Sulis Groupie United Kingdom Joined 6451 days ago 60 posts - 66 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French
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Sulis Groupie United Kingdom Joined 6451 days ago 60 posts - 66 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French
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Li Fei Pro Member United States Joined 5123 days ago 147 posts - 182 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map
| Message 3 of 9 03 January 2011 at 12:20am | IP Logged |
Hi Sulis,
Wow, your program sounds very ambitious! I'm envious of you having a partner and in-laws who speak your target
language. That is huge motivation and many opportunities to practice, though I imagine it could be challenging as
well if some of the relatives are not as patient or kind of teachers as you would like.
I'm using both Pimsleur and Assimil for my Mandarin studies and like them both. Will be interested to follow your
progress as French is next on my language hit list. Bonne chance!
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S.Vanessa Triglot Newbie Brazil Joined 5241 days ago 12 posts - 13 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Esperanto, English Studies: German, French
| Message 4 of 9 03 January 2011 at 3:58pm | IP Logged |
With the right incentives, like TAC and your boyfriend, I'm sure you can advance to b2, even beyond with some effort. Keep yourself motivated and practice everyday and I'm sure you will do great. But remember that the journey is just as important as your goal. Keep that in mind and you can survive all those moments when you feel like you are wasting your time. Also, French is somewhat easy for English speakers. I'm glad I found your learning log, I love to read about what other people are facing when studying the same as me. :)
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polyglossia Senior Member FranceRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5404 days ago 205 posts - 255 votes Speaks: French*
| Message 5 of 9 03 January 2011 at 10:12pm | IP Logged |
S.Vanessa wrote:
Also, French is somewhat easy for English speakers.
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Where did you get that idea from???????? :D :D
C'est vrai qu'il y beaucoup de mots d'origine française en anglais, mais clairement le portugais est bien plus proche du français.... Ce sont deux langues romanes, tandis que l'anglais est une langue Germanique qui n'a rien à voir avec le français !!!
So... Here we are !!! TAC French!! OK guys!!! I wrote to ellasevia that I could be an observer/corrector for french team.... How about that?? Anybody interested??
By the way, good luck with this language !! So hard !! But I will follow-up with you struggling against (?) this language !!!
Bon courage ! A quand le premier post en français???
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diabolo menthe Diglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 5973 days ago 68 posts - 70 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Italian, Swedish, Japanese
| Message 6 of 9 04 January 2011 at 12:58am | IP Logged |
Your plan sounds great, Sulis. Especially as, even if you don't get in a great deal of studying every day, you still
want to get some exposure once a day. If you ever need any encouragement, language exchange, suggestions for
books/music or anything, let me know. It is difficult at first, but one day it will just click and you'll be off and away
:)
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polyglossia Senior Member FranceRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5404 days ago 205 posts - 255 votes Speaks: French*
| Message 7 of 9 05 January 2011 at 7:06pm | IP Logged |
Well... The French project is slowing a bit !!
Come on!! What are you waiting for to post in French?? Just.. land off !!! Everybody makes mistakes!! My English is not flawless at all, and since English is the 'glue' language on this forum, I have to post in English... I cant wait to be at C2+ level to post sthg!!
Come on!! Land off!! :D :D
I'm here to help !
Un peu de français, svp !! (svp = s'il vous plait = please)
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Sulis Groupie United Kingdom Joined 6451 days ago 60 posts - 66 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French
| Message 8 of 9 07 January 2011 at 2:29am | IP Logged |
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Edited by Sulis on 01 January 2013 at 9:21pm
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