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| blake_1794 Newbie United States Joined 5327 days ago 14 posts - 15 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, French | Message 1 of 8 05 May 2012 at 7:32am | IP Logged |
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Hi everyone! I'm currently studying French, and I'm planning to go on a 5 week trip to
Guadeloupe to study it there. My level right now is rather low, but with a lot of passive understanding due to being fluent in Spanish. how can I make the most of my study time before this trip and while I'm there? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4518 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes  Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 3 of 8 06 May 2012 at 10:55am | IP Logged |
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Talk. Talk more. If you stopped talking, start talking. Then talk again. Make sure you know the basics and can ask for corrections when you're talking (i.e. make sure a conversation isn't only yes or no and you can formulate a basic phrase).
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| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4700 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 4 of 8 06 May 2012 at 2:29pm | IP Logged |
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Travel alone. Being a little bit lonely will force you to interact with strangers more
I liked having Michel Thomas's recordings with me while traveling. His stuff was practical and immediately useful. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6514 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 6 of 8 07 May 2012 at 9:51am | IP Logged |
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When I travel I usually carry a small dictionary with me (and sometimes also a touristical language guide, or I buy one at the destination). However I would not want to listen to the unnatural phrases in learning materials when I have got the real thing buzzing all around me - either from humans in my vicinity or from the local TV. The one irritating thing is that text TV on hotel TVs often is blocked and then I can't get native subtitles on the screen, but I still prefer listening to native speakers as long as I can understand just a few words here and there. At home things are different - I'm too busy to spend time on listening to things which I can't understand. Edited by Iversen on 07 May 2012 at 3:16pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4700 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 7 of 8 07 May 2012 at 11:36am | IP Logged |
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What impressed me about MT - at least his French Language Builder discs, was that it was eminently useful.
I'd hear a phrase and think, 'THAT is what I needed this morning!' And then I'd be ready to use it the next time the context came up. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| blake_1794 Newbie United States Joined 5327 days ago 14 posts - 15 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, French | Message 8 of 8 08 May 2012 at 1:33am | IP Logged |
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Thanks guys! I'm trying to learn as much as I can before I go because my level now is
really low. I'll be living with a Guadeloupean host family for those 5 weeks. How much progress do you guys think can be made in that time in those circumstances? I'll have 30hrs a week of classes, and then live with a host family. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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