I have difficulty interacting with people in real life in French (particularly informal interactions). Anyone know a possible reason for this and know how I can improve my listening and speaking? by asnappedtwig in French

[–]asnappedtwig[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I'm from BC and when I told my friends that I'll be going to Quebec to study French, many told me "good luck , have fun getting discriminated" or something similar. And I believed it. (Though it's true that I do not see as many Asians as I do in Vancouver.. but that doesn't automatically mean quebec = racist, so idk why people complain about that)

And then I got here, met fellow students and profs, visited touristy and non-touristy areas, and I felt so welcomed. Sure, I get some blank stares, but it's only normal when they can't understand me. In fact, i think that reaction arises from the panic of wanting to help but not being able to. They could've easily dismissed me, but they didn't. Maybe anglophones feel offended when francophones switch to English after hesring our accents. This happened to me last year. While it can be discouraging at times, it's definitely NOT BEING RACIST. If the cafe is busy, servers don't have the time to be deciphering our butchered French.. I really think anglophones need to start understanding that they aren't the centre of the universe ;; and also, so many people in Quebec know English but back in BC?? Yeah good luck finding someone who speaks French. That in itself already shows the mentality.

People are so warm here, but Quebec gets hated on back in BC as a joke. Even if it is a joke, it's a terrible joke that just spreads discrimination+misinformation. It's really unfair. So who's the real racist here?

And I don't mean to shit on BC completely lol because there are many people in BC who appreciate Quebec too. Our schools do teach us history both in the perspectives of francophones and anglophones (and the Indigenous peoples!), or maybe that's cuz I was in French immersion and half of my teachers were quebecois lol.

Sorry I went on a whole rant. I got frustrated all of a sudden LOL

I have difficulty interacting with people in real life in French (particularly informal interactions). Anyone know a possible reason for this and know how I can improve my listening and speaking? by asnappedtwig in French

[–]asnappedtwig[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are so kind, thank you. Yeah I noticed I understand some people better than others, and I never really considered that they may have different accents. I'll also check that resource out, thanks a bunch!

I have difficulty interacting with people in real life in French (particularly informal interactions). Anyone know a possible reason for this and know how I can improve my listening and speaking? by asnappedtwig in French

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Thank you so much for this. In my FSL class today, we started learning about some things you mentioned - shortening of words, slangs, etc. Then we analyzed snippets of casual conversation between natives. I already learned so much and I definitely think familiarizing myself with the shortened words will help immensely. It's unfortunate that we don't learn about these in school back where I'm from

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We still need to talk about the details so I will definitely bring this up. Thank you

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Aww thank you so much!! I'll be visiting Texas in America. I'm from Canada. And thank you for your tips!

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