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| PeterMollenburg Senior Member AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5477 days ago 821 posts - 1273 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: FrenchB1 | Message 81 of 232 28 January 2014 at 8:12pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Yes welcome Kanewai.... I read some of your posts yesterday and really like the idea you have about slowing down or at least learning very thoroughly as opposed to moving ahead fast just to attain a 'higher' level albeit with a not-so-solid foundation. I'm finding that I need to slow down with Assimil NFWE just to let it sink in a bit better (i was aiming to do a lesson a day, which i am, but not absorbing it as well). Now I'll just do similar hours of study but spread it across my other materials (more balanced). And thanks for the links :) Good luck! PM 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Stelle Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada tobefluent.com Joined 4145 days ago 949 posts - 1686 votes Speaks: French*, English*, Spanish Studies: Tagalog | Message 82 of 232 28 January 2014 at 8:45pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
2) is the one most commonly used in my area 3) I've never heard "politique" used as a noun to refer to a person (doesn't mean it doesn't exist - just that it's not used in that way in my experience) 4) a derogatory term for a politician (not a very common usage where I live; I've heard my French-from-France colleague use it) This godparenting is a bit tricky! I'm kind of worried that I might lead someone astray! ;) Please understand that I'm speaking only from my experience - and that my experience is very specific to my region. I've never even been to a French-speaking country in Europe! Merci, S 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| PeterMollenburg Senior Member AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5477 days ago 821 posts - 1273 votes Speaks: English* Studies: FrenchB1 | Message 83 of 232 28 January 2014 at 8:55pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Merci beaucoup pour ton aide Stelle. Je comprends que tu n'es pas de France, et que c'est possible que quelque fois tes réponses sont correctes au Canada mais pas en Europe. Si quelqu'un m'a demandé qch à propos de l'anglais, eh bien, je ne suis pas anglais, mais je ne suis pas américain non plus. La langue est un peu différente. Ne t'inquiète pas, pas de problème. Je te remercie :) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5382 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 84 of 232 28 January 2014 at 10:16pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Je suis d'accord avec Stelle. J'ajouterais toutefois que 1) est habituellement utilisé dans un sens positif, comme quand on décrit la carrière de qqn ou qu'on dit qu'il s'agit d'un "grand homme". "Homme politique" a donc un sens plus positif, plus noble que "politicien". J'ai vérifié 3) et même si c'est correct, c'est un usage rare. ==> Find the team’s answers, including references, recordings or photos when necessary, here <== Edited by Arekkusu on 28 January 2014 at 10:16pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| PeterMollenburg Senior Member AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5477 days ago 821 posts - 1273 votes Speaks: English* Studies: FrenchB1 | Message 85 of 232 28 January 2014 at 10:37pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Merci Arekkusu, ça c'est clair :) Et merci aussi pour ton aide en général avec notre équipe d'étudiants de la belle langue qui est le français :) ---------------------------------- EN Translation: Thanks Arrekusu, that's clear :) And thanks also for your help in general with our team of students of the beautiful language that is French :) Edited by PeterMollenburg on 30 January 2014 at 7:09am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7206 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 86 of 232 29 January 2014 at 1:33pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I came up with an approach to make getting through FSI easier. That is, rather than perfect each unit one at a time until the end... Do this:
a) Learn the dialogue. That's on tape 1 of each unit. b) Go on to tape 2, which is usually pretty easy. It has lexical drills (variations of phrases in the dialogue). c) Continue with tapes through the Grammar / Learning exercises. There are also meant to be fairly easy. d) Skip the Practice exercises if they are difficult. At least, don't spend the time to perfect them. e) Don't worry too much about drills you don't get down, unless they are "Learning" drills. (then only sweat it a little). f) Skip the Review drills. g) Move on to the next unit. Later, once you either finish the course or the approach above becomes too difficult to continue, then go back and do it again, but include the Practices and Reviews. Edited by luke on 29 January 2014 at 4:13pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7157 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 87 of 232 29 January 2014 at 9:58pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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A couple of years ago I posted a link to the online videos and transcripts in several foreign languages at LangMedia.
Since I first stumbled on the site, the colleges involved have added more videos (and their transcripts). For your interest, here are the French ones. CultureTalk Senegal (videos by native speakers about various cultural facets in one of English, French or Wolof. Videos in French or Wolof are accompanied by transcripts with translations to English) French (combined index) (a lot of video reenactments of phrases or exchanges in phrasebooks; a handy way to see "phrasebook material" in action) In the last collection there are links to show varieties from a handful of French-speaking countries rather than a sparser division between European and non-European French. You may find French in Canada to be of particular interest. Enjoy. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4910 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 88 of 232 31 January 2014 at 12:23pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I've signed up for the 6wc in French, anyone else planning on signing up?
I've done a whole bunch of French challenges, but I personally feel I'm still scraping the top edge of beginner, possibly squeezing into the bottom of lower intermediate. Nevertheless, I enjoy the experience of a 6wc, especially the extra motivation to do a little bit more than usual, like those extra 15 minutes of reading just before bed, etc. I'm planning on doing French for this, and possibly the next 6wc. Then I'll probably do Hindi for the next few. EDIT: I find it is helpful to have a few goals for a 6wc. Here are mine, in order of priority: 1. Finish the passive wave of Assimil. I'm currently around lesson 85 or so. I'm not going to do the active wave though, because that is actually one of the things which currently keeps me from doing Assimil. Instead, I'll finish the passive wave, and then start back at the beginning (obviously moving faster), and when I get to lesson 50 the second time, I'll try the active wave again. 2. Re-do Michel Thomas Total French. I listened to it a couple of years ago, but I didn't do the vocab cd's that are part of the Total French package. 3. Finish Pimsleur IIIa. (I've done about 5 of 15 units, but I'll start again). 4. Make some headway into Hugo French in 3 Months. This is obviously for review purposes, and to make sure I have a solid grasp of all of those niggling little bits of basic grammar I may have let slide. I'll probably also do a bit of FSI (I'm currently working on unit 7 of Basic French 1), keep up my anki vocab, keep reading, listening to music, and I'll definitely watch some films and TV shows I have recorded on my sky box and on my LoveFilm playlist. So, it will be a full 6 weeks! Edited by Jeffers on 31 January 2014 at 12:32pm 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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