FuroraCeltica Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6869 days ago 1187 posts - 1427 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French
| Message 1 of 4 27 November 2009 at 9:52am | IP Logged |
Back in Febuary 2008, I set myself a target of completing 200 hours of French. Yesterday, sat on a train in Luxembourg train station, I finally crossed the finish line as I completed my final study session in that target period
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I think it is good to look back and see how far I have come. Back when I started, I REALLY struggled with listening. Now, I have noticed a huge improvement, though there is still room for more. I now routinely buy French language magazines and enjoy them. I have sat in several movies entirely in French. I have reached the level where I can handle complex situations in French (e.g. explaining to a repairman what the problem with a broken shower was, or talking the IT team through my PC problems by phone). I have gone to the point where my workplace rated me as a high B2 in French, so I am now within the touching distance of the C level I desire.
I am now going to emark on "Phase two". Which is going to be an additional 200 hours of "tightening up my French". The first 200 hours involved me just getting a grounding in French, and not all the the 200 hours was as effective as I hoped (some of the time was spent making vocabulary cards).
So, I will launch the next 200 hours starting today. In the next 200 hours, may target is as follows:-
80%+ on every grammar exercise I attempt in my exercise book.
Regular sentence method revision on ANKI.
Listen to a 40 minute episode of "Les Experts" on my DVD box set each night.
Verb form review every day.
At the end of this 200 hour period, I will do an Alliance Francaise certificate, and achieve a C level award.
Edited by FuroraCeltica on 27 November 2009 at 9:55am
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Paskwc Pentaglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5681 days ago 450 posts - 624 votes Speaks: Hindi, Urdu*, Arabic (Levantine), French, English Studies: Persian, Spanish
| Message 2 of 4 27 November 2009 at 9:58am | IP Logged |
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nassulk Newbie GermanyRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5449 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes
| Message 3 of 4 28 December 2009 at 7:27pm | IP Logged |
I admire you my friend. Please give me some of the tricks you used to grasp this language so that i can may be do it in only 100 hours! Just remember that I am a complete beginner!
Thanks and hope to hear from you
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Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5560 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona
| Message 4 of 4 10 January 2010 at 9:23am | IP Logged |
FuroraCeltica wrote:
Back in Febuary 2008, I set myself a target of completing 200 hours of French. Yesterday, sat on a train in Luxembourg train station, I finally crossed the finish line as I completed my final study session in that target period. |
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Congrats on finishing your first block of 200 hours' French study. My own programme also breaks down into an initial "passive" phase of 200 hours, focussing on listening-reading, followed by the an "active" phase to really get to grips with speaking, grammar and writing afterwards. Best of luck with your next 200 hours and reaching an advanced level. I think making the most of your part-French speaking work environment will really help propel you forward towards success.
Edited by Teango on 10 January 2010 at 10:11am
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