I speak French fluently and I know some other languages too. This is good advice. Reading, listening, and vocabulary. I also recommend Pimsleur for speaking and pronunciation. If you took French classes, you probably have poor pronunciation and a limited vocabulary. Because classes normally do little pronunciation and they limit vocabulary. I suggest you learn vocabulary in phrases or sentences, not single words. That way, there is a context and you retain it better. And get an online tutor or language exchange partner to practice pronunciation with, then once you have that down, to practice conversations with.
The tool he describes sounds very good. There are so many ways to learn spoken French on TH-cam. I have about six favorites, each with its advantages. There is one great advantage for English speakers in learning French --- I have read that about 40% of English words came directly from French (the Norman conquest), and the words are so close in the two languages, albeit spoken quite differently. It is easy for an English speaker to learn the French version of these words (and probably vice versa). That huge overlap between English and French vocabulary is not true with English and Spanish, Italian, German. French grammar has many challenges, but is ducksoup compared to German, at least for me. He says you need to focus on reading and listening. What happened to speaking? I want to learn oral, conversational French and am only incidentally interested in writing or reading.
I have just started learning French two weeks ago, on Lingq :-). So far I like it a lot, I'm surprised how many words are similar to English. I also live in Switzerland and have been able to learn German in a couple years here. Compared to this language, French seems way easier but we'll see next year, after I'm actually able to speak. Cheers, good video.
What French study materials do you recommend?Can you tell us the sequence of material for French study.I am fluent English speaker and my native tongue is Japanese.
I would start with FrenchPod101: th-cam.com/video/e0RhW-8_j7g/w-d-xo.html (because you can listen to all the lessons). Then, I would use Lingq in conjunction with Netflix.
Bonjour a tous! Ma langue maternelle est russe. Et je peut parler anglais a d'environ niveau b2. Mais j'ai encore des difficultés avec français. Peut être cela vaut la peine d'être fait d'essayer cette technique. Merci Louis!
As a Québécois I enjoyed your assessment. Just a coincidence but I read that same article in ‘Figaro’ on the ‘non’ vote on trotinettes. Yes, read listen!! Choose subjects one enjoys. My advice growing up bilingual but then learning German and Russian. Spend an hour on French grammar to get oriented then throw away the book. I’ve been in the sciences for almost 50 years. I can read and listen in languages other then English but ‘almost never’ need to write them! 98% of my correspondence even with fellow German and Russian geologists is in English. I’m not Spending hundreds of hours toiling on grammar for the other 2%? English speakers have a tremendous advantage. Enjoy French and forget the chaos of verb tense endings, etc. Best to spend that time watching cartoons in French.
... French is not only difficult, it is chaotic and absurd. The chaos is given by the spelling with many vowels that are not pronounced and absurd with the following example "qu'est-ce que c'est?" (if translated literally it would be "qué es eso que eso es ?") for which in Spanish it would be enough to say "qué es eso?" ... in short, that is why it cannot aspire to become a global language, besides, if you're going to live or visit countries of the New World you should focus in learning English and Spanish and if you're going to live or work or visit Asia, knowing English will do
Thanks for this. I want to learn French and I find it hard but knowing that I learned Korean on my own I guess it’s possible 😂😀😀😀
I speak French fluently and I know some other languages too. This is good advice. Reading, listening, and vocabulary. I also recommend Pimsleur for speaking and pronunciation. If you took French classes, you probably have poor pronunciation and a limited vocabulary. Because classes normally do little pronunciation and they limit vocabulary. I suggest you learn vocabulary in phrases or sentences, not single words. That way, there is a context and you retain it better. And get an online tutor or language exchange partner to practice pronunciation with, then once you have that down, to practice conversations with.
Love the information you share! Thanks alot! Don't stop making these videos
The tool he describes sounds very good. There are so many ways to learn spoken French on TH-cam. I have about six favorites, each with its advantages. There is one great advantage for English speakers in learning French --- I have read that about 40% of English words came directly from French (the Norman conquest), and the words are so close in the two languages, albeit spoken quite differently. It is easy for an English speaker to learn the French version of these words (and probably vice versa). That huge overlap between English and French vocabulary is not true with English and Spanish, Italian, German. French grammar has many challenges, but is ducksoup compared to German, at least for me.
He says you need to focus on reading and listening. What happened to speaking? I want to learn oral, conversational French and am only incidentally interested in writing or reading.
I'll make a video on speaking.
I have just started learning French two weeks ago, on Lingq :-). So far I like it a lot, I'm surprised how many words are similar to English. I also live in Switzerland and have been able to learn German in a couple years here. Compared to this language, French seems way easier but we'll see next year, after I'm actually able to speak. Cheers, good video.
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Nice video!!!!
Thanks
What French study materials do you recommend?Can you tell us the sequence of material for French study.I am fluent English speaker and my native tongue is Japanese.
I would start with FrenchPod101: th-cam.com/video/e0RhW-8_j7g/w-d-xo.html (because you can listen to all the lessons).
Then, I would use Lingq in conjunction with Netflix.
Bonjour a tous! Ma langue maternelle est russe. Et je peut parler anglais a d'environ niveau b2. Mais j'ai encore des difficultés avec français. Peut être cela vaut la peine d'être fait d'essayer cette technique. Merci Louis!
Merci à toi
I think Ling Q is after intermediate level.Can you tell us what do you recommend before that?
For French, take a look at FrenchPod101: th-cam.com/video/e0RhW-8_j7g/w-d-xo.html
As a Québécois I enjoyed your assessment. Just a coincidence but I read that same article in ‘Figaro’ on the ‘non’ vote on trotinettes.
Yes, read listen!! Choose subjects one enjoys. My advice growing up bilingual but then learning German and Russian. Spend an hour on French grammar to get oriented then throw away the book. I’ve been in the sciences for almost 50 years. I can read and listen in languages other then English but ‘almost never’ need to write them! 98% of my correspondence even with fellow German and Russian geologists is in English. I’m not Spending hundreds of hours toiling on grammar for the other 2%? English speakers have a tremendous advantage. Enjoy French and forget the chaos of verb tense endings, etc. Best to spend that time watching cartoons in French.
Thanks for the feedback
... French is not only difficult, it is chaotic and absurd. The chaos is given by the spelling with many vowels that are not pronounced and absurd with the following example "qu'est-ce que c'est?" (if translated literally it would be "qué es eso que eso es ?") for which in Spanish it would be enough to say "qué es eso?" ... in short, that is why it cannot aspire to become a global language, besides, if you're going to live or visit countries of the New World you should focus in learning English and Spanish and if you're going to live or work or visit Asia, knowing English will do
Sure