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By *at69drive OP Man
over a year ago

Hertford

I would like to be able to speak fluent French but have a long way to go.

How did everyone learn. I am working my way through a book but progress is slow .

Did you go to evening classes or learn at school. Maybe I need to be a bit more disclipined and spend ten minutes each morning and another ten in the evening..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

thers a great cd etc , its called learn to speak french by elisabeth smith, it workd for me, good luck, xx penny

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

ps, think its called travellers french now, its a 6 wk course, xxx penny

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By *at69drive OP Man
over a year ago

Hertford

"thers a great cd etc , its called learn to speak french by elisabeth smith, it workd for me, good luck, xx penny

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Hi. Thanks for the advice . I will check it out .

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By *awty MaxWoman
over a year ago

Edinburgh

Babbel is good to get you started but really you need a teacher to organise your lessons and help you with the grammar.

Am intensive course of 6 to 8 weeks can help you too.

Also good is to listen/watch your fave movie im French with English or French with french subtitles if you know the movie very well. Check your dvds' languages you sometime get French.

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By *ilderMan
over a year ago

dublin

"ps, think its called travellers french now, its a 6 wk course, xxx penny

Travellers french? That reminds me of this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRm9Q2KfzBA

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By *enard ArgenteMan
over a year ago

London and France

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By *enard ArgenteMan
over a year ago

London and France

1. A good professional course: preferably 121 with a FRENCH teacher.

2. Watch French TV

3. Rosetta Stone and Duolingo are both good

4. Make an effort to speak with French people: especially join clubs ( sports, leisure etc) to meet and speak with French

5 Ideally; get a French Lover

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By *manda321TV/TS
over a year ago

Carmarthen

all of the above watch movies,news, weather , in french ,set your sat nav to french language setting . and read all the garbage you get in the hypermarche /briccolage all helps expand the vocabulary .

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By *e_frenchMan
over a year ago

edinburgh

I give French lessons only to naughty students... Ladies only.

Oulalala

Watch French TV, music, check on gymtree people give classes for nothing...

Read French papers...

Buy French book to learn basics...

Eat a lot of cheese and baguette it helps too

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By *enard ArgenteMan
over a year ago

London and France

It also depends what you mean by " fluent " French .

Best to refer to the Common European Standard for Languages;

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages

If you want to speak easily to locals, talk about more complicated things than buying bread or asking the way or the weather, and join conversations; you need to be B2 at least.

That's still not really " fluent" if you live here; you will miss the nuances of conversation .

But you will find that the more you try , the more the French will help; except loads of them want to practice their English on you;

I had had to agree with my neighbour that I will speak bad French to him; he will speak bad English to me.

And thanks to my French builder, plumber and electrician, I can swear pretty effectively!

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