at Gymnasium (gb college/fr lycée). It is very important to go beyond that, though. Every now and again, watch a film in French. Some DVDs have that, especially TV series box sets (I think). Go to French-speaking countries (like France, or Belgium), and speak with people. Read how I did it…
NapoleonsSlave is thinking of 43 things
How I did it: It took me three years on average to become fluent in French, all up, it included french schooling, an exchange year in a french speaking country and a french major as part of a linguistics Bachelors degree at University. Read how I did it…
betsyweidner ready for summer!
How I did it: I took french in school for 8 years, starting in 5th grade. A lot of times I hated it, because I was only required to take it, rather than wanting to. Now that I'm out of high school, in college, and taking Italian, I'm realizing how big a part of my life that it is. I keep going back to french, and I'm also noticing how much it is affecting my english as well — try playing a word search game, and filling it with french words!The first ye… Read how I did it…
petitevoix is back at work after a lovely vacation.
How I did it: I took French all through high school and even quite a bit in college. That gave me the basic vocabulary and verb tense understanding I needed. But what really did it was actually going to France. I had the opportunity to do a summer trip for language credit at my university. What made the biggest impact was I chose not to hang out w/ the other americans. They all spoke English w/ each other while not in clas… Read how I did it…
SophiaBee is saving planet Earth
my friend said to me the other day “tu ecris de mieux en mieux en francais.”
2008
French 1, QUT
French 2, QUT
7x French housemates
2009
French 3, UQ
French 4, UQ
I spent an hour and a half (maybe more) speaking French with my friend’s parents two weeks ago and they were terribly impressed with my accent and vocabulary. I defended my low self-esteem on the issue by explaining that it was difficult to find the words and that it didn’t come naturally anymore. They said it doesn’t matter because it doesn’t show. Pis on a continué à parler…
SophiaBee is saving planet Earth
I use French nearly every day where I live but I’ve been getting lazy about studying it on my own time. I hate studying from school books. So yesterday I treated myself to four books of poetry, this morning I ordered a French film from Netflix, and this afternoon I started in on one of the books I bought yesterday. I’m not studying. I’m being a snobby artiste. (Like tricking a kid into eating vegetables.)
Also a good motivator is locating a hot guy who doesn’t speak English.
I’ve been thinking about this and for me fluency doesn’t mean knowing every word of a language but being able to speak it without hesitation or mistakes.I think what’s holding me back in terms of fluency is my poor grammar-so that’s what I’m going to work on!
I have a new grammar book and I’ve downloaded some verb learning pod casts-hopefully with a bit of work my grammar (and therefore fluency) will improve!
...So, I’ve found another artist I enjoy. It’s a band, fronted by a girl. Marie Mai. Rather than a eclectic sound like Amelie les Crayons, Marie Mai is more rockish sounding. She’s got her ballads, I guess I could compare her a bit to Evanescence.
candlie is planning.
I studied French in high school with top grades but haven’t used it at all since then. I would like to improve my french, so that I could read book and easily converse.
I just joined www.livemocha.com, where you can improve your language skills. I’ve been doing some exercises and hope to find more language improvement sites that are free.
Livemocha.com is free to use and very helpful. There’s alot of friendly people there to help out as well.
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Brentwood
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roxie_kiley asks,
“What is the most important thing to learn first in french? I know the basics, but should I take a focus on grammar, then vocabulary, and then verbs? Or should I learn all the vocabulary I can, then learn grammar and verb congugation?”
— 22 months ago |
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Ashley asks,
“What are some good French movies to watch?”
— 3 years ago |
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Austin
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gnortsmra asks,
“Other than living in France, what is the best way to become fluent?”
— 3 years ago |
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Scottsdale
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plum asks,
“Does anyone recommend any books or cds to help with French? I studied for 6 years, but that was 10 years ago and I have for gotten most of it. Zut alors!”
— 4 years ago |
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