Like a lot of other people, I took a few years of French classes in school. However, I never thought Id really find myself needing to speak the language " so I didn't pay attention and learned next to nothing. Well, Id never use it anyways, right?
Well, I was entirely wrong about that.
I had to travel to France for work and Ill tell you, I really wished Id made an effort to learn French in school! Its not always easy to find a fluent English speaker in France, it turns out.
Whew, I really felt lost. Nonetheless, I made a silent resolve not to learn the language, since I wasn't going to be coming back to France.
Well, I returned home only to find that I would be going back in a few months. Not only was I going back to France, I was going to be there for a few weeks this time! Id been beaten I knew that I was going to have to learn French quickly.
Now, I prefer audio books, since I can listen to them when my hands are occupied. I bought a complete French audio class and started listening to them whenever possible: on the train, at home and even while jogging!
At first I didn't pay too much attention to what was being said in the spoken language courses because it was a strange language. As time went on, it all started to make sense. What really helped were the translations to English for any word spoken in French.
I gradually came to learn more of the language and by the time two months had passed, I was able to converse with my boss in French! She seemed surprised and I thought to myself that maybe I could do this after all.
She asked how Id done it; I explained that Id been using audio books in my effort to learn the language. She was very impressed with my initiative and made me the head of the company delegation for the French trip! She told the rest of the group to pick up the same audio lessons Id used and start studying as I had.
When I made that return trip to France, I had a much better time. I could communicate with people " and Id learned it all on my own! I didn't take a single class, I didn't have to hire a tutor and I didn't even crack open any French tutorial books!
In just three months, Id managed to learn a good amount of French using these audio lessons. Best of all, I did it by studying in my own free time. I didn't have to set any special time aside to learn French, I listened to the audio books while I was doing other things.
If someone with my less than deal study habits could do all of this in less than 3 months, anybody can learn this way. Any foreign language you'd like to pick up can be done by using audio books, just how I learned French. - 15790
Well, I was entirely wrong about that.
I had to travel to France for work and Ill tell you, I really wished Id made an effort to learn French in school! Its not always easy to find a fluent English speaker in France, it turns out.
Whew, I really felt lost. Nonetheless, I made a silent resolve not to learn the language, since I wasn't going to be coming back to France.
Well, I returned home only to find that I would be going back in a few months. Not only was I going back to France, I was going to be there for a few weeks this time! Id been beaten I knew that I was going to have to learn French quickly.
Now, I prefer audio books, since I can listen to them when my hands are occupied. I bought a complete French audio class and started listening to them whenever possible: on the train, at home and even while jogging!
At first I didn't pay too much attention to what was being said in the spoken language courses because it was a strange language. As time went on, it all started to make sense. What really helped were the translations to English for any word spoken in French.
I gradually came to learn more of the language and by the time two months had passed, I was able to converse with my boss in French! She seemed surprised and I thought to myself that maybe I could do this after all.
She asked how Id done it; I explained that Id been using audio books in my effort to learn the language. She was very impressed with my initiative and made me the head of the company delegation for the French trip! She told the rest of the group to pick up the same audio lessons Id used and start studying as I had.
When I made that return trip to France, I had a much better time. I could communicate with people " and Id learned it all on my own! I didn't take a single class, I didn't have to hire a tutor and I didn't even crack open any French tutorial books!
In just three months, Id managed to learn a good amount of French using these audio lessons. Best of all, I did it by studying in my own free time. I didn't have to set any special time aside to learn French, I listened to the audio books while I was doing other things.
If someone with my less than deal study habits could do all of this in less than 3 months, anybody can learn this way. Any foreign language you'd like to pick up can be done by using audio books, just how I learned French. - 15790
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Check the website where I discovered the French language course I used to get these results. If you are interested, there are also other language audio lessons on the site.