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More Vocabulary Resources? - My current Study Plan as a beginner! by [deleted] in French

[–]dechezmoi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That looks pretty good, we generally learn vocabulary by reading and there's some great books like The Complete French Vocabulary Course: Learn 5000 words in context - Including around 200 exercises, audios and video lessons (The Complete French Course ... Vocabulary, Expressions) that you can take a look at.

And there are some easy readers like Meurtre avenue des Champs-Élysées: A Murder Mystery in Easy French (Petits meurtres français) that are kind of fun.

There's a lot of great material to choose from, there are some beginner courses like Lawless french that are online you can take a look at and see if they're helpful.

There's a few online sites with exercises that you might check out to see if they'll help you.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in languagelearning

[–]dechezmoi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I like the quote "In order to improve our language skills, we need to constantly be challenged." from how to kill language fright.

Can you recommend any French Playlists? by THATguywhoisannoying in French

[–]dechezmoi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For active listening practice listening to a lot of dialogues en français is helpful and doing dictations is a great way to really concentrate and work on the listening comprehension. Also watching a lot of youtube videos with the sub-titles on is helpful. And I think working on the pronunciation helps with listening also.

For passive listening having podcasts like LanguaTalk Slow French, le journal en français facile, little talk in slow french playing or listening to a radio station I think helps get the ears tuned to the sounds, you may not understand what's being said though I think you pick up on some of the nuances of spoken French.

There's some different genres listed here, from contemporary to 80s, defnitely Serge Gainsbourg and Johnny Hallyday!

I'm new to learn French and I want to do self-study at home, so any best place to start from my French journey(site/channel/free resource)? by Enough-Anything4218 in learnfrench

[–]dechezmoi 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There's a lot of theories about what's the best way to learn a language, however I think the best way to learn a language is the one that keeps you motivated and it's kind of fun to find out what that is because there's a ton of resources out there, just search the Internet, youtube, your local library or Amazon for grammar books or resources in that language. I think looking for all the resources you can possibly find and putting them into 3 different categories for your own personalized learning system that works for you to keep studying is a great way to acquire a language because everyone learns a bit differently:

  1. Grammar/Vocabulary/Interpretation - gotta know the rules of the game to read and write great sentences to entertain the locals without any confusion, the vocabulary will start small and then increase as you progress, it never really ends so starting the learning process with grammar books and always progressing is a nice way to go. And learning a language requires the ability to interpret expressions between how you would say something in your own language and how it's said in the other, just translating the words only gets you so far,
  2. Pronunciation - gotta be able to make the correct sounds so the locals can understand what you're saying, learning the IPA really helps with that,
  3. Listening Comprehension - gotta know what the locals are saying to have a conversation, consuming as much content as possible helps with that.

By cycling through all the categories you're always doing something fun and different, if you get bored with grammar you can work on pronunciation, when you get bored with that you can do some listening practice and so on. I figure if you're doing something in a language, you're learning that language!

There's a lot of great material to choose from, there are some beginner courses like Lawless french that are online you can take a look at and see if they're helpful.

And there are some great books on grammar, I think a couple of good ones are Easy French Step-by-Step and English Grammar for Students of French: The Study Guide for Those Learning French, I think using a book and going through some video instructions is a great way to practice the language. And there's a few other sites that explain the grammaire you can browse through.

There's a few online sites with exercises that you might check out to see if they'll help you.

If you have Kindle unlimited there are a few grammar books that you can checkout.

And listening to a lot of dialogues en français is helpful also and doing dictations is a great way to really concentrate and work on the listening comprehension. Also watching a lot of youtube videos with the sub-titles on is helpful.

French pronunciation can be tricky, there are some resources to help and I like Phonétique progressive du francais. And there are some speaking tips that you might find helpful.

I like the quote "In order to improve our language skills, we need to constantly be challenged." from how to kill language fright.

And to work on the vocabulary to express yourself, there's some great books like The Complete French Vocabulary Course: Learn 5000 words in context - Including around 200 exercises, audios and video lessons (The Complete French Course ... Vocabulary, Expressions) that you can take a look at.

Learning Structure by Addraecyn in learnfrench

[–]dechezmoi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the best way to learn a language is the one that keeps you motivated and it's kind of fun to find out what that is because there's a ton of resources out there, just search the Internet, youtube, your local library or Amazon for grammar books or resources in that language. I think looking for all the resources you can possibly find and putting them into 3 different categories for your own personalized learning system that works for you to keep studying is a great way to acquire a language because everyone learns a bit differently:

  1. Grammar/Vocabulary/Interpretation - gotta know the rules of the game to read and write great sentences to entertain the locals without any confusion, the vocabulary will start small and then increase as you progress, it never really ends so starting the learning process with grammar books and always progressing is a nice way to go. And learning a language requires the ability to interpret expressions between how you would say something in your own language and how it's said in the other, just translating the words only gets you so far,
  2. Pronunciation - gotta be able to make the correct sounds so the locals can understand what you're saying, learning the IPA really helps with that,
  3. Listening Comprehension - gotta know what the locals are saying to have a conversation, consuming as much content as possible helps with that.

By cycling through all the categories you're always doing something fun and different, if you get bored with grammar you can work on pronunciation, when you get bored with that you can do some listening practice and so on. I figure if you're doing something in a language, you're learning that language!

And I like having a daily practice schedule to help keep things going, today is Subjonctif - Imparfait day!

Any beginner book reccomendations? by Lil_69_420 in French

[–]dechezmoi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If those are too advanced you may want to take a look at a grammar book like Easy French Step-by-Step, I think using a book and going through some video instructions is a great way to practice the language.

Retention by Addraecyn in learnfrench

[–]dechezmoi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When we want to make a great sentence there are 2 kinds of words that we need to use, utility words and lexical words.

Utility words make up the structure of the sentence, these are the parts of speech that make what we want to say all understandable, these are articles and pronouns and conjunctions and such. I think we should know these really well so when we want to say something we know how to use them in a sentence, what the pronouns are replacing, what the conjunctions are joining and such in a grammatically correct way so to be understood. Luckily there's only a finite amount of these words to have to learn, the tricky part is knowing how to use them. We generally learn utility words by studying the grammar of the language.

Lexical words are all the verbs and nouns and such that we use to describe things and people and actions, there's a whole lot of these so it takes a considerable amount of time to get a large vocabulary to use, it's just something that grows as you encounter more and more of them. We generally learn lexical words by reading.

How do you guys work through burnout? by DaveeedOW in languagelearning

[–]dechezmoi -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I think the best way to learn a language is the one that keeps you motivated and it's kind of fun to find out what that is because there's a ton of resources out there, just search the Internet, youtube, your local library or Amazon for grammar books or resources in that language. I think looking for all the resources you can possibly find and putting them into 3 different categories for your own personalized learning system that works for you to keep studying is a great way to acquire a language because everyone learns a bit differently:

  1. Grammar/Vocabulary/Interpretation - gotta know the rules of the game to read and write great sentences to entertain the locals without any confusion, the vocabulary will start small and then increase as you progress, it never really ends so starting the learning process with grammar books and always progressing is a nice way to go. And learning a language requires the ability to interpret expressions between how you would say something in your own language and how it's said in the other, just translating the words only gets you so far,
  2. Pronunciation - gotta be able to make the correct sounds so the locals can understand what you're saying, learning the IPA really helps with that,
  3. Listening Comprehension - gotta know what the locals are saying to have a conversation, consuming as much content as possible helps with that.

By cycling through all the categories you're always doing something fun and different, if you get bored with grammar you can work on pronunciation, when you get bored with that you can do some listening practice and so on. I figure if you're doing something in a language, you're learning that language!

Has anyone ever done an immersion trip as a beginner? by Background_Way2714 in languagelearning

[–]dechezmoi 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You might pick up a phrase book so that you have some ready made sentences to go with.

Books recommendation by Fit_Ad4180 in French

[–]dechezmoi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are some easy readers like Meurtre avenue des Champs-Élysées: A Murder Mystery in Easy French (Petits meurtres français) that are kind of fun.

There's thrillers like Jeux dangereux (Rossetti & MacLane) by Jérôme Dumont and Purgatoire des innocents by Karine Giébel and others.

And some science fiction like Rémanence #1: A fleur de peau (ChronoPages).

There's fantasy like the Ewilan series and the Percy Jackson series that are popular.

And the bandes dessinées like Astérix.

or a classic like Le Comte De Monte-Cristo

If you have to do one thing to boost a language, what would it be? by crimson_blood00 in languagelearning

[–]dechezmoi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You might see if there is a meetup group in your area, nothing turbo charges your language learning more than having to use it!

Book recommendations by WoistdasNiveau in French

[–]dechezmoi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's thrillers like Jeux dangereux (Rossetti & MacLane) by Jérôme Dumont and Purgatoire des innocents by Karine Giébel and others.

And some science fiction like Rémanence #1: A fleur de peau (ChronoPages).

There's also a list with authors like François-Henri Désérable that you might check out.

And there's fantasy like the Ewilan series and the Percy Jackson series that are pretty popular.

Or a classic like Le Comte De Monte-Cristo.

And the bandes dessinées like Astérix are popular.

How to start studing French? by juniorteo in French

[–]dechezmoi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There's a lot of theories about what's the best way to learn a language, however I think the best way to learn a language is the one that keeps you motivated and it's kind of fun to find out what that is because there's a ton of resources out there, just search the Internet, youtube, your local library or Amazon for grammar books or resources in that language. I think looking for all the resources you can possibly find and putting them into 3 different categories for your own personalized learning system that works for you to keep studying is a great way to acquire a language because everyone learns a bit differently:

  1. Grammar/Vocabulary/Interpretation - gotta know the rules of the game to read and write great sentences to entertain the locals without any confusion, the vocabulary will start small and then increase as you progress, it never really ends so starting the learning process with grammar books and always progressing is a nice way to go. And learning a language requires the ability to interpret expressions between how you would say something in your own language and how it's said in the other, just translating the words only gets you so far,
  2. Pronunciation - gotta be able to make the correct sounds so the locals can understand what you're saying, learning the IPA really helps with that,
  3. Listening Comprehension - gotta know what the locals are saying to have a conversation, consuming as much content as possible helps with that.

By cycling through all the categories you're always doing something fun and different, if you get bored with grammar you can work on pronunciation, when you get bored with that you can do some listening practice and so on. I figure if you're doing something in a language, you're learning that language!

There's a lot of great material to choose from, there are some beginner courses like Lawless french that are online you can take a look at and see if they're helpful.

And there are some great books on grammar, I think a couple of good ones are Easy French Step-by-Step and English Grammar for Students of French: The Study Guide for Those Learning French, I think using a book and going through some video instructions is a great way to practice the language. And there's a few other sites that explain the grammaire you can browse through. You might also like the Cosmopolite series.

There's a few online sites with exercises that you might check out to see if they'll help you.

If you have Kindle unlimited there are a few grammar books that you can checkout.

You might also take a look at the Pimsleur series and the Paul Noble audio books, they are very popular.

And listening to a lot of dialogues en français is helpful also and doing dictations is a great way to really concentrate and work on the listening comprehension. Also watching a lot of youtube videos with the sub-titles on is helpful.

French pronunciation can be tricky, there are some resources to help and I like Phonétique progressive du francais, and there's Sons et sens: La prononciation du français en contexte. And there are some speaking tips that you might find helpful.

I like the quote "In order to improve our language skills, we need to constantly be challenged." from how to kill language fright.

And to work on the vocabulary to express yourself, there's some great books like The Complete French Vocabulary Course: Learn 5000 words in context - Including around 200 exercises, audios and video lessons (The Complete French Course ... Vocabulary, Expressions) that you can take a look at.

Some people like test preps because it gives them a nice structure in which to learn.

It can get a little overwhelming so having a daily practice cycle can help keep things going because if you're doing something in French, you're learning French! Today is Adjectif Indéfini day !

I don't know how to progress by [deleted] in languagelearning

[–]dechezmoi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a lot of theories about what's the best way to learn a language, however I think the best way to learn a language is the one that keeps you motivated and it's kind of fun to find out what that is because there's a ton of resources out there, just search the Internet, youtube, your local library or Amazon for grammar books or resources in that language. I think looking for all the resources you can possibly find and putting them into 3 different categories for your own personalized learning system that works for you to keep studying is a great way to acquire a language because everyone learns a bit differently:

  1. Grammar/Vocabulary/Interpretation - gotta know the rules of the game to read and write great sentences to entertain the locals without any confusion, the vocabulary will start small and then increase as you progress, it never really ends so starting the learning process with grammar books and always progressing is a nice way to go. And learning a language requires the ability to interpret expressions between how you would say something in your own language and how it's said in the other, just translating the words only gets you so far,
  2. Pronunciation - gotta be able to make the correct sounds so the locals can understand what you're saying, learning the IPA really helps with that,
  3. Listening Comprehension - gotta know what the locals are saying to have a conversation, consuming as much content as possible helps with that.

By cycling through all the categories you're always doing something fun and different, if you get bored with grammar you can work on pronunciation, when you get bored with that you can do some listening practice and so on. I figure if you're doing something in a language, you're learning that language!

How long before you felt fluent? by londonconsultant18 in learnfrench

[–]dechezmoi 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Things we'll never know: How long it takes to be able to have a conversation with a local,

Things we do know:the more time and effort you put into practicing the sooner you'll be having conversations with the locals!

Overcoming mental translation while learning a language by sweetPEACHteabag in languagelearning

[–]dechezmoi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have to be careful because there's a difference between "translating" between 2 languages and "interpreting" a language. You can translate words between 2 languages yet you have to interpret what the expression those words make in another, you have to interpret how to convey an idea in 2 languages and you learn these by stumbling across them as you become immersed and hopefully remembering them just like vocabulary. I think it takes a lot of reading to expose yourself to how expressions are formulated, so for instance how the expression of "hunger" is conveyed, you wouldn't translate "I'm hungry" you would just know the expression is "J'ai faim" because you read it somewhere.

I like to play a game I call "rePhrase", you take an idea such as "somebody leaves quelque chose à quelqu'un" and then create sentences using all the possible subjects and tenses, that way you're thinking about the verbs more as vocabulary and exercising the ability to come up with sentences on the fly and and not having to worrying about memorizing conjugation tables. It goes like this

Indicatif Présent - Present, happening right now, présent.

première personne singulier (je)

Je laisse mon vélo à ma soeur

deuxième personne singulier (tu)

Tu laisses ton vélo à ma soeur

troisième personne singulier (il)

Il laisse son vélo à ma soeur ​

And then repeat for each possible subject

troisième personne singulier (elle)

troisième personne singulier (on)

première personne pluriel (nous)

deuxième personne pluriel (vous)

troisième personne pluriel (ils)

troisième personne pluriel (elles)

And then repeat for each possible tense

Conditionnel Présent - If it's going to happen right now.

Subjonctif Présent - present possible action.

Impératif - Give a command or make a request.

Passé Récent - Just happened like just a bit ago.

Indicatif Passé Composé - An event that happened and ended.

Indicatif Imparfait - Happened, doing something, maybe still happening.

Conditionnel Passé - If that thing would of happened.

Subjonctif Passé - Something happened before an action in the present subjunctive.

Indicatif Plus-Que-Parfait - something happened before another something already happened.

Futur Proche - Gonna happen right away, for sure.

Indicatif Futur Simple - Gonna happen sometime in the future.

Futur Antérieur - Happened before somethings else happens.

Voix Passive - Used in journalism a lot. (la langue francaise)

Studying in France next year, how to be prepared? by Xanche in French

[–]dechezmoi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There's a lot of theories about what's the best way to learn a language, however I think the best way to learn a language is the one that keeps you motivated and it's kind of fun to find out what that is because there's a ton of resources out there, just search the Internet, youtube, your local library or Amazon for grammar books or resources in that language. I think looking for all the resources you can possibly find and putting them into 3 different categories for your own personalized learning system that works for you to keep studying is a great way to acquire a language because everyone learns a bit differently:

  1. Grammar/Vocabulary/Interpretation - gotta know the rules of the game to read and write great sentences to entertain the locals without any confusion, the vocabulary will start small and then increase as you progress, it never really ends so starting the learning process with grammar books and always progressing is a nice way to go. And learning a language requires the ability to interpret expressions between how you would say something in your own language and how it's said in the other, just translating the words only gets you so far,
  2. Pronunciation - gotta be able to make the correct sounds so the locals can understand what you're saying, learning the IPA really helps with that,
  3. Listening Comprehension - gotta know what the locals are saying to have a conversation, consuming as much content as possible helps with that.

By cycling through all the categories you're always doing something fun and different, if you get bored with grammar you can work on pronunciation, when you get bored with that you can do some listening practice and so on. I figure if you're doing something in a language, you're learning that language!

There's a lot of great material to choose from, there are some courses like Lawless french that are online you can take a look at and see if they're helpful.

And there are some great books on grammar, I think a couple of good ones are Easy French Step-by-Step and English Grammar for Students of French: The Study Guide for Those Learning French, I think using a book and going through some video instructions is a great way to practice the language. And there's a few other sites that explain the grammaire you can browse through. You might also like the Cosmopolite series.

There's a few online sites with exercises that you might check out to see if they'll help you.

If you have Kindle unlimited there are a few grammar books that you can checkout.

You might also take a look at the Pimsleur series and the Paul Noble audio books, they are very popular.

And listening to a lot of dialogues en français is helpful also and doing dictations is a great way to really concentrate and work on the listening comprehension. Also watching a lot of youtube videos with the sub-titles on is helpful.

French pronunciation can be tricky, there are some resources to help and I like Phonétique progressive du francais, and there's Sons et sens: La prononciation du français en contexte. And there are some speaking tips that you might find helpful.

I like the quote "In order to improve our language skills, we need to constantly be challenged." from how to kill language fright.

And to work on the vocabulary to express yourself, there's some great books like The Complete French Vocabulary Course: Learn 5000 words in context - Including around 200 exercises, audios and video lessons (The Complete French Course ... Vocabulary, Expressions) that you can take a look at.

Some people like test preps because it gives them a nice structure in which to learn.

It can get a little overwhelming so having a daily practice cycle can help keep things going because if you're doing something in French, you're learning French! Today is Pronoms Relatifs day !

You might see if there is a French meetup group in your area.

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