French Language Software

Archive for November, 2009

I’m currently learning French at intermediate level and was thinking of picking up another foreign language. For those who speak this beautiful language out there, what is the best language to learn next after French and why?

I would like to learn something similiar to the French language.
Anything other than English, Mandarin, Malay – I’ve known these.

Daher-Socata To Upgrade French Military TBM 700 Transports
In All, 26 Airplanes To Be Updated The French Ministry of Defense has picked Daher-Socata for an avionics renovation and associated upgrade services on a majority of the TBM 700s in service in the French Armed Forces, the company announced Monday.

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Rocket French is an on-line French learning system.  Does it actually work?

WHAT DOES THE SYSTEM LOOK LIKE?

Rocket French comes as a CD set or a downloadable package.  It comes with videos, audio, and software games.  In addition, you get access to a Learning Lounge where you can test your progress, and communicate with other users and teachers.

The basic approach is to teach French by Visual Association.  You learned your mother tongue by visual association.  You SAW something and HEARD the word for it at the same time. In this way you easily and quickly learned the meanings of words. Rocket French aims to duplicate the process with the use of software, audio, and video.

DOES IT REALLY WORK?

Rocket French is powerful, IF you can commit to working with the system regularly.  Ideally, you should aim to work with the lessons for some time each day (30min to 1hr at least).  The individual lessons are engineered to build on each other.  Therefore, being consistent is very important.  

Learning a language is much like learning to ride a bike. For the first week or so you might think that you aren’t getting anywhere.  If you keep going, however, you will hit a point when things suddenly “fall into place”.  You will find yourself making sentences without effort and picking up most of the words in the audio recordings.   

Then you can proceed to learning more advanced vocabulary and grammar.

IS ROCKET FRENCH A GOOD FIT FOR EVERYONE?

Some students find it difficult to focus unless there is some outside pressure such as an upcoming “exam” or an instructor checking their “homework”.  

Rocket French is a do it yourself system.  It is powerful but you must provide the follow-through yourself

If you think you might need the pressure of a class situation in order to follow through, look into a class at a local college.  Remember, however, that classroom instruction will cost much more and can take longer.

If you are serious about wanting to learn the French language and are ready to put aside a little time each day, Rocket French can get you speaking French in a couple of months.

Get instant access to the Rocket French program at =>Rocket French Lessons

Young role models encourage French language
Thalya Fortin knows if younger francophones hear her speak French, they’ll speak it, too.[...]

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I have worked really hard at being almost fluent in Spanish and recently I’ve taken a large interest in French. Lately I’ve been focusing more on French because its new and interesting, but I don’t want to waste my Spanish skills. I tried learning French through Spanish which was working, but I have been finding that the best sites with the best activities are ones where you can only have them in English while you learn French.

What should I do to learn French, but keep my level of Spanish?