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| watupboy101 Diglot Groupie United States Joined 4894 days ago 65 posts - 81 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 1 of 10 26 July 2011 at 7:04am | IP Logged | ||
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I have been studying French for 3 months now and I have no clue how many hours I have but I would say about
50 but I only have logged about 10 so we will start at 25 hours. I did Rosetta for 1 month, Lingq for another, and now I'm doing Assimil. I'm on L.16 in Assimil, I think my French is getting better, at least I know my listening skills are way better. Thinking about getting MT to help me form my own sentences, what do y'all think (sorry I'm from Texas). Any encouragement, succes stories would be nice, need encouragement to keep me going through this long journey. EDIT: I don't know what I was thinking when I said to start at 25 hours... I at least have 75 so we will start there. Edited by watupboy101 on 01 August 2011 at 1:05am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Paigems Newbie United States Joined 5091 days ago 34 posts - 38 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 2 of 10 26 July 2011 at 7:14am | IP Logged | ||
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Fellow Texans need to stick together ;)
So far I've done FSI French Phonology, some grammar books, Michel Thomas beginner and advanced, and up to lesson 32 of Assimil. If you're already using Assimil, and don't find it too difficult I wouldn't really recommend Michel Thomas. For me, Michel Thomas was only really an ice breaker, and it sounds like you're past that point. I'd say just continue with Assimil and then move on to LR; that's what I plan to do anyway :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4880 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 3 of 10 26 July 2011 at 10:38am | IP Logged | ||
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howdy cowboy! I just did Lesson 18 in Assimil French this afternoon!
I've been "cross-training" with Foreign Service Institute's French course. Assimil is more fun, but I find the FSI drills help supplement. And it's free, although the sound quality is rough. It does take one to two weeks for me to get through a single lesson - FSI is not fast! And if you haven't tried ANKI yet (also free), give it a shot. There's a "Assimil French" set you can download for free, though - on the advice of these forum members here - I just spent an evening creating my own French study set. I agree with Paigems - I think you've already moved past MT. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| watupboy101 Diglot Groupie United States Joined 4894 days ago 65 posts - 81 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 4 of 10 26 July 2011 at 6:20pm | IP Logged | ||
hahaha I live in the big city, I'm not a "cowboy" but thanks. And regarding FSI and ANKI I've "looked at FSI for like 5 minutes, it doesn't seem like the program for me, I don't even know where to start. And I'll give Anki a look! Heard a lot about it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Themessage Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4862 days ago 12 posts - 12 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Russian, Polish, Greek | Message 5 of 10 27 July 2011 at 10:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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Bonjour!
Hi there. It's great that you want to learn French, a truly wonderful language! If you need any help with anything, please do not hesitate to let me know. I am only at about Intermediate level myself, but I know how those who are just starting out to learn the language feel! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4880 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 6 of 10 28 July 2011 at 9:08pm | IP Logged | ||
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I had glanced at FSI a few times for other languages, but it did seem like too much to me. But I started using it for French, and it really is helping significantly. It takes some commitment, as the start of each chapter is hard work. I only manage one segment (each chapter has six to seven recordings) every three days.
I don't think I would use FSI for a language that I'm studying casually (like for a trip), but I want to push my French up to some level of proficiency, and I think a pattern/drill type system is a necessary element for that! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| watupboy101 Diglot Groupie United States Joined 4894 days ago 65 posts - 81 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 7 of 10 01 August 2011 at 12:59am | IP Logged | ||
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Update: On lesson 20 of Assimil New French With Ease. Started FSI, it is very dull and boring don't know if I want to
continue after only 2 tapes. Also I have a TY book of vocabulary, do you think I should enter that into Anki? Also I've had 3 chat sessions with natives these last few days, it has boosted my confidence greatly, as I understand a lot (as long as it's spoken slowly) occasionally I will need to have a vocab word translated, or an odd verb will pop up but other than that I feel my conversation skills have gotten way better. I still find myself translating a lot. Some phrases and words just come out like d'accord, je ne sais pas, etc. Those feel natural but I often find myself translating hopefully that will get better with time. Also is there anyone out there willing to help my French over Skype? Ordered Harry Potter in French audiobook, it's 8 hours of audio so I'm going to try L-R to help my comprehension. Hours: 82.75 I feel I am approaching the B1 level (yay me (: ) haha. Is there any way to find out for sure? Edited by watupboy101 on 01 August 2011 at 1:05am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Neri Diglot Newbie Canada Joined 4854 days ago 16 posts - 18 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Japanese, Spanish | Message 8 of 10 06 August 2011 at 5:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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I don't think there is, besides the DELF/DALF tests, but what really matters is not are you at a B1 level but can you do the things you want to do in French?
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