How I learned French from zero to C1 in 10 months / TEF Exam
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- In this video I will share my experience with studying French.
I will tell how I learned French from zero to C1 in just 10 months, share some sources and ideas on how to improve the language study process.
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1 - duolingo (4 mo.)
2 - grammar work book (30 min/day)
3 - iTalki (spent $162 for 14 lessons, role played exam dialogues, writing corrections)
3.5 - got a second tutor from Canada that she better connected with
4 - French Disney songs (rhyming helped for memory and offers sentence structures)
5 - 4-5 hours per day
6 - looked up synonyms
7 - prefers learning grammar in depth on a subject vs. jumping around
8 - TV shows
thanks!
Thank you!
Great, too much talking there for me
Thanks, you saved me 20 min. Not my cup of tea
thank you human. saved me 24 minutes.
Very helpful. Thank you! And well done. That's impressive progress.
Your achievement is amazing and I really love your approach to learning and learning materials. I would prefer to learn the same way as you - but I didn’t take the time to rework the materials in a more sensible way! I REALLY appreciate that you took the time to go through your sources and evaluate them. An inspiration 🎉
Thank you very much for the sincere sharing of your French learning journey! These days too many people label learning grammar rules as being nerdy. I do agree that mastering grammar is very helpful, especially when constructing difficult sentences at an advanced level. And I love the idea of singing Disney songs in French 💛
Shaidaxiang: I find that lazy, pleasure-seeking-only people are the ones who make fun of people who want to learn the correct way to do anything. Don't let the underachievers bring you down.
I love your sincerity and authentic personality & approach to language-learning!
One of the ways I am learning vocabulary is to learn words in groups, so much easier to remember. For example, use a dictionary to translate parts of the body; travel words; furniture, or things found in a living room, bedroom, and bathroom.
The real test is whether or not Parisians switch to English when you start talking to them 😂
Thank you for this vulnerable and truthful video of your journey.
Merci beaucoup for this wonderful, honest video! Congratulations for your great performance - it was the result of a lot of hard work. I have done DELF B2 but still need to become fluent in French. I am going to do my best to achieve my objective. Thanks again.
So nice to hear your journey!
Thanks for sharing :D
Thank you for this video, you’re awesome!
C’est super utile pour moi. J’essaie aussi de obtenir le niveau C1 dans un an. Now I’m at month 4 and feel a bit tiring. This is very inspiring for me.
Hi, I was wondering how your learning is going till now. I'm on the same boat, so I would appreciate some advices back and forth :D Cheers mate.
Hello, my name is Otávio from Brazil. Thank you very much for sharing this content. Happy new year! Bonne année !. I am a languages lover.
Brilliant, such a wonderful detailed video, this will help me so much!! 😊 An amazing achievement 👏 you should be so proud of yourself, maybe more impressed that you finished Duo Lingo!! You give me inspiration as I am trying to learn French, so many ideas. Thank you again! 😊
I looked into subtitles and closed captions and this is the general rule. Closed captions are strictly for deaf people and hard of hearing, and the text matches the dialog spoken word for word. Subtitles are more for people who can hear fine and have at least a decent understanding of the language being spoken. What they do is try to reword the dialog so if the person is unfamiliar with the word/phrase(s) in the sentence spoken they can look at the subtitles, and hopefully understand it with different wording. For example maybe the person doesn't know the word that is spoken like "forgo", but would know the word "avoid" used in the subtitles. It irrates me that US dvds refuse to include closed captions and only include subtitles, because when learning another language CC are more helpful when trying to figure out what is being spoken.
I am native in French and I would REALLY need CC regularly - or at least subtitles by the way. I am not French so I hear less Frenchies speaking than Belgians. And Belgians speak obviously slower, Frenchies speak soooo fast. So when I watch French series I struggle because of their quick blblblblblbl and if they were at least subtitles I would understand everything. We speak the same language but HEY YOU DON'T NEED TO TAKE A TRAIN?! American movies or series have subtitles. But still, the people doing the voices in French speak fast, so subtitles help but CC would help more.
"What they do is try to reword the dialogue so if the person is unfamiliar with the word/phrase(s) in the sentence spoken they can look at the subtitles" Not really. Just subtitles and audio (dubbing) are made with different goals in mind. Subtitles need to convey the meaning and need to be reasonably short, so the viewer has time to read them.
you are an inspiration!
Wow! That is insane dedication, congrats!!
Thanks for sharing your experience! I`ll try do the same!
Thank you this was interesting to watch very helpful ❤❤
Incroyable histoire ! Merci de partager. T’es vraiment exceptionnelle. bravo pour la persévérance. Si tu veux pratiquer la conversation (moi j’apprends aussi) - je serais ravi de le faire avec toi.
Je suis belge francophone de langue maternelle, en tout cas, félicitations pour tous tes efforts et ta passion pour la langue.. Salutations
Thanks for being so crisp!
Just found this video. I’ve been trying to learn French off and on. Also, I had Russian language in college, but can’t speak very well. But I have to say 6:47 ducks, eating dogs… That is the hardest. I have laughed in a long time. Spasibo !
Bravo pour votre persévérence. J'espère que vous avez l'occasion de pratiquer le français régulièrement.
Merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo informative et vaste!
У тебя впечатлителяющий результат! Вдохновляет на то, чтобы более упорно работать над французским языком😬
Было интересно послушать. Like! :)
I have a 360 day streak using Duolingo for French. I understand reading it. But when I try to watch French TV shows they speak so fast and it sounds nothing like I learned. My french ear is not so good. I started listening to french music more to just get used to it but I feel like I should know more after doing this daily for a year. So frustrating.
Try Busuu, Memrise, Apprendre, Yabla
There’s a series on TH-cam called ‘un jour une question’. They’re super short, are meant for children to be able to understand, so they’re super great getting used to listening at a slower pace.
I’ll also spend time watching a video and going like a few seconds at a time and write down what they say. It helps because you can use subtitles when you’re stuck and then see the words you have trouble picking up and get used to hearing it like that.
I have the same problem dw. Listening skills would take a long time to master. Ik that you might feel like you’ve learnt nothing in a year but its not that at all! For me, it took me 3 years until I started to understand English speakers on tv. Don’t feel bad and be proud of what you’ve accomplished so far! And during your language learning journey don’t look towards the end, focus on your next step.
@@Cation_bibliophile I really appreciate this because I tend to get in my head sometimes. I'm still on my streak at 390 days. I really want to learn French.
@@SarahMBreaux You can do it!! Bonne chance !!I recommend for you using: Language transfer, busuu and watching “un jour une question » series on yt
I have never seen someone take their new year resolution so seriously 😳 kudos to you wow impressive 👏👏👏
I have a challenge to get to B1 in 6 months. this highly motivated me
What an excellent, candid, extremely informative video! Well done, and thank you!
Thank you so much ☺️ I’m starting french for TEF and this video thoroughly explains everything 😍
you only have to give one test TEF?
How was your learning journey so far? I’m starting to learn for TEF as well, can you give some advice about it?
So essentially:
Before 1st exam- 4 months of Duolingo and going through a text book and exam practice sessions with Italki tutors and this took you to an average of B1 level
After 1st exam- you had varied inputs of the language from TH-cam videos to Disney French songs so the language can come to you naturally
That’s super impressive to get to an average of B1 level by 4 months
What was the book name?
GOAT 🐐, achieved c1 already in 4 months study and test. Honestly, I have become your big fan, the stories u posted in Instagram about ur situation in polluted city of Russia and ur dedication and motivation to fly to Canada. U r a star, honestly very deserving for PR. U should be proud of yourself, I am so inspired by you and studying for French currently. I will definitely buy ur study materials
I learned French in 2 years, so it's impressive
I just reached the part where you said that your notes have to look great and that you sound like crazy person I agree but very helpful video thanks a lot!
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TCF is better in the sense that not much improvisation needed. A good preparation will get you there.
NO! You don't sound like a crazy person when you have to re-write the notes just because of additional notes. I too struggle with that, because the layout of my notes has to make sense to me, and has to flow in a way that facilitates my studying. If there is no flow, it's got to go! ... also, thank you very much for the video :)
Same here! :-o I so feel your pain!
I disagree. It sounds neurotic.
It's an edit or update. The act of rewriting is a lesson itself. Research has shown people remember more info if they write it in their own handwriting.
Hi, I wanna say thank you for tell me about Lingvist, I watched your video last year and since then I started to do lingvist everyday since november, I do around 200 words by day, now, in may, I am able to understand and read a lot of thinks, I made more than 5000 words ... I was very helpful in my learning
Madmoiselle Ohiania, , Vous cette tres intellingente !
👏 bravooo
Congrats, and thank you for sharing your experience. This is the most realistic video on language learning I've seen yet. It takes a lot of time and commitment to reach your level. I cringe whenever I see a video of someone saying they did it in a few months while only studying 30 minutes a day.
Are you continuing to strengthen your French studies, or have you moved on to other languages?
I'm learning Spanish now!
@@booked_up can you recommend me book for Tef from English to French .
I wrote a book myself with speaking and writing parts for TEF exam :)
ohhiania.me/tef
@@booked_up Would looove a video of your journey & strategy for your Spanish studies! :)
@@booked_upHow is it going now?
Thank You so much
Great video, I have a question tho, at 14:18 when you say that you watched a lot of shows dubbed in French, do you too find their voice cringy at first, or is it just the French natives that find it cringy? I’m actually super curious
Yes, it was super cringy! You get used to it after a while though
Je passerai mon examen dans 2 jours et ça me fait peur de penser que vous avez eu un examinateur qui a soudainement changé son comportement ! En tout cas, bravo pour votre français et obtenir un C1 en étudiant pendant 10 mois est vraiment impressionant. Merci d'avoir partager cette vidéo.
c'est juste une astuce pour vérifier si vous êtes à l'aise avec la langue dans des situations difficiles. Mon prof se comport ainsi dans chaque examen à l’école.
18:15 😂😂😂 C'est ce que je me disais aussi. Je suis francophone, pourtant, je galère dans ma langue avec les discussions parce qu'elles sont improvisées (je suis autiste et ceci explique cela), d'ailleurs j'ai fait un gros travail de déculpabilisation avec les langues et mes résultats quand j'ai réalisé que mon TSA et mon TDAH influençaient ma compréhension orale, écrite, mon expression orale ET mon expression écrite déjà dans ma langue maternelle - donc, forcément, je ne peux pas avoir des résultats parfaits pour une seconde langue avec des problèmes qui me ralentissent déjà dans ma langue la plus naturelle :') C'est la raison pour laquelle je pratique peu à l'oral dans les langues que j'apprends, je n'ai pas fini ce travail de déculpabilisation 😂😂
Nice video
My examiner Claudine was very cute and helpful. I think I will get the results I need:)
Thank you. Je suis arrivé à la France depuis Septembre 2022 donc je veux prendre francais :(
It took me 12 months to learn French but i was only able to say a few words like: "Maman" "pipi"
C1 in TEF is a completely different thing than C1 in DALF
Can you explain how so?
You can change Netflix audio in the app, it’s in the top right when you click in on a video
Yes, but you have to select it in your account first.
Maybe for some countries, all the languages are available right away, for me, they weren't
@@booked_up Ahhh fair enough - I am learning from the UK! Best of luck on your language endeavors - I'm primarily using italki at the moment.
After six mins of video .I am sceptical...listening on
Было бы здорово услышать весь текст видео на французском
Could you give any notes on how to improve French production skills (both writing and speaking) ??? I am C1 in comprehension but still B1/B2 in production. Feeling stuck on this journey.
She has film star looks.
The question that pops up is why they spent four years learning a foreign language in universities (for major in foreign language). And after graduation, they also score C1 level. And in Russia to get admitted into such foreign language program, students usually study the language hard in secondary schools (sometimes with a tutor).
"why they spend 4 years learning a foreign language in the uni"
What do u try to say? Students study all parts of a language: its history, how it used to work, its changes and so on, and so forth. There's no wonder why they spend 4 years, isn't it? U just didn't express yourself clearly
@@hokk3ist228 its a waste of degree. No degree these days except medicine and comp sci/engineering is worth it. You dont need a degree to do business, finances, gender studies(the most stupid one), language, history, politics. Engineering and medicine on other hand are so skill based that you have to learn it somehow. You cant just learn surgery at home or how to make a bridge lmao
@@noneB974 I wonder people saying "you don't need a degree in politics, economics, etc. It's easy to study it on your own"
Well, these are words spoken by young fellows who don't comprehend what the real education in the uni is and guys who have never ever attended the uni. Won't spend time on you anymore. Happy new year
@@hokk3ist228 lmao those are useless degrees. I have a masters in software engineering and I have tons of friends who have studied made up degrees like politics, history etc. There is no employment for those people. What employment will you get? A lecturer maybe that's it. I am not a young fellow sir. I have been working in industry from 6 years and know what is what. A doctor or engineer in USA can make 150k yearly or even more, can you say the same for lectures? They make 50-60k at most.
@@noneB974 you somehow became an old man and still can't comprehend what the education for. As it's said, a digithead is good at engineering and nothing else. I am not capable of proving you wrong until you understand it yourself. But, as u have said, 'i'm not a young fellow' it will be too hard for you and take a ton of time to get a point of it. And if you reckon that people having graduated as politicians, historian, etc. will have an opportunity to solely become a lecturer, then... Then it's too hard 2x to explain to you the meaning of a degree. If you really believe that these people only have a lecturer as their future jobs, then your mind is too narrow.
But it's not a surprise that you think the way you think, btw. You are an American. But if you are not, your brain has been washed by the american policy. And the policy called "essential and not essential degrees"
Good luck in your engineering stuff, the best engineer in the universe!
Hey, what should we do in a situation like your third interview? When the interviewer pretends to be rude to give you a chance to show your skills, how do we handle it?
I am learning French too and have finished 2 levels (A1 and A2) in 6 months. But to go from beginner to C1 in 10 months is an unbelievable achievement. I'd like to enquire about another language here, though. I am eager to self-teach Russian. I just love the Russian accent. There's an app called 'Rocket Russian' that I downloaded a few days ago and while listening to audios will (gradually) take care of the listening and speaking sections, writing and reading Russian requires understanding and interpretation of the Cyril alphabet (that's what is called I think). Could anyone help me with this?
Why not doing that video partly in French?
I am not sure she speaks French
Its nearly impossible to finish Duolingo French in 4 months ... there are more than 220 units !! Its one of the lengthiest course 😮🎉🎉 .. im currently on 80th day and on level 3 out of 9 levels (final level) .. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
merci pour cette vidéo! je viens de faire ma chaîne :)
I am in B2 in English but I don't know if that's enough to start learning a new language like French what do you think you guys
hi, i had the same doubt cuz English is my second language and i wanted to start with French. I´m in B2+ and i started with French bc that's enough in my job, so basically you need to consider if your level is enough for the enviroment you wanna work or study for. it's up to you, good luck! :))
@@Louh333 thank you for replying of my comment I will take your advice on mind
Yup, if you wanted to prep material for TEF, you should have chosen TCF instead. There is a lot online
What is that , a book ?
How did u learn English?
My structure so far is:
1. Busuu (Paid premium version)
2. Pimsleur French
3. Anki
4. HelloTalk
5. TV shows, cartoons, YT videos or any consumable media
I've never learned another language before as an adult, but I think this could be a winning formula
Hey I am planning to start learning French from a beginner level… and idk what sources to approach besides Duolingo
I have mentioned some in the video.
You can get any textbook to start.
Lingvist is a good app for vocabulary.
Netflix and TH-cam Disney FR channels for audio.
What is TEF? Who runs it?
Great Video. Also, if anyone is studying French, please let me know so we can create a group. Thanks!
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Count me in
Is it too late?
Me!!
I speak English as a first language.
Am I a C1 too?
C2.
no French was spoken in this video
Which brings doubt
Ecoutez encore.
16:17 Salut, je me demandais juste si tu étais au courant que les accents entre les "e" et les "o" donnent un son différent? Parce que c'est ce qui permet de savoir, au moins un peu, en dehors des exceptions (😅) quel "e" fait quel son!
Par contre... sorry, je n'ai pas de solution pour les "u", "i" et "a", parce que même si en Belgique nous faisons toujours la différence entre les sons "â" (pâtes) et "a" (pattes), "î" (îles) et "i" (il), les "û" (dû) et les "u" (du), les français ne le font plus - alors que c'est un indicateur d'orthographe... 😑😅😂
D'ailleurs dans certains coins de France, malheureusement, même les différences entre "ô" (pôle) et "o" (Pol), "é" (préféré) et "è" (crème), "e" (petit) et "eu" (heureux), "è" (pèche) et "ê" (pêche), "ai" (j'aurai) et "ais" (j'aurais) deviennent inaudibles...
Salut, et Merci!
can you share your studying material?
I have them published on my website
www.ohhiania.me
how did it take you to get from 0 to c1
Претензия насчёт «давать всё сразу» таки странная. Обычно путаница возникает как раз когда правила и исключения наваливают в одну огромную и непонятную кучу (например, так обычно делают с английскими артиклями или немецким прошедшим временем). Гораздо логичнее как раз дать сначала правило для 95% случаев, а исключения вынести в отдельную тему. Например, для немецкого PP правило hat ge+корень+t. Ну ок, скажет иностранец ich habe gefahrt, немец улыбнётся на это, но поймёт. Короче, это вопрос к конспектам, их структуре, а не к методике.
Так я и говорю, что это только для меня :) большинство учебников построены одинаково
Что то не слышно с2 в вашем английском
I've been trying to understand and use DeepL and Anki, can you help me with that please?
Wow seriously? That's so good!
Edit: ok watched to the end of the video and it's 2ys after that you got the c1 lol. 10mths is just not possible lol
in 2 years I got my certificate with C1-C2
in 10 months - B2-C1
@@booked_up err while the results are obviously commendable, and a c2 in CO is amazing, your EO is still b2, which is arguably the hardest skill.
@@booked_up still, it is very good, obviously. Particularly the progression over the different tests taken at different times. Can really see the improvement.
How she learned French in less than a year?
Answer is found under 1 min mark.
She is a Russian! Therefore discipline and superhuman ability runs in her blood❤
(Joking but also being serious)
I would like to begin by saying , if your french is half as good as your english then it must be seriously impressive.. No-one should have to put - up with or tolerate inexcusable behaviour from an examiner in an exam situation on the day of an exam taking place. I think you should honestly consider making a formal complaint to the examining body , but you might feel that it would have a negative impact on you for future exams. ?
You can request an annulment of this exam but that 1) can be rejected; 2) would mean that you'd have to go to the same test center to take an exam again (with the same people who might be upset about your complaint :) )
@@booked_up you're probably correct in your assessment of the situation overall. How many french examiners literally would an examing board have at their descretion, outside of a french speaking country., taken that into account, and weighing up the pros and cons of the likely - hood of being faced with the same person again would probably have a higher than normal probability rate, but in saying that sometimes when you put some body in their place, it sets a précédent to prevent situations like this happening in the future to anybody else , and if you were to meet this certain individual again in an exam situation after reporting him. You might find that this person would be alot more respectful to you in a formal situation. I clearly understand that people want to avoid at all costs stressful in counters especially when your trying to achieve some thing , but reporting somebody's bad behaviour doesn't always have to end in a negative compounding way for the person on the receiving end. !
did she say half as good or twice as good? :) I've began learning french 20 days ago but I only have 6ish months left to take the exam so that I can go to college to France next year and I want to know how much I can learn based on her journey since I want to implement similar learning methods. Ohhiania if you're the one reading this I'm sorry I'm using "she", "her" but I figured it'd be more efficient to replay to this comment since there are potentially two people who could answer my question. Have a nice day both of you
and also could you consider making a video in French so we can get even more motivated to put more effort into studying and getting to your level
Thumbs down on this video because the presenter says she's been learning English from a very young age, but her English is clearly not very good. And she wants us to believe she learned French to an acceptable C1 standard within 10 months? If she speaks French the way she speaks English, is that what any of us wants at C1?
Okay, jeez
What exactly is your point?
Clearly, this is the video for non-native speakers of English or French (mostly, because from my statistics on social media, people who are learning French are primarily from Eastern Europe, North Africa and Asia) that’s why the language is simplified without the use of idioms and conversational lingo that they would not get. It’s neither a seminar presentation, nor a video essay thingy.
I have certificates to prove my language abilities, specifically IELTS and TEF, what other measurements of language do we have in the world now?
Her english is nearly perfect, wth are u saying lmao? Because she has an accent that is not american or british? ur a joke
@@booked_up Please don’t entertain these trolls. As a native speaker, I can say your English is amazing! And this video was very informative, so thank you!
I think you have to re-English as well
Hahaha , one can reach A 2 B1level in 10 months but u are too cocky 😂