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| fezmond Groupie Korea, South Joined 4918 days ago 72 posts - 78 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Korean, French | Message 57 of 64 12 March 2013 at 4:33pm | IP Logged |
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Finally a decent day...
Active wave of Assimil - L25 went very well except for some accents here and there. I also picked up a copy of French for Reading. Started/finished the first chapter today and it seems pretty good so far. I already knew most of the cognates/partial cognates but it was nice to get a refresher. Linguaphone unit 8 (All Talk) finished and now onto the remaining 8 hours. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| twopossums Newbie United States Joined 4349 days ago 34 posts - 53 votes Speaks: English* | Message 58 of 64 20 March 2013 at 5:20am | IP Logged |
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How do you like the French for Reading book? It looks very interesting.
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| fezmond Groupie Korea, South Joined 4918 days ago 72 posts - 78 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Korean, French | Message 59 of 64 27 March 2013 at 11:27am | IP Logged |
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Sorry for the delay twopossums, I spent the last week in Hong Kong.
I like the French for Reading book a lot. I'm only on chapter 3 because of being on holiday etc but the setup of the book makes a lot of sense. Right now the subjects they are tackling aren't too interesting because they're using a lot of cognates in the early stages. However, it is easy to read. Speaking of reading, while I've avoided all Assimil, grammar and listening over the past week, I managed to read my very first book in French. Extremely simple as it was written in mostly the present tense and it's only 21 pages long. However, for a first book and at 1.20 from Amazon, it was worth the purchase. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| fezmond Groupie Korea, South Joined 4918 days ago 72 posts - 78 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Korean, French | Message 60 of 64 28 March 2013 at 3:07pm | IP Logged |
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I listened to a few Assimil lessons today while walking down the street. Despite the fact
I'd just read lesson 80, it was way too fast for me to really comprehend. Same as lessons 78 and 79, completely forgot what it was that I'd studied. I'm starting to worry about my tense recognition. While the passe compose seems OK I keep getting confused with others. Maybe a grammar blitz is in order. I have the first series of Friends in French now. Will see if I can understand anything on there. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tastyonions Triglot Senior Member United States goo.gl/UIdChYRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4657 days ago 1044 posts - 1823 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: Italian | Message 61 of 64 28 March 2013 at 3:52pm | IP Logged |
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Those late 70s and early 80s lessons are pretty tough. I remember going over those ones more times than perhaps any others in the book.
As far as tenses, I found it useful to do some flashcards on the imparfait and futur simple. But I get bored of drills very quickly, so mostly I have built up my recognition of them through lots of listening. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| fezmond Groupie Korea, South Joined 4918 days ago 72 posts - 78 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Korean, French | Message 62 of 64 04 April 2013 at 6:27am | IP Logged |
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Up to lesson 83 in NFWE. The late 70s and early 80s were really hard for me but this one
seems to have been a lot easier. Less grammar rules and more slang/colloquialisms being used. Did active wave lessons 31-34 this morning and mostly went great despite some spelling mistakes and one or two verb conjugations. Feeling much better today, hopefully the next 30 Assimil lessons will go smoothly and I'll look at either reviewing them or heading onto 'Using French'. French for Reading is a great book. Up to chapter 6. Pick it up if you can. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| fezmond Groupie Korea, South Joined 4918 days ago 72 posts - 78 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Korean, French | Message 63 of 64 17 April 2013 at 4:13pm | IP Logged |
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Had a little break recently, hardly any time for study.
Up to lesson 89 of New French with Ease. I found the lesson on uses of 'faire' quite hard and have hardly studied the lessons, merely writing them out in both French and English. Happy that Assimil should only take another month to finish the 113 lessons. French for Reading - doing chapter 7 right now. Going pretty well though the reading passage in chapter 6 was so boring I nearly didn't do it. I'm hoping the texts change from scientific to more interesting subjects. Anki usage is going ok, some of them match up to the methods/books I've tried - M. Thomas, French for Reading, Assimil. Some of the words I simply don't remember despite seeing them every day. I managed my second book in French. It was a book for very young children about a dog doing to a restaurant for his birthday. Apart from some unknown words, it was simple enough and I was very happy once I finished all (18?) pages of it. Now I have the Last of the Mohicans. It's a graded reader of only about 1000 words. Only 3 pages in but doing ok, again increasing my vocab is the biggest issue so far. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| fezmond Groupie Korea, South Joined 4918 days ago 72 posts - 78 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Korean, French | Message 64 of 64 05 May 2013 at 4:37pm | IP Logged |
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Unexpected laziness has meant I've done very little the past two weeks.
Up to L92 of Assimil, active wave going quite well except for genders and accents. Up to L28 of Grammaire Debutant, going rather well except for some dumb mistakes while trying to rush too much. For the first time I entered a French chat room and tried to speak to some other learners. All were of a higher level than me but we had a nice little chat and exchanged some pleasantries. If anyone can help with the following, it would be helpful: 
Roughly what level would this book be? It's a graded reader, 1000 words. Maybe A2? The book isn't particularly hard for me, just coming across a lot of new vocabulary which slows down my reading process. The grammar seems pretty simple though. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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