For Charis ;)
There can be different approaches to learning French, and I don’t think I started or are currently am learning in the best way haha. But I will link some useful resources that definitely did teach me something
For starters, here is a link to a post that talks about how to approach language learning based on how you learn:(https://ipablo6.tumblr.com/post/165748273056/language-learning-made-easy)
immersion
I think it is important to imMerSe yourself into the language/culture. So you become more comfortable with it. This can happen by (along side doing planned and formated study) watching shows in French, listening to music and podcasts in French and finding other ways to fill your brain with the language without it always being seen as ‘learning time’. If there are any shows or movies that you know really well/ liked alot in English, hopefully you can find it in French bc whilst listening to the French vers, you won’t be completely lost and confused as to what is happening
Sometimes I watch Peppa Pig in French harhar and I think it is good listening practice, as to how french is actually spoke (tbh it is kinda hard to hear understand sometimes, thankfully there are often subs harhahr)
some cartoons in FrencH:
- peppa pig :p
- lazy town );
- miraculous ladybug ;)
- charlie and lola :)
music:
- oui, oui baguette
- *fraincais
- french covers of english songs
books:
- childrens books, that may be easier to understand?
- books for beginner
- poems, novels and plays (probably a higher level of words used)
youtube:
- youtubers recommended by aspoonfulofsugar
- recommended by naomisfrench
- wendigofrench has recommended ‘What the cut’ for intermediate level
movies:
- disney movies
I also recently set my phone to French, which seems scary but wasn’t even a terrible idea. If it is too overwhelming at first, you can find your way back to the settings and change the language back. Since having it in French, I have learnt different words easily because they keep popping up (like ‘cancel’, ‘settings’ and just some apps in different languages). Highly recommended
Incase you get lost on social media if your phone is in french
vocabulary
There is a post that lists important vocabulary to learn whilst starting a new language. It is very useful to have a set group of vocab to learn at one time so it is easier to stay focused on a certain topic (especially when self learning), well tha’ts what I think. Once you get into learning the language (following Tumblr accs, watching shows and all that) you will often come across new cool fun exciting vocab and I think that it is important to write down those snippets that you find and include them in their respectable postitions in the list, or maybe you could just learn/revise them seperate to the list thing
If you have anything that you have a big interest in something, like space, finding a vocabukary list for that topic will be good to learn so that you can feel comfortable and talk about things that you enjoy talking about, instead of just learning general terms.
learning slang is also similar to being able to personalise your speech!
vocab list thing:
- recommended by aspoonfulofsugar
- art
- philosophy
- interstellar
- university
- gardening
- typically teen expressions
questions :D
It is good to know how to ask for things ig. A good post on asking questions by studyegn
creating goals and milestones
without having a set curriculum and teacher to guide and record your progress, having self made goals and milestones can be very useful. There is a post that shares some recommendations for language learning milestones and I have been using some myself
One of my goals is to create a diary ind French! Which kind of forces myself to learn how to express feelings and be able to recount the day in French
some posts specific to self-expression:
- feelings
- ‘diary writing in french’
other resources
I have not really committed to any one specific app for french (since the best ones seem to be the ones that ask for money, realizashun). But there are apps that I have used that have been good and could help if used consistently. I think it wouldn’t be good to rely on only one app to teach you everything, it would be good to search around on how different sites and apps differently teach one topic and search if there is more information on one topic than what a app/site is telling you
apps:
- duolingo harhar
- drops (i tried using this app to also learn tagalog *two eyes looking to the side emoji*
- memrise
- rosetta stone ? i think itz money
sites:
- https://frenchtogether.com/learn-french-youtube/
- https://www.clozemaster.com/l/fra-eng
- 11 hr french learning class
idk what else to add, there is probably a lot that could be added like grammar resources but i don’t know great grammar resources myself
WELL THEN, thnk yuo 4 read
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