Speak French fluently

Uhh, I can’t write French AT ALL, but I can speak it okay-ish. I’m taking french class right now, and I have 75% in it, but i did miss a project, which brought down my mark by a lot.

Je’mapple Taylor.
Je suis quatorze et graduer huit.
J’aime ma chat et deteste ma fere poision.

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Jesus, I need to practice.

I’ve always a had a soft spot for this language.

When it’s spoken well it sounds like music, I’ve always been good at it in school and haven’t had a chance to make that final push to being fully fluent.

If I managed to live in France for a several months then this would definitely be in the bag!

Fingers crossed!

I’ve always wanted to learn how to speak French. Helps with shopping in Paris too! Heehee!

http://www.institut-francais.org.uk/

The Institut Francais is a bit pricey… but it looks like it’s got a good course!

I like French films – and going to French class!

I think I will try and find a French class to go to over the summer.

I have been learning French on and off since high school and I have attended French language schools and even got a private tutor (all of which were too expensive and not effective for me). But I am determined to speak French fluently so I am now going to try to learn French online and see if that will help to get me back on track with regards to my French. And then, plan B is to live in France for a year or two.

Even more important than articulating French fluently is understanding those that do exactly that—I try to improve my listening comprehension by watching films in French (dubs of films I know anyway, possibly with subtitles) and, sometimes, listening to French satellite or internet radio. I also listen to a fair share of French music, but I doubt that helps a lot. Going to France and speaking with locals is, of course, the non plus ultra of learning to understand, well, locals…

The original one was to find a french course I liked, but since I don’t know how long I will actually stay here there isn’t really a point. So I bought a french audiobook yesterday which comes with a course book etc. I seems a good idea. All I have to do is get back into the habit of speaking french. I used to speak it quite well, now I am just afraid to open my mouth.

It’s like it doesn’t sink in to my thick skull that I can’t be perfect in French. A friend of mien pointed out the reason I stumble is because I think in English and then translate. Its just too much brain activity for a simple conversation. I have to start to think in french while I’m speaking.
I hae never been told that and I thought it was pure genious.
I met a friend of mine yesterday that I had not seen for awhile and we spoke French. I was so embarressed at the mistakes I was making but I still continued to talk. I don’t think that it was so bad, but maybe it was, I don’t have a clue. I kinda feel mixed about it because speaking french to me is more of a self confidence issue rather than speaking the langauge itself. I know I can speak, I’m just too scared to fuck up

I just finished my French class, and I lived in Paris for a few months. It obviously improved my French, especially listening comprehension, but I still need to work on formulating my own sentences. I need to find a French friend/tutor to help me with this.