well i basically taught myself french
with my mixed background natioanlity, my parents country were ruled by france so i referred to them now and then
1. i went to library and borrowed all the books i can! Visual, dictonary, beginners french, french for dummies…
– Start off with learning the alphabet, then numbers, then syntax/grammar/language rules like adding ‘La’ ‘Te’ and ‘C’est’ as easy as ‘ as, and the ‘ –
2. Watching French movies with english subtitle
3. Making lists for everything i’ve learnt
4. Bought notepads ( you can do this, and when you need help ask your french class teacher )
5. Make this an everyday thing, you’ll learn just wait..
it’ll be fun, dont force yourself
or you’ll be waiting for results
6. And when your ready, try to get a french newspaper and read it. Reading will help! If you have trouble, you learn when you find the answer.
7. Try getting a french penpal, soon you’d grow into understanding him without help after a while.
You’ll be surprised how many words are close to english..
interpreting daily movies and reads can help you get used to the new words.
If you don’t have the time to do the obvious of enroll into a french class, you could always go and purchase the Rosetta Stone computer based software for learning a new language. It is fairly affordable and I believe it is an outstanding source. My first language is English, but i took the Rosetta stone Arabic and now i can get by pretty well.
The most important is that you learn french as a language in using it, not like a “code” to english.
The best I know of is http://www.learnables.com. You learn by images and sound with no english at all. And it is very effective. the only problem is that it is expensive.
If the price is a problem for you, you can try this one which is done by native french:
If someone says “hello”, they are speaking English, and it doesn’t mean they can fully communicate. Being semi-fluent means you have a functional comprehension of at least 65% in the conventional range of that language, while fluent would be anything greater than 80%. Linguists, and people with vast experience in learning languages will almost always agree on the fact that most language learning methods out there are 50-70 percent fluff! If you don’t have the time to learn a language properly, and you’re after something quick and easy, then you’re probably headed towards disappointment and frustration. ALL, yes, all language courses out there, with the exception of maybe taking a 4-6 year college program or something to that extent, give you nothing but a head-start and head-start alone towards going to a foreign country and being immersed in another language and making it a bit easier to pick up a few things here and there. The best method to getting as far as you can get in the shortest period of time involves 3 steps. 1st step is to complete a FULL Pimsleur(MUST BE PIMSLEUR) course. Listen to each lesson at least 2 times, taking notes the first time with new vocabulary and studying before listening the second time. The 2nd step is to form a list of the 3,000 most commonly used words/vocabulary in English, to also include the eight parts of speech(verbs, nouns, pronouns, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections), which you can search the web for. Once you’ve formed the list, you need to find accurate generic-translations, which you can apply to most common case scenarios of that language(definatley the most challenging part of all this). Once that’s done, make flash cards or whichever method works best for you in memorizing vocabulary, but try to include each word in a sentence, in addition to just the new word and it’s meaning. After you’ve memorized all that, the 3rd step is to locate 4 movies that are preferably some kind of Disney movie, or anything of a slower pace. Childrens movies seem to work best for this. Watch the movie in the language you’re trying to learn with good, quality English subtitles. Watch ONLY these same 4 movies continuously as much as possible, to the point where you know what’s going to be said next. Try to plan completing these 3 steps in a time-frame of about 8-10 months. You’ll thank me when you’re done!
do the most thing in this languages (read,watching movies, writing, listening…)
well i basically taught myself french
with my mixed background natioanlity, my parents country were ruled by france so i referred to them now and then
1. i went to library and borrowed all the books i can! Visual, dictonary, beginners french, french for dummies…
– Start off with learning the alphabet, then numbers, then syntax/grammar/language rules like adding ‘La’ ‘Te’ and ‘C’est’ as easy as ‘ as, and the ‘ –
2. Watching French movies with english subtitle
3. Making lists for everything i’ve learnt
4. Bought notepads ( you can do this, and when you need help ask your french class teacher )
5. Make this an everyday thing, you’ll learn just wait..
it’ll be fun, dont force yourself
or you’ll be waiting for results
6. And when your ready, try to get a french newspaper and read it. Reading will help! If you have trouble, you learn when you find the answer.
7. Try getting a french penpal, soon you’d grow into understanding him without help after a while.
You’ll be surprised how many words are close to english..
interpreting daily movies and reads can help you get used to the new words.
If you don’t have the time to do the obvious of enroll into a french class, you could always go and purchase the Rosetta Stone computer based software for learning a new language. It is fairly affordable and I believe it is an outstanding source. My first language is English, but i took the Rosetta stone Arabic and now i can get by pretty well.
good luck
There is no better way to learn french than by staying with french people who don´t speak english.
Hi,
The most important is that you learn french as a language in using it, not like a “code” to english.
The best I know of is http://www.learnables.com. You learn by images and sound with no english at all. And it is very effective. the only problem is that it is expensive.
If the price is a problem for you, you can try this one which is done by native french:
http://www.amazon.com/French-Ease-Assimil-Method-Books/dp/2700520130
Regards,
Emmanuel
If someone says “hello”, they are speaking English, and it doesn’t mean they can fully communicate. Being semi-fluent means you have a functional comprehension of at least 65% in the conventional range of that language, while fluent would be anything greater than 80%. Linguists, and people with vast experience in learning languages will almost always agree on the fact that most language learning methods out there are 50-70 percent fluff! If you don’t have the time to learn a language properly, and you’re after something quick and easy, then you’re probably headed towards disappointment and frustration. ALL, yes, all language courses out there, with the exception of maybe taking a 4-6 year college program or something to that extent, give you nothing but a head-start and head-start alone towards going to a foreign country and being immersed in another language and making it a bit easier to pick up a few things here and there. The best method to getting as far as you can get in the shortest period of time involves 3 steps. 1st step is to complete a FULL Pimsleur(MUST BE PIMSLEUR) course. Listen to each lesson at least 2 times, taking notes the first time with new vocabulary and studying before listening the second time. The 2nd step is to form a list of the 3,000 most commonly used words/vocabulary in English, to also include the eight parts of speech(verbs, nouns, pronouns, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections), which you can search the web for. Once you’ve formed the list, you need to find accurate generic-translations, which you can apply to most common case scenarios of that language(definatley the most challenging part of all this). Once that’s done, make flash cards or whichever method works best for you in memorizing vocabulary, but try to include each word in a sentence, in addition to just the new word and it’s meaning. After you’ve memorized all that, the 3rd step is to locate 4 movies that are preferably some kind of Disney movie, or anything of a slower pace. Childrens movies seem to work best for this. Watch the movie in the language you’re trying to learn with good, quality English subtitles. Watch ONLY these same 4 movies continuously as much as possible, to the point where you know what’s going to be said next. Try to plan completing these 3 steps in a time-frame of about 8-10 months. You’ll thank me when you’re done!