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| tristano Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 4040 days ago 905 posts - 1262 votes  Speaks: Italian*, Spanish, French, English Studies: Dutch | Message 9 of 114 01 January 2015 at 10:40pm | IP Logged |
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Username: tristano
Level in French: B1 Link to log: Link Favourite book: Les mille et une nuits (I'm reading it in this moment. It's the first book that I read in French but I'm overly enjoying it) Favourite comic/BD: don't have one Favourite film: never watched a movie in French until now Favourite TV series: same as the movie Favourite band/singer/musician: I don't usually listen to French music Favourite audiobook/podcast: never listened to an audiobook, never listened to a podcast consistently Favourite textbook: only finished one and I disliked it Favourite audio learning resource: I don't use audio learning resources (just some random radios sometimes) Favourite video learning resource: Never used video learning resources Favourite web-based learning resource: Never used web-based learning resources for French Anything else about your learning journey: I did some French at the middle school and completely forgot it. 9 months ago I decided to learn French because it is useful on my workplace. I thus made a placement test at the Alliance Française and I resulted to be A2.2 (but they were wrong, I didn't even remember how to conjugate the verb 'to be'. I was more probably an A1.2). Since the spoken and written language was easy to me to understand I managed to improve practically just by attending the classes and speak French in my workplace without seriously working at it at home. Since I never worked at it seriously, my biggest issue with French is the grammar and I'm working with a B1/B2 method. I just finished the B1.2 course at the Alliance Française with a score of 87.9 without any home study, thing that makes me think that this course is too unchallenging and I would like to have access to a more difficult and challenging class. My written production is still rudimentary because of my very little work. My listening skills also demand some exercise. Sorry for my very useless form :D Edited by tristano on 01 January 2015 at 10:44pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4902 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 10 of 114 01 January 2015 at 10:46pm | IP Logged |
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Hey Tristano, welcome to the team! Your form is amusingly blank, but you can get some favourites this year, right?
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| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5159 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 11 of 114 01 January 2015 at 11:29pm | IP Logged |
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Good luck French learners! As it was the case last year, I won't be at the team but will keep following the team thread. Bonne année et bon courage à tous.
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| Rem Groupie United Kingdom Joined 3750 days ago 66 posts - 96 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Mandarin, Czech, French | Message 12 of 114 01 January 2015 at 11:33pm | IP Logged |
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Username: Rem
Level in French: Beginner (pre-A1) Link to log: Favourite book: Favourite comic/BD: Favourite film: Favourite TV series: Favourite band/singer/musician: Favourite audiobook/podcast: Favourite textbook: Favourite audio learning resource: Michel Thomas Favourite video learning resource: Favourite web-based learning resource: Anything else about your learning journey: I’ve only recently decided to attempt French again (after some false starts in the past), so most of the ‘favourite’ categories here are blank and I don’t really have much to add at the moment. Hopefully by the end of 2015 I’ll be able to answer a few more of these. :) PS: I have no idea how to post a link to my log in this forum, sorry. :( 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| IBEP Bilingual Triglot Newbie United States Joined 3624 days ago 19 posts - 31 votes Speaks: English*, Kannada*, Spanish Studies: Mandarin, French | Message 13 of 114 01 January 2015 at 11:38pm | IP Logged |
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With all due respect to the Brits, I present my FAVORITES:
Username: IBEP Level in French: This is tricky because my knowledge of Spanish (and past dabbling in Portuguese, Catalan, and Italian) mean that my comprehension, especially of written texts, is pretty advanced for a language (B1+) I've only devoted about 30-40 hours of active study to. But my active knowledge is basically an A1, so we'll say A1 for now. Link to log: http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/f orum/forum_posts.asp?T ID=39738 Favorite book: À la recherche du temps perdu de Marcel Proust Favorite comic/BD: Persepolis de Marjane Satrapi Favorite film: L'auberge Espagnole (but I haven't seen many French movies, and to be honest this movie is French and Spanish with a smattering of ~5 other languages thrown in as well) Favorite TV series: No idea, haven't watched any French TV yet Favorite band/singer/musician: Don't really have a favorite yet, I've started listening to French music, but only recently and haven't really gotten to listen to many different artists Favorite audiobook/podcast: Les Grosses Têtes, I don't understand that much yet, but they always sound like they're having so much fun Favorite textbook: Ew. Favorite audio learning resource: FSI Favorite video learning resource: www.fluentu.com Favorite web-based learning resource: www.lingvist.io Anything else about your learning journey: Rien d'intéressant Edited by IBEP on 01 January 2015 at 11:42pm 4 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Mohave Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Mohave1 Joined 4000 days ago 291 posts - 444 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 14 of 114 01 January 2015 at 11:46pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks Jeffers for starting off the TAC15 thread and to you, PeterMollenburg, and Luke for the leadership
of the French team!. I look forward to assisting where I can and being a part of this team. Username: Mohave Level in French: Low Intermediate/B1 Link to log: My Adventures in French (TAC15) Favourite books: Le Petit Nicolas series; Vol de Nuit Favourite comic/BD: N/A; but Persepolis is on my To-Read list Favourite film: Le Dîner de Cons Favourite TV series: Un Village Français; Engrenages; Un Gars, Une Fille Favourite band/singer/musician: Robert Charlebois, Ordinaire; Harmonium, Pour Un Instant; Zaz, Je Veux; Carla Bruni; Edith Piaff; Favourite audiobook/podcast: One Thing in a French Day Favourite textbook: Assimil French Without Toil and Using French Favourite audio learning resource: Pimsleur Favourite video learning resource: French in Action Favourite web-based learning resource:N/A Anything else about your learning journey: I re-started learning French about 18 months ago after an ~25 year break. I really enjoyed my college French lit classes, and that coupled with an upcoming trip to Montreal last year re-started this journey. I'm really having fun now that I can use native materials, although I still have a long ways to go in this journey! ----------------------------------------------- 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| liam.pike1 Groupie Australia Joined 3747 days ago 84 posts - 122 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Esperanto, French | Message 15 of 114 02 January 2015 at 12:10am | IP Logged |
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Bonjour. Good on you Jeffers for starting the French team thread.
Username: liam.pike1 Level in French: A0/A1 Link to log: Log Favourite book, Favourite comic/BD, Favourite film, Favourite TV series: due to my inexperience with French, I am yet to have any of these things. I will update this information later. Favourite band/singer/musician: Stromae Favourite audiobook/podcast: n/a Favourite textbook: Assimil New French with Ease Favourite audio learning resource: n/a, although I have Pimsleur Conversational Course and have used FSI FAST course as my main learning method. Favourite video learning resource: Have only watched one episode on youtube, but will probs be French in Action. Favourite web-based learning resource: Haven't used it for French so far, but Duolingo is great. Definitely recommend Duolingo, especially for beginners to language-learning. Anything else about your learning journey: Will check out the DLI courses sometime. Lots of links and suggestions have been made on my log and in the thread which I put a link to in the first post of my log. My other 'bought' resource (Assimil is the other one) is Essential French Grammar by Dover. I've read the whole book, and I highly recommend it. Also, I have French pen-pals (well, email buddies) to practice my French with. Bonne chance! 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| tomgosse Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 3985 days ago 90 posts - 143 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 16 of 114 02 January 2015 at 12:38am | IP Logged |
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Username: tomgosse
Level in French: pre-A1 Link to log: Journal français de Thomas Favourite book: Favourite comic/BD: Favourite film: Favourite TV series: Un villiage français. Animation on TV5Monde Favourite band/singer/musician: Zaz, Emily Loizeau, Paris Chanson Favourite audiobook/podcast: Talk in French Favourite textbook: Ultimate French Review and Practice Favourite audio learning resource: Pimsleur French Favourite video learning resource: Vincent Lefrançois' YouTube channel Imagier Favourite web-based learning resource: Duolingo and Memrise Anything else about your learning journey: If asked, "What second language would you like to learn?", French has always been my first answer. In junior high school I wanted to take a French course but was enrolled in Latin instead. I hated it. In the late sixties I lived in Montréal for four years and learned some French. It was mostly juoal and street slang. Now, I would like to learn French as it is spoken in France. My goals for this year: * Reach an A2 or maybe B1 level. * I will read at least one French easy reader, and one French classic by Jules Verne or Alexander Dumas. As a child I read their novels in English and would like to read them in French. * I will watch at least one Les petits meurtes d'Agatha Christie episode without subtitles. * I will continue with Pimsleur French and finish all three volumes (I'm up to lesson seven on the first volume). * I will finish one text book. * I will finish Duolingo Bonne Année et bon santé à tous, Thomas Edited by tomgosse on 02 January 2015 at 2:33am 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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