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Stelle Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada tobefluent.com Joined 3933 days ago 949 posts - 1686 votes Speaks: French, English, Spanish Studies: Tagalog	Message 9 of 10 07 February 2015 at 3:36pm \| IP Logged
	I agree with Iguanamon - I would highly recommend choosing a program for beginners that includes a lot of audio. French in Action is very good, even if the only thing that you use are the videos. You'll definitely get a lot more out of FiA than you will out of native TV at this point. French in Action re: tutoring When your tutor moves on (which is always sad - it's too bad to lose a teacher when you have such good rapport), you could always check out italki for Skype tutors. 100% of my language tutoring has been over Skype - it's efficient, effective, and very convenient. When I'm an absolute beginner working with a tutor, I like to use question cards - simple conversational questions written on cards that we shuffle and then ask. This lets me practice the same thing over...and over...and over again (yep, it can be boring for the other person. But that's why you're paying her, and not expecting a language partner to do it for free). It's also good for listening comprehension, since I'll ask the tutor the same questions. Here are some printable conversation cards (in English, French, Spanish and Tagalog): conversation for beginners Here are some other tips for working with a tutor as an absolute beginner (although these are more focused towards people using italki for online tutoring, since some of the tips involve working with multiple tutors, and doing shorter half-hour sessions): tutoring for beginners Bonne chance! 3 persons have voted this message useful
Ant1234 Newbie United Kingdom Joined 3370 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French	Message 10 of 10 09 February 2015 at 11:50am \| IP Logged
	Thanks. Will check that out. The conversation cards look good. I've been searching for something like that. 1 person has voted this message useful

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Stelle Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada tobefluent.com Joined 3933 days ago 949 posts - 1686 votes Speaks: French, English, Spanish Studies: Tagalog	Message 9 of 10 07 February 2015 at 3:36pm \| IP Logged
	I agree with Iguanamon - I would highly recommend choosing a program for beginners that includes a lot of audio. French in Action is very good, even if the only thing that you use are the videos. You'll definitely get a lot more out of FiA than you will out of native TV at this point. French in Action re: tutoring When your tutor moves on (which is always sad - it's too bad to lose a teacher when you have such good rapport), you could always check out italki for Skype tutors. 100% of my language tutoring has been over Skype - it's efficient, effective, and very convenient. When I'm an absolute beginner working with a tutor, I like to use question cards - simple conversational questions written on cards that we shuffle and then ask. This lets me practice the same thing over...and over...and over again (yep, it can be boring for the other person. But that's why you're paying her, and not expecting a language partner to do it for free). It's also good for listening comprehension, since I'll ask the tutor the same questions. Here are some printable conversation cards (in English, French, Spanish and Tagalog): conversation for beginners Here are some other tips for working with a tutor as an absolute beginner (although these are more focused towards people using italki for online tutoring, since some of the tips involve working with multiple tutors, and doing shorter half-hour sessions): tutoring for beginners Bonne chance! 3 persons have voted this message useful
Ant1234 Newbie United Kingdom Joined 3370 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French	Message 10 of 10 09 February 2015 at 11:50am \| IP Logged
	Thanks. Will check that out. The conversation cards look good. I've been searching for something like that. 1 person has voted this message useful