gbarv Groupie Cocos (Keeling) Islands Joined 5635 days ago 49 posts - 60 votes
| Message 1 of 10 16 August 2009 at 8:18am | IP Logged |
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iMiXiMi Diglot Newbie Canada Joined 5931 days ago 5 posts - 5 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish
| Message 2 of 10 16 August 2009 at 10:18am | IP Logged |
your accent is very impressive for the amount of time you have been practicing. I wouldnt worry too much about it
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gbarv Groupie Cocos (Keeling) Islands Joined 5635 days ago 49 posts - 60 votes
| Message 3 of 10 18 August 2009 at 3:35pm | IP Logged |
Thank you.
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sonsenfrancais Groupie United Kingdom sonsenfrancais. Joined 5977 days ago 75 posts - 85 votes Speaks: FrenchC2
| Message 4 of 10 19 August 2009 at 11:33am | IP Logged |
Well yes, your command of French is amazing for two years.
And your elocution is also remarkable. You have the little lift at the end of phrases that is characteristic of the French, and also some of the intonation that young French people have. Put it this way, your French sounds better than that of Jane Fonda who has an American accent when she speaks French
You've lived in France surely ?
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gbarv Groupie Cocos (Keeling) Islands Joined 5635 days ago 49 posts - 60 votes
| Message 5 of 10 19 August 2009 at 2:58pm | IP Logged |
I've never ever been to France or other francophone country and have had only a handful of chances to speak with French people. I'm quite happy to hear your comments as I have worked a lot of time on my pronunciation. Lots of radio and 'chorusing'. However I'm not fluent yet, I feel some time in France would make me finally fluent but that's not possible at the moment, I hope to have the chance soon.
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patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7013 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map
| Message 6 of 10 19 August 2009 at 8:06pm | IP Logged |
Very impressive. Keep it up.
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vhdhkfh Diglot Newbie Korea, South Joined 6207 days ago 22 posts - 20 votes Speaks: Korean*, English Studies: French
| Message 7 of 10 20 August 2009 at 2:23am | IP Logged |
Wow. You're really good.
I've been studying French on and off for a long time, mostly off. Result => basic fluency level.=(
You mentioned that you understand almost everything on TV and films, so I'm interested in knowing what you did to improve your listening comprehension.
Thanks in advance.
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yuibnmp Newbie Hong Kong Joined 6056 days ago 13 posts - 8 votes
| Message 8 of 10 20 August 2009 at 2:19pm | IP Logged |
Below is my method to improve pronunciation and listening in language learning on the computer.
First, install panopreter which is a text-to-speech freeware program, it
reads text-based files or words, and support many other languages. It also converts such files into wave and
mp3 files, users can import generated audio files to portable devices such as ipod, and listen to them while
walking, jogging or commuting to work.
Second, install a French voice engine available at cepstral.com,
if you learn Spanish, German or some other languages, you install corresponding voice engines.
After doing so, you can improve French pronunciation and listening skill on your computer. Panopreter will read
any French words or files, you just listen to it whenever you like.
Edit: Yuibnmp is affiliated with this program. - Rhian, Moderator
Edited by Rhian on 09 July 2010 at 3:37pm
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