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stout
Senior Member
Ireland
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Speaks: English*
Studies: French

Message 25 of 27

16 November 2011 at 5:00pm | IP Logged

Footnoted wrote:

I was reading a blog by a French-language maven who described
his/her (can't remember which) path to fluency as including 6-7 years of high school,
college (French major) and postgraduate study, including a year spent in country. Then
there is the French teacher at my wife's school who says he has been honing his French
for 25 years. Meanwhile here I am in my mid 40s doing Assimil and supplemental self
study for around an hour a day and imagining a time in the not-too-distant future (two
years? three at most?) when I too may say I "speak French." I know that fluency is
relative and you never really stop learning but am I simply being unrealistic in terms
of the time it will really take?

Hello Footnoted...Like you I am learning French...Like you I like the French
language very much.

I hope to acquire a basic fluency in French in the next five years.I am certain if you
keep up with your French studies that you will acquire at least a basic fluency in the
French language in the next 4-5 years.

Keep up the good work.

Bon courage.

Stout.

Edited by stout on 16 November 2011 at 5:08pm
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Alanjazz
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United States
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Speaks: English*, Spanish, French
Studies: Portuguese

Message 26 of 27

10 December 2011 at 5:45am | IP Logged

With motivation and excitement about the language, I think one can achieve a decent level in less than a year. Talk
of 4 or 5 years is extreme. I have been studying French for just over 2 years now and I speak it fluently (B2-C1
level). After an amazing immersion program in central France and an internship (English-language, unfortunately) in
Francophone Switzerland, I went from taking a few classes at college to speaking! You can do it too!

You should check out this website if you are ever in need of exercises or resources:

http://www.cavilamenligne.com/

Bonne continuation !

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stout
Senior Member
Ireland
Joined 5372 days ago
108 posts - 140 votes

Speaks: English*
Studies: French

Message 27 of 27

13 December 2011 at 8:42pm | IP Logged

[QUOTE=Alanjazz] With motivation and excitement about the language, I think one can
achieve a decent level in less than a year. Talk
of 4 or 5 years is extreme. I have been studying French for just over 2 years now and I
speak it fluently (B2-C1
level). After an amazing immersion program in central France and an internship
(English-language, unfortunately) in
Francophone Switzerland, I went from taking a few classes at college to speaking! You
can do it too!

You should check out this website if you are ever in need of exercises or resources:

http://www.cavilamenligne.com/

Well done Alanjazz...Tres bien...Excellent...As to regarding the duration of foreign
language learning everybody is different.Everyone has their own pace of learning.
Some people can learn a language very quickly but for many people it takes many years.

4-5 years was only an estimate of mine.Like I said before the duration of foreign
language learning depends very much on the circumstances,the level of the language and
the motivation of the the foreign language student.

Bonne continuation Alanjazz.

Cordialement.

Stout.

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