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| Kszegosz Diglot Newbie Poland Joined 4572 days ago 17 posts - 20 votes Speaks: Polish*, English Studies: French | Message 1 of 14 07 February 2015 at 8:26pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi. My goal for this summer is to work in the south of France. I am 21 years old and a
student, so I'm looking for any kind of job. I must know French well no matter what I find there. Right now, I'm at the end of “Assimil, Using French.” A year and half ago, I finished French with “Easy”, and after a year without French, I reviewed it and started “Using French.” I did it using the mix of shadowing and listening/reading methods. In my opinion I have strong B1 level skills. I'm talking slowly but quite well. I have a problem with understanding the other person and the French media. My summer plans lead me to focus on my ability to communicate freely and understand others without problems. I talk with my aunt in French, but the problem is that she switches to Polish often, so 60% of our conversation is in Polish. I will find some French people to exchange languages, but I won’t make those conversations the core of my language learning. I am committed to spending at least 2 hours per day on my main language activities, but I really don't know what would be the best method for achieving my goal. To be efficient I have to have some kind of schedule. If I don't know exactly what to do next, I find myself doing nothing in particular. That's why I like Assimil so much (second part less so than the first). I was thinking about reading very intensively and listening to “Trois Mousquetaires” by Dumas, but I'm not sure that's a good idea if my goal is mostly speaking. I'm a book worm so it’s really tempting, but on the other hand why not try something new or different? My second idea is Linqg. That might be good, but to be honest, I don't know how to plan my learning with this tool or how to use it exactly. I like the shadowing technique because I know what I have to do next when using it. I really like listening to podcasts and other audio recordings on my way to university, but I have a problem finding good ones. Podcasts for learners are too easy, and normal podcasts are too difficult to just listen without a transcript. Thanks in advance for your patient with reading this long post, and any advices. Edited by Kszegosz on 09 February 2015 at 10:54am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4642 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes  Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 2 of 14 08 February 2015 at 2:21am | IP Logged | ||
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My advice is to get temporary employment at a youth hostel in France. They are always
looking for people and you actually have to know English too, and you'll get to practice French every day. If you're lucky you get board included but you have to work shitty hours, but it'll be really good for your French. 7 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Kszegosz Diglot Newbie Poland Joined 4572 days ago 17 posts - 20 votes Speaks: Polish*, English Studies: French | Message 3 of 14 08 February 2015 at 10:05am | IP Logged | ||
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Probably I should be more specific. Right now I study in Poland, and I want to go to
France only for my holidays(July-September). So I have plenty of time before July to prepare myself for those 2-3 months. Nevertheless that's great advice, because right now, I know where I should start looking for a job. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5101 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 4 of 14 09 February 2015 at 7:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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Now that you finished Using French , go for Assimil Le Français des Affaires - Business French. It is dated but it has some interesting dialogues and texts.
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| luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7140 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 5 of 14 09 February 2015 at 9:53pm | IP Logged | ||
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Based on what your wrote and your goals, one or more of these may be helpful:
a) RFE Radio Free International - Radio Francais Facile - This is a free daily news report with audio and a transcript. The news is 10 minutes. You could turn the daily news into 30 minutes or more of study if you want to. b) FSI Basic French is a thorough course based on speaking drills. If you like it, this is a great course. c) If you loved and felt the Assimil method was perfect, then the Business French course is good. It's about 3 hours and 30 minutes of audio. It is an ongoing story of three colleagues in the French business world. d) If you find Listen/Reading helpful and fun. Do that. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Kszegosz Diglot Newbie Poland Joined 4572 days ago 17 posts - 20 votes Speaks: Polish*, English Studies: French | Message 6 of 14 13 February 2015 at 12:11pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks for your advices. I decided that I do proper listening and reading with Trois
mousquetaires (I was thinking that things I was doing were l-r but I was wrong ;), some grammar exercices and speaking. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| pesahson Diglot Senior Member Poland Joined 5663 days ago 448 posts - 840 votes Speaks: Polish*, English Studies: French, Portuguese, Norwegian | Message 7 of 14 15 February 2015 at 9:56am | IP Logged | ||
I'd say stick with podcasts. Find ones on the topics you find interesting and persevere. If you finished Using French, your level should be good enough to understand them. If you don't, it's probably because you're not used to normal speaking French. And the only way to get used to spoken French is by listening to spoken French. If you want to relatively easily understand what is said to you when you go to France this summer, you should make listening comprehension your priority. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6374 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 8 of 14 17 March 2015 at 12:01am | IP Logged | ||
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How's LR going for you? Which recording are you using?
I found it extremely useful for increasing my French listening comprehension; typical radio is straightforward after fairly little French radio for me (but it's not my first Romance language). 1 person has voted this message useful |
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