I found the C2 sentence to be easier to understand than the C1. In general I find technical topics in French far easier to understand than material intended for children.
That makes sense cause with elevated French the vocabulary and syntax are actually closer to elevated English. Daily conversational French is simpler French but harder for English speakers to understand cause the similarities aren’t there. It’s the same for French people learning English. They can understand an intellectual lecture but fail with cartoons in English.
I’m A1, but understand a bit of A2, I’m trying to reach at least B2, because I want to study in France. Your videos help me a lot. I’ve only watched your 6 lessons and now I’m on A1! Love ur videos!
I've been doing French lessons steadily for 3 1/2 years on Duolingo and I've been wondering how far I've come so far. In Duolingo I'm a couple units shy of section 6. After taking your tests, my best score was 7/10 correct in the B1 level. Thank you for offering these tests
@@jzam3220 I've had a couple setbacks. Twice the tree was restructured and reset my progress in that time so I had to catch back up. Plus I was working at different paces than I am now. Language learning was never a strong suit for me so I've been taking things slowly and cautiously to make sure it sticks. I'm sure many others would be much further along in that time than I am.
Watch out, because we don’t really say « je ne suis pas natif ». It is very off. We would more likely say « je ne suis pas né dans un pays francophone ». « Natif » isn’t a word that we link to any language: we only do that in english.
For the past 5 months am learning French, but today I find out that am still on A2 level, but I wouldn't give up, I believe it won't take me more than 3yrs to get the basic
I took 4 years of french in HS, but that was years ago. I'm now looking to get back into language learning. I scored well on A1 and A2 but failed B2, so now I know where to start, thanks!
I studied french for four years (two at high school, two afterwards), and I dont remember anything. But when I went to France, after a few weeks, I understood almost everything!! (It was more difficult for me to talk, though). Studying and learning french to talk it fluently definitely generates my enthusiasm.
I got 6 in A2 level. I feel accomplished to be honest as it has only been 3 weeks since I started learning French. I am improving myself every single day. Thank you so much Alexa for your amazing lessons. You are honestly an absolutely awesome teacher. Sending you lots of love from India 😊🇮🇳♥️🇫🇷
I feel like I'm at different levels depending on my listening or reading/writing. I feel my reading is B1 but my listening is A1. I still really struggle in understanding spoken french.
Yes, this is very typical of most learners, you're not the only one! I had the same problem with English back when I was a child - brilliant level in reading but couldn't understand a complex sentence from a native speaker... It's probably only a matter of exposure at this point, good luck :)
I'm in exactly the same boat as you on that. But I tell myself that I until I can understand written french there's no chance that I'd be able to understand spoken french, so I'm concentrating on the written side first!
I took the test A0 10/10, A1 10/10, A2 9/10, B1 8/10, B2 6/10, C1 6/10, and C2 4/10. It felt uplifting to see the B level scores as I’ve been stuck at A2 level for 15 years because of my pronunciation.
Many thanks for the explanation. I was learning French on Duo and was trying to understand which level I stand at this moment. Now I figured out my level. I am now in level B1 and would be much appreciative if you could suggest me how best I could study to reach C1 level. Merci encore!
It's been almost three months since I touched any French. I learned it for about three months back in 2019. Got 10/10 in A0, 9/10 in A1, 8/10 in A2 and 4/10 in B1, and then I stopped there. I feel like I have definitely forgotten lots of grammar and can't remember many words. Will definitely check out your videos if I want to re-learn French.
I can put myself into B1 category, no doubt. BUT, I can understand a bit of all sentences in all the levels....that confuses me somehow. Especially, the C2 level sentence was very clear to me. Thanks for these useful tips MRS. ALEXA !!! BONJOUR ET MERCI BEAUCOUP !! U CAN LEAVE A VALUABLE REPLY ON MY COMMENT. LOVE FROM INDIA !!!
In understanding I'm literally c2 Reading i couldn't tell for sure but i know I'm somewhere b1 or b2. In speaking I'm pretty sure I'm debutant 😂😂 My vocabulary.. I know around 10 000 words. I only hoped my speaking was better. Also grammar I've tested many times and most of the time my level turned out to be B2 (although there were some occasions were my level was b1)
I have studied to B1 level at University, about to start my Upper Intermediate course in October. I really had to concentrate to understand the B2 sentence! Thanks for all of your videos, they're very useful revision for me for the summer.
I would say I'm somewhere between A2 and B1 and was honestly surprised I could perfectly understand the C2 sentence. Esp since I struggled with the previous levels 😮
I live in Trinidad and Tobago. I am appreciative of your lessons and will assess myself shortly. U are a relevation,i am self taught in French simply because of your educational videos.C'est parfait! Merci beaucoup!
This was very useful! I'm one of those people who didn't learn French formally. I took Pimsleur levels and that got me to a nice conversational level, but my reading and writing sucks. A French professor administered informal DELF test on me for B1 and I passed (68.5 points). Still, this is not bad for the few months of work : ) When I took your tests, I scored 8/10 in B1, I scored 7/10 in B2, 6/10 in C1 and 4/10 in C2. I guess it shows that the language is flowing, and it does not progress linearly. The way I differentiate the levels is how long you can speak about one subject. In B1 maybe a minute, or two. In B2, three to five minutes, if known subject maybe 10. For C level this can go on, half an hour or so, it can be a debate. Thank you again. In particular, I liked your video comparing imparfait and conditionel.
Having had some sleep, I have gone through and done each test. I only had one level perfect which was actually A1 !!! My results: A0=9/10, A1=10/10, A2=9/10, B1=8/10, B2=8/10, C1=5/10, C2=6/10.... What does this tell me? I was comfortable with B2 and although I made a couple of mistake, these would polish out within weeks, I'm sure. For both C levels, in all fairness I was having 'educated guesses' and scored what I'd expect from that strategy. That said, personally: I didn't do it (French) at school - I learned to speak, read, write and actually (as an aside) _think_ in French in my later teenage years - _getting and having a French girl friend certainly helped_ - and it's been more than 40 years now since I last actively set about studying it. I really am astounded with myself in all fairness in what I *can* remember. The only practice my French has really had in the last 4 decades has been the annual Mediterranean holiday with me armed with a small dictionary (which has been invariably unused). I can remember, for example, asking someone what the name for a cloud was while discussing the likelihood of rain at a roadside eatery (having to describe a cloud _as there wasn't one in the sky at that time_ ) when driving back from Bayonne up the west coast, intending to cover another 300km that day. It polishes up each time I go and the speed at which I can both speak and listen tunes in. At some point I will have to join Alexa's course to get some help on the bits that are missing and go and sit a recognised exam - but right now I've been learning Spanish about 20 months (with the last 15 totally solo out of books & online videos because the adult education classes have been closed). I want my Spanish to be better than it currently is so I can enjoy going there on holiday too. _I have not been out of the country (UK) for around 3 years like most of the rest of you because of Covid_ I can see that I will continue the Spanish until I am happy I have and will retain it (ie like my French is now), go and have a bash at Italian _because having decent working knowledge of French & Spanish should greatly assist its acquisition too,_ then come back to French _pour me perfectioner._ That sounds like a plan... Avec les reves d'une retraite a Perpignon ou Foix in dix ou quinze ans (ma region favourite francaise) ... a bientot
I took an formal test and I'm c1, however, i totally understood the c2 sentence she said and also I find it very easy to understand French television. The only problem i have is understanding French movies as they speak so quickly
Sadly I could understand listening to C2. When I read it I was correct. But I am on the A2 cusp of B1 level of comfort. This is because of cognates in the upper levels of english and in French. French became high English!
I'd say I'm between A1 and A2, I've been studying french in school for about one and a half years and some myself. It's my third language (second is english) but languages in my opinion get easier as you learn more since they share common charasteristics especially between languages from similar language families and continents.
Love learning French from you Alexa....................I found my reading level much better than my speaking level........May be a year in Paris will help...................Bisou Bisou !
I did french immersion from Kindergarten till grade 12, so I feel like depending on the skill my level fluctuates. Grammar is defiantly my weakest... at least when speaking its harder to notice conjugation mistakes because many endings sound the same. My comprehension is quite good and if there is a word I don't know, I can usually understand what is going on due to the surrounding words. I do notice that when it comes to vocabulary, if the word doesn't come up in conversation often (ex. a doorknob), I may forget it, but as stated earlier, I can understand based on context. Similar story with reading. I also feel like because my social studies and sciences were in french, I can understand that specialized vocabulary and discuss politics in French. We learned French idioms but I haven't memorized them... I rarely use Idioms in English anyways. On the B1 and B2 quizzes I tend to make conjugation mistakes, but on the C2 level quiz I got 8/10 because I can understand what is going on... so yeah... all that to say my level is mixed haha
Hi Alex. You are the best teacher and I'm going to level three in French like an wouldn't know that much with your videos thank you because I learn so much so much French
I aced A1, A2 and C2 tests, but got 8 out of 10 questions right in B1, B2, and C1 tests. I'm quite good at reading and writing, but have lots of difficulties in listening and speaking. I'm definitely A2. I still have to work on some grammar, listening, and speaking to get to B1.
Her C2 example might have been the easiest one for me to understand, although I am probably hardly at an A2 French level. It might have to do with the fact that Portuguese is my first language, and the two languages are pretty similar.
I can understand a lot of c2 lol but I am at b2 or b1. I regret not going to a french immersion school when I was younger, and now that I'm in high school I want to start going to one. I can speak Spanish and Portuguese so it's really easy for me.
I am an A1 for speaking, and an A2 for reading comprehension. I hope to make it to B1 by the end of the year 😊 The C2 text example seemed weirdly easy to understand. 🤔 Just, very dry.
Bonsoir encore une fois, Alexa. Ayant regarde la video, je crois je sois B2 ou C1. Je suis tres, tres, tres rouille et je sais que j'ai oublie beaucoup aussi. J'ai apris parler, lire et ecrire la langue des francais lorsque j'avais seize ans - il y a plus que quarante ans, parce que j'avais une petite-amie francaise. Il n'assist pas aussi que le clavier de mon ordi n'a pas les cles avec les accents. Aussi, je manque de practiquer mais il me revient quand je me vais en France quelques jours en vacances. Ayant explique, a ce moment, je suis en train d'essayer apprendre parler, lire, ecrire at parler en espagnol aussi. Je l'ai commence apprendre il y a deux annees(en novembre de 2019). Je croix que mon niveau est environ B1 a B2, alors meme que je l'etudie chaque jour. J'ai decouvert que je peux souvien la grammaire mais j'oublie les mots. Je trouve que je ne pux pas souvenir autant que je pouvais quand j'etais plus jeune. Je crois qu'encore je parle francais meileur que l'espagnol - mais il vient. Vraiment, il vient It is late now (3am or so) - so no test right now but _quiero decir que hacerlo (el examen) manana. Necesito me cama ahora_ ... I now have the bug for this (trying to learn other languages). I intend to have a go at Italian {once I've been to Spain on holiday for a fortnight and done nothing but speak it all the time - I have not been out of the country since before I started learning it because of Covid}. What I find really surprising is that even though I started (and stopped) learning French when I was a teenager, it still comes back, every time I go (to France) and just recently whilst trying to learn Spanish I still bring French words into Spanish. I have forgotten SO MUCH French vocabulary but then odd words just pop up if I have tried to think about it. Really strange. Also I will say this - I really could "think" in French when I was chatting with the girlfriend or her mates but now I have to juggle and think in English on the go translating back and forth as I go. This makes me slower than I used to be (and is the same in Spanish too) - but I just think it's practice. Spanish (grammar) *IS* much easier than French which is much stricter. I speak both French and Spanish (as you would expect) with a heavy English accent, and I have to say that Spanish is easier to pronounce for us (native English) too. But French is a much, much more romantic language to listen to. To my English ear (even though I now understand quite a lot of what is being said), "romance" just sounds romantic in French. I still think that French sounds far more "sexy" than Spanish ever could. I also think that Spanish would come behind Italian too in that regard (but I need to learn how to speak in that before giving a definitive view). So there you go, French, Spanish & English. I find the similarities and differences between French & Spanish fascinating. 2 verbs to be, 2 verbs to have Je dois aller au lit / tengo que ir a mi cama / I must go to bed! Bonsoir / buenas noches / goodnight ....
I'm C2+++, but I'm no longer improving! So frustrating because apart from a slight accent, I have a very advanced level in French but it's hard to keep progressing at this level. I'm stuck!
@@chrisnettleship4331 I'm French! I learned english at high school and college a long time ago, I had a good level once but I lack practice, especially for speaking...
@@AndBassForAll1 Enchanté. Ton anglais est tres bien. Je peux comprend a tous des mots vous avez ecrites. Malheursement, mon francais ce n'est pas bien. Mais j'essaye.
My Great Grandfather was French, I have studied martial arts since I was 8 but a few years ago I discovered French Savate Kick Boxing...I noticed many of my kicks look like the Savate method....maybe I should learn French lol
It's really from native frence speaker that frence language is very hard to learn. One problem is its hard to memorized those ending 3 to vowels not pronounce.
I think i'm in b1 level.try to go c1 / c2 levels.sometimes i have more difficulties to understand grammar lessons and i watch your videos.it is more familiar to me.thank you alexa.❤️
I can read and write in C2 easily, and understand people who speak in C2, but I do not speak in C2, B1 or B2, I could speak in C2 but I just don’t like to. (I’ve been speaking French since I was five)
Hi Alexa , I am trying to decipher a word … in the French language… It is an 8 letter word that begins with the letter O … The other letters are L , T , C , A , E , I , and U Can you help me figure it out ??
bonjour Alexa , this information has been very informative and answered my question that I had thought to my self and I wrote it all down so I can watch my progress grow . I am in level A0 , I t really made me feel good when you gave that example of the A1 on the sentence illustrates and I total read it and understood it except for one line . merci ,Alexa
Why the 3rd proposition in the 4th question of the test C1 is not correct (while the 1st is obviously correct also) ? Nota, C1 and C2 level are only understanding and grammar control levels, not speaking/writing. At theses levels, the langage start to diverge depending on your social category. "Flûte ! Voilà qu'il flotte d'un coup. Où est-ce que j'ai bien pu déposer mon pépin moi ?" is correct, and can be understood, but could only be said by only an extreme minority of native speakers. (same apply for journalistic, legal, scientific, etc. ways of expression)
Well after living in France for 3 years I think I'm just about A1 !!!!!. Unfortunately no matter how many times I ask people to speak slowly, they never do !.
I’ve mastered the Beginner speaking lessons on Duolingo and can fluently understand the A1 Lessons and small phrases from A2. I’m still learning everyday, and hope to get into the B levels very soon!
Dear mam , I am very much impressed the way you teach this language,can you tell me what is the way to remember masculine and feminine for each and every thing in french . Thank you
"it seems like you are working within the B1 level". thats what i think, grammatically, however my vocabulary is very small lol. i also applied what you said about cefr to english and it seems like i would be somewhere in between of B2 and C1 so that is cool, i guess
I took the C2 test and scored 10/10, which is quite normal as I am French.
Très amusant
Wow
Mdrrr
Lol 😂😂😂
Profound
I found the C2 sentence to be easier to understand than the C1.
In general I find technical topics in French far easier to understand than material intended for children.
That makes sense cause with elevated French the vocabulary and syntax are actually closer to elevated English. Daily conversational French is simpler French but harder for English speakers to understand cause the similarities aren’t there. It’s the same for French people learning English. They can understand an intellectual lecture but fail with cartoons in English.
Same! I understood C2 but not C1 because of the idiom Alexa used. I got the idea tho when she started with "Lupin".
Btw I'm at B2 level
I’m A1, but understand a bit of A2, I’m trying to reach at least B2, because I want to study in France. Your videos help me a lot. I’ve only watched your 6 lessons and now I’m on A1! Love ur videos!
Contact me for more explanation
Good luck
Good luck mate
Always think that once you're in France, language learning will come by itself
I kinda want to live in Canada so I can work on my English and American . I'm A1 also
Me too
I've been doing French lessons steadily for 3 1/2 years on Duolingo and I've been wondering how far I've come so far. In Duolingo I'm a couple units shy of section 6. After taking your tests, my best score was 7/10 correct in the B1 level. Thank you for offering these tests
Damn B1 with 3.5 years of lessons. That’s very encouraging -_-
@@jzam3220 I've had a couple setbacks. Twice the tree was restructured and reset my progress in that time so I had to catch back up. Plus I was working at different paces than I am now. Language learning was never a strong suit for me so I've been taking things slowly and cautiously to make sure it sticks. I'm sure many others would be much further along in that time than I am.
deez
@@jzam3220how about now
(I am staggered by the generosity of spirit of this lady. She has done so much... trying to help us.
Merci beaucoup, Alexa.)
Exaggerate much
@@joshuddin897 You think?
As someone who has met her in real life - she really is a wonderful person !
I just did exercise C2 and only made 2 mistakes.
the problem ? I am French
Tiens, c'est curieux. Je ne suis pas natif et j'ai répondu tout juste..
@@pensebete4114 good for u mate but weird flex
C2 10/10 for me too, but C1 and B1 9/10. As a french, too !
@@pensebete4114 Moi aussi! Je ne suis pas natif et j'ai répondu tout juste, 10/10 pour le C2.
Watch out, because we don’t really say « je ne suis pas natif ». It is very off. We would more likely say « je ne suis pas né dans un pays francophone ». « Natif » isn’t a word that we link to any language: we only do that in english.
Just passed my oral proficiency exam for my job and received the equivalent of a B2 :)
Wow, congratulations!!
Amazing!
@@learnfrenchwithalexa Salut Madame Alexa. En ce moment, je viens de découvrir que j'ai le niveau B1 en français.
How long did it take you to reach B2 level ?
@@mrcastillo4240 moi aussi c’est cool
For the past 5 months am learning French, but today I find out that am still on A2 level, but I wouldn't give up, I believe it won't take me more than 3yrs to get the basic
where are you now?
I took 4 years of french in HS, but that was years ago. I'm now looking to get back into language learning. I scored well on A1 and A2 but failed B2, so now I know where to start, thanks!
This channel is one of the TOP 3 French channels I use with my students.
I studied french for four years (two at high school, two afterwards), and I dont remember anything. But when I went to France, after a few weeks, I understood almost everything!! (It was more difficult for me to talk, though).
Studying and learning french to talk it fluently definitely generates my enthusiasm.
Moi je m'entraîne en anglais avec ces vidéos, merci ça m'aide beaucoup 😌
Moi aussiii !
Ton pseudo ;-;
@@rynhoven2470 😆
Elle parle anglais couramment, mais elle a un accent français très fort.
I got 6 in A2 level. I feel accomplished to be honest as it has only been 3 weeks since I started learning French. I am improving myself every single day. Thank you so much Alexa for your amazing lessons. You are honestly an absolutely awesome teacher.
Sending you lots of love from India 😊🇮🇳♥️🇫🇷
3 weeks?
Are you fluent now
@@Sibelius40 not really.... actually I stopped learning it after that
@@SomashreeSaha do you think I have a chance
I feel like I'm at different levels depending on my listening or reading/writing. I feel my reading is B1 but my listening is A1. I still really struggle in understanding spoken french.
Although I think I was able to read the C2 sentence easily enough
Typical of learners not drinking enough Bordeaux before the class 😅
Yes, this is very typical of most learners, you're not the only one! I had the same problem with English back when I was a child - brilliant level in reading but couldn't understand a complex sentence from a native speaker... It's probably only a matter of exposure at this point, good luck :)
You should listen to french youtubers, I think it's the perfect way to improve it
I'm in exactly the same boat as you on that. But I tell myself that I until I can understand written french there's no chance that I'd be able to understand spoken french, so I'm concentrating on the written side first!
I am an A1 French speaker. I'm still a noob, but I hope to become conversational someday.
I took the test A0 10/10, A1 10/10, A2 9/10, B1 8/10, B2 6/10, C1 6/10, and C2 4/10. It felt uplifting to see the B level scores as I’ve been stuck at A2 level for 15 years because of my pronunciation.
15 years? Where do you live? I mean, who do you usually speak French to?
I'm at A1 . I found your vidros while searching for french movies to help an English speaker learn french.
On ne dit pas "malgré le fait que nous avons des points de vue différents " mais " malgré nos points de vus différents" c'est un pléonasme sinon.
Tout à fait correct, maintenant le "malgré le fait que" est davantage générique donc beaucoup plus confortable et rassurant pour un non francophone
@@alteor13 je me rappelle encore de mon professeur de français qui m'entourait en rouge cette faute dans mes copies de commentaire de texte.
@@adrienneirda1 On ne parle pas ici de commentaire de texte mais de compréhension de langue...
Hello Alexa!!! Can you post more videos in which you translate spoken French from films? These are really good exercises. Bisou Bisou
😋noted
Bisous bisous at the end of a letter for example take a "s" (sorry for bad english im french)
Many thanks for the explanation. I was learning French on Duo and was trying to understand which level I stand at this moment. Now I figured out my level. I am now in level B1 and would be much appreciative if you could suggest me how best I could study to reach C1 level. Merci encore!
It's been almost three months since I touched any French. I learned it for about three months back in 2019. Got 10/10 in A0, 9/10 in A1, 8/10 in A2 and 4/10 in B1, and then I stopped there. I feel like I have definitely forgotten lots of grammar and can't remember many words. Will definitely check out your videos if I want to re-learn French.
I haven't started learning French yet and she's already asking for my level.
I can put myself into B1 category, no doubt. BUT, I can understand a bit of all sentences in all the levels....that confuses me somehow. Especially, the C2 level sentence was very clear to me. Thanks for these useful tips MRS. ALEXA !!! BONJOUR ET MERCI BEAUCOUP !! U CAN LEAVE A VALUABLE REPLY ON MY COMMENT. LOVE FROM INDIA !!!
I was about to write A1 and when I say your A0 test I struggled to complete it. But good news is I have time and determination to learn so all good :)
In understanding I'm literally c2
Reading i couldn't tell for sure but i know I'm somewhere b1 or b2.
In speaking I'm pretty sure I'm debutant 😂😂
My vocabulary.. I know around 10 000 words.
I only hoped my speaking was better.
Also grammar I've tested many times and most of the time my level turned out to be B2 (although there were some occasions were my level was b1)
I like how you don't have to sign up to take the level test
cursed it
I think I can read in B2, listen in B1 and speak in A2.
I would guess the same for myself.
I have studied to B1 level at University, about to start my Upper Intermediate course in October. I really had to concentrate to understand the B2 sentence! Thanks for all of your videos, they're very useful revision for me for the summer.
I got 7/10 on c2 but I think my understanding on listening conversation c1, writing B1, speaking b2-c1. I have a huge problem with pronunciation.
I just need someone I can often communicate with in French, to improve and not forget what I've already learned.
We can practice together if you want?
@@byhadeel5459 hello. I'd also want someone to communicate in French with
Are you still available to help?
J’ai fais le test, alors que je suis français, et je suis quand même heureux, premier degrés d’avoir fait 100% 😅
I would say I'm somewhere between A2 and B1 and was honestly surprised I could perfectly understand the C2 sentence. Esp since I struggled with the previous levels 😮
I live in Trinidad and Tobago. I am appreciative of your lessons and will assess myself shortly. U are a relevation,i am self taught in French simply because of your educational videos.C'est parfait! Merci beaucoup!
This was very useful!
I'm one of those people who didn't learn French formally. I took Pimsleur levels and that got me to a nice conversational level, but my reading and writing sucks. A French professor administered informal DELF test on me for B1 and I passed (68.5 points). Still, this is not bad for the few months of work : )
When I took your tests, I scored 8/10 in B1, I scored 7/10 in B2, 6/10 in C1 and 4/10 in C2. I guess it shows that the language is flowing, and it does not progress linearly.
The way I differentiate the levels is how long you can speak about one subject. In B1 maybe a minute, or two. In B2, three to five minutes, if known subject maybe 10. For C level this can go on, half an hour or so, it can be a debate.
Thank you again. In particular, I liked your video comparing imparfait and conditionel.
Please make video on how to improve french from B1 to B2 to C1🙏
Having had some sleep, I have gone through and done each test. I only had one level perfect which was actually A1 !!! My results: A0=9/10, A1=10/10, A2=9/10, B1=8/10, B2=8/10, C1=5/10, C2=6/10.... What does this tell me? I was comfortable with B2 and although I made a couple of mistake, these would polish out within weeks, I'm sure. For both C levels, in all fairness I was having 'educated guesses' and scored what I'd expect from that strategy. That said, personally: I didn't do it (French) at school - I learned to speak, read, write and actually (as an aside) _think_ in French in my later teenage years - _getting and having a French girl friend certainly helped_ - and it's been more than 40 years now since I last actively set about studying it. I really am astounded with myself in all fairness in what I *can* remember. The only practice my French has really had in the last 4 decades has been the annual Mediterranean holiday with me armed with a small dictionary (which has been invariably unused). I can remember, for example, asking someone what the name for a cloud was while discussing the likelihood of rain at a roadside eatery (having to describe a cloud _as there wasn't one in the sky at that time_ ) when driving back from Bayonne up the west coast, intending to cover another 300km that day. It polishes up each time I go and the speed at which I can both speak and listen tunes in. At some point I will have to join Alexa's course to get some help on the bits that are missing and go and sit a recognised exam - but right now I've been learning Spanish about 20 months (with the last 15 totally solo out of books & online videos because the adult education classes have been closed). I want my Spanish to be better than it currently is so I can enjoy going there on holiday too. _I have not been out of the country (UK) for around 3 years like most of the rest of you because of Covid_ I can see that I will continue the Spanish until I am happy I have and will retain it (ie like my French is now), go and have a bash at Italian _because having decent working knowledge of French & Spanish should greatly assist its acquisition too,_ then come back to French _pour me perfectioner._ That sounds like a plan... Avec les reves d'une retraite a Perpignon ou Foix in dix ou quinze ans (ma region favourite francaise) ... a bientot
Somewhere between A1-A2. Still enjoy learning.
I took an formal test and I'm c1, however, i totally understood the c2 sentence she said and also I find it very easy to understand French television.
The only problem i have is understanding French movies as they speak so quickly
Sadly I could understand listening to C2. When I read it I was correct. But I am on the A2 cusp of B1 level of comfort. This is because of cognates in the upper levels of english and in French. French became high English!
I struggle a lot with my reading in french but I must learn for the sake of my work😍
I am just A2, I understand French sentences, but I don't know reply properly, your videos are very helpful for me, thanks Alexa madam.
Madame,
Merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo. La vidéo m'a aidé d'apprendre mon niveau de français.
I'd say I'm between A1 and A2, I've been studying french in school for about one and a half years and some myself. It's my third language (second is english) but languages in my opinion get easier as you learn more since they share common charasteristics especially between languages from similar language families and continents.
but French is much harder than English! i’m a english second, french third language learner too
@@cigxhang486 Yeah true french is a lot harder
so how we do pancakes?
Merci Alexa ! Cette vidéo est très utile. J'en avais besoin ! Je suis entre A2 et B1.
Love learning French from you Alexa....................I found my reading level much better than my speaking level........May be a year in Paris will help...................Bisou Bisou !
I understood the first. You introduced yourself and said where you live and said your job
I did french immersion from Kindergarten till grade 12, so I feel like depending on the skill my level fluctuates. Grammar is defiantly my weakest... at least when speaking its harder to notice conjugation mistakes because many endings sound the same. My comprehension is quite good and if there is a word I don't know, I can usually understand what is going on due to the surrounding words. I do notice that when it comes to vocabulary, if the word doesn't come up in conversation often (ex. a doorknob), I may forget it, but as stated earlier, I can understand based on context. Similar story with reading. I also feel like because my social studies and sciences were in french, I can understand that specialized vocabulary and discuss politics in French. We learned French idioms but I haven't memorized them... I rarely use Idioms in English anyways. On the B1 and B2 quizzes I tend to make conjugation mistakes, but on the C2 level quiz I got 8/10 because I can understand what is going on... so yeah... all that to say my level is mixed haha
Hi Alex. You are the best teacher and I'm going to level three in French like an wouldn't know that much with your videos thank you because I learn so much so much French
I started A2 since the beggining because I am spanish. As expected I passed A2 and next year I am going to B1 level! I am so excited 😭
I aced A1, A2 and C2 tests, but got 8 out of 10 questions right in B1, B2, and C1 tests. I'm quite good at reading and writing, but have lots of difficulties in listening and speaking. I'm definitely A2. I still have to work on some grammar, listening, and speaking to get to B1.
I started today with your lessons to learn frensh.. You are very lovely... I will do my best to be good frensh speaker..
Great reference video for learners to have something to look forward to achieving 😀
Her C2 example might have been the easiest one for me to understand, although I am probably hardly at an A2 French level. It might have to do with the fact that Portuguese is my first language, and the two languages are pretty similar.
I can understand a lot of c2 lol but I am at b2 or b1. I regret not going to a french immersion school when I was younger, and now that I'm in high school I want to start going to one. I can speak Spanish and Portuguese so it's really easy for me.
Excellent and very useful & important video which I REALLY needed! Merci beaucoup!
I am a complete beginner and you are a god to me🙏🙏. Thank you soo much. I am studying french with a good flow because of you 🙂🙂🙂👍👍👍
I am an A1 for speaking, and an A2 for reading comprehension. I hope to make it to B1 by the end of the year 😊
The C2 text example seemed weirdly easy to understand. 🤔 Just, very dry.
I’ve been learning through school for 2 years, I understand to an a1 level but understand half of a2, my ancestors would not be proud.
well… i understood C2 way easier than C1… but if say im still only on B2, C1 if im able to concentrate well enough and am immersed
You are the bestest teacher friends so quickly❤
Bonsoir encore une fois, Alexa. Ayant regarde la video, je crois je sois B2 ou C1. Je suis tres, tres, tres rouille et je sais que j'ai oublie beaucoup aussi. J'ai apris parler, lire et ecrire la langue des francais lorsque j'avais seize ans - il y a plus que quarante ans, parce que j'avais une petite-amie francaise. Il n'assist pas aussi que le clavier de mon ordi n'a pas les cles avec les accents. Aussi, je manque de practiquer mais il me revient quand je me vais en France quelques jours en vacances.
Ayant explique, a ce moment, je suis en train d'essayer apprendre parler, lire, ecrire at parler en espagnol aussi. Je l'ai commence apprendre il y a deux annees(en novembre de 2019). Je croix que mon niveau est environ B1 a B2, alors meme que je l'etudie chaque jour. J'ai decouvert que je peux souvien la grammaire mais j'oublie les mots. Je trouve que je ne pux pas souvenir autant que je pouvais quand j'etais plus jeune. Je crois qu'encore je parle francais meileur que l'espagnol - mais il vient. Vraiment, il vient
It is late now (3am or so) - so no test right now but _quiero decir que hacerlo (el examen) manana. Necesito me cama ahora_ ... I now have the bug for this (trying to learn other languages). I intend to have a go at Italian {once I've been to Spain on holiday for a fortnight and done nothing but speak it all the time - I have not been out of the country since before I started learning it because of Covid}. What I find really surprising is that even though I started (and stopped) learning French when I was a teenager, it still comes back, every time I go (to France) and just recently whilst trying to learn Spanish I still bring French words into Spanish. I have forgotten SO MUCH French vocabulary but then odd words just pop up if I have tried to think about it. Really strange. Also I will say this - I really could "think" in French when I was chatting with the girlfriend or her mates but now I have to juggle and think in English on the go translating back and forth as I go. This makes me slower than I used to be (and is the same in Spanish too) - but I just think it's practice. Spanish (grammar) *IS* much easier than French which is much stricter. I speak both French and Spanish (as you would expect) with a heavy English accent, and I have to say that Spanish is easier to pronounce for us (native English) too. But French is a much, much more romantic language to listen to. To my English ear (even though I now understand quite a lot of what is being said), "romance" just sounds romantic in French. I still think that French sounds far more "sexy" than Spanish ever could. I also think that Spanish would come behind Italian too in that regard (but I need to learn how to speak in that before giving a definitive view). So there you go, French, Spanish & English.
I find the similarities and differences between French & Spanish fascinating. 2 verbs to be, 2 verbs to have
Je dois aller au lit / tengo que ir a mi cama / I must go to bed! Bonsoir / buenas noches / goodnight ....
I just completed the C2 test and got 10/10 :)
I'm in B1 level in French.
Still have a long way to go.
Thanks so much Mm. Alexa
B1? that is excellent!
reading, listening are easier for me. I would say reading is B1-2. Speaking is the most difficult for me.
OMG I can understand that B2 Level language, just having problem while speaking🥺
Simple, I'm in A1, after two years of learning French, if you ask me, I'd say that's progress.
A1, Madamme... Merci pour vos videos.
I'm C2+++, but I'm no longer improving! So frustrating because apart from a slight accent, I have a very advanced level in French but it's hard to keep progressing at this level. I'm stuck!
The problem is I can probably read B1/B2 in French and B1 in Spanish.
But speaking and listening would be A1 at best.
I have the same problem in english, I would say B2 reading, B1 listening, but hardly A2 speaking...
@@AndBassForAll1 Any pointers just ask. Where are you from? Are you learning for leisure or necessity?
@@chrisnettleship4331 I'm French! I learned english at high school and college a long time ago, I had a good level once but I lack practice, especially for speaking...
@@AndBassForAll1 Enchanté. Ton anglais est tres bien. Je peux comprend a tous des mots vous avez ecrites. Malheursement, mon francais ce n'est pas bien.
Mais j'essaye.
Lol, I'm just barely A1 and these videos have really helped me. Merci beaucoup, Alexa!
So proud to say that I have DALF C1. One of my best achievements.
My Great Grandfather was French, I have studied martial arts since I was 8 but a few years ago I discovered French Savate Kick Boxing...I noticed many of my kicks look like the Savate method....maybe I should learn French lol
Useful for me as a teacher
profitez bien ! 😁
I am in A2 level. Thank you so much for great teaching Alexa ❤
It's really from native frence speaker that frence language is very hard to learn. One problem is its hard to memorized those ending 3 to vowels not pronounce.
And back to learning I though I might at least be A2 toward B1....but I am A1 moving into A2.
I think i'm in b1 level.try to go c1 / c2 levels.sometimes i have more difficulties to understand grammar lessons and i watch your videos.it is more familiar to me.thank you alexa.❤️
After one year studying with Duolingo, my level barely reached to A1, most likely still at A0 😅
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i like your teaching french im follwoing from one year
I got 9/10 on B2 and 9/10 on C1; 7/10 on C2. I’m assuming this means I’m a high B2?
I can read and write in C2 easily, and understand people who speak in C2, but I do not speak in C2, B1 or B2, I could speak in C2 but I just don’t like to. (I’ve been speaking French since I was five)
I believe I'm somewhere between an A2 and a B1, I didnt understand everything but I could understand most of what was said
I think I am almost at C2 💪🏼 Came to France in 2018 with no knowledge of the language haha
Mon niveau est B1, mais je vais comprendre beaucoup de mots de B2, ainsi que de nombreuses expressions idiomatiques
Hi Alexa , I am trying to decipher a word … in the French language… It is an 8 letter word that begins with the letter O … The other letters are L , T , C , A , E , I , and U
Can you help me figure it out ??
these tv series are very helpful. I love the way you teach from movies. Please, make more.
bonjour Alexa , this information has been very informative and answered my question that I had thought to my self and I wrote it all down so I can watch my progress grow . I am in level A0 , I t really made me feel good when you gave that example of the A1 on the sentence illustrates and I total read it and understood it except for one line . merci ,Alexa
I'm B1 after an 870 day streak on Duolingo.
Why the 3rd proposition in the 4th question of the test C1 is not correct (while the 1st is obviously correct also) ?
Nota, C1 and C2 level are only understanding and grammar control levels, not speaking/writing. At theses levels, the langage start to diverge depending on your social category.
"Flûte ! Voilà qu'il flotte d'un coup. Où est-ce que j'ai bien pu déposer mon pépin moi ?" is correct, and can be understood, but could only be said by only an extreme minority of native speakers. (same apply for journalistic, legal, scientific, etc. ways of expression)
Alexa, you have done an extraordinary job explaining these categories.
Thanks so much
Wow, thank you for these examples! I'm definitely a beginner still.
Well after living in France for 3 years I think I'm just about A1 !!!!!. Unfortunately no matter how many times I ask people to speak slowly, they never do !.
Practice your pronounciation it helps
I’ve mastered the Beginner speaking lessons on Duolingo and can fluently understand the A1 Lessons and small phrases from A2. I’m still learning everyday, and hope to get into the B levels very soon!
I agree with "aaxeg"; how does that happen ;-/ Alexa, merci d'avoir posté.
Dear mam , I am very much impressed the way you teach this language,can you tell me what is the way to remember masculine and feminine for each and every thing in french . Thank you
"it seems like you are working within the B1 level". thats what i think, grammatically, however my vocabulary is very small lol. i also applied what you said about cefr to english and it seems like i would be somewhere in between of B2 and C1 so that is cool, i guess
Good detailed explanation
I’m A1. But, from England, I can understand more words and sentences than an American for example. 😅❤️🇬🇧🇫🇷
A2 I can understand about 30%.
Ur videos are awesome, i learn more from ur videos than my french class.