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[mohit2018]

People with a single goal of learning French from scratch let's gather here to help out each other.

 

[mohit2018]

Few resources shared by one of our friend @vvik33 on one of the other thread are here:

Some more resources:
- inner French (YouTube)
- France 24
- comment se prépare au TCF/TEF Canada (Facebook group)
-Prepmyfuture.com is very very helpful. (The website gives mock TEF exams. It costs 39 euros per year to subscribe)
- TEF 250 activities books

Some practice websites below.

https://savoirs.rfi.fr/en
https://french.kwiziq.com/learn/writing
https://apprendre.tv5monde.com/fr/tcf/test-dentrainement-au-tcf?tcf_lot_id=68#tcf_header

 

[smash1984]

this is definitely a good idea, and I think people can add their success stories here to motivate others.

 

[Priyanka2010]

Anyone joined French classes? I feel the tution fees are quite high. Is there any cheaper resource to study? Maybe if we can enough people and out timezones match, we can arrange a private tutor for a batch of 3-4 people for classes on Skype? Just a suggestion.

 

[Apoorva_1987]

Anyone joined French classes? I feel the tution fees are quite high. Is there any cheaper resource to study? Maybe if we can enough people and out timezones match, we can arrange a private tutor for a batch of 3-4 people for classes on Skype? Just a suggestion.

Sounds good. I am in.

However you also want to consider working hours since most of us are working professionals with various time commitments.

 

[Apoorva_1987]

Is it a must to join french classes to give TEF exam, or can we do this on our own?

 

[kelyjay]

For those of us starting new
1)The first step is to download delf syllabus for a1
2)follow the syllabus extensively
3)Download any french material online that has any topic in the syllabus
4)Check youtube for alicia French a1 videos
5)Download duolingo and start practicing what you have learnt

For listening download duolingo podcast
If you are a beginner..

Download french 1 conversation videos on YouTube to get familiar with some useful phrases

Bonne chance!

 

[zee90999]

For those of us starting new
1)The first step is to download delf syllabus for a1
2)follow the syllabus extensively
3)Download any french material online that has any topic in the syllabus
4)Check youtube for alicia French a1 videos
5)Download duolingo and start practicing what you have learnt

For listening download duolingo podcast
If you are a beginner..

Download french 1 conversation videos on YouTube to get familiar with some useful phrases

Bonne chance!

All of this sounds like Greek and French to me

 

[Sudhakar92]

Is it a must to join french classes to give TEF exam, or can we do this on our own?

Certainly yes. Saying it based on the blogs I read through and conversations had with some people. It is highly unlikely to get to B1 level in French by preparing ourselves as it requires immense dedication and study plan. As we are total beginners (I guess), we will definitely require a third person to help us out on understanding the linguistic nuances. And yes, the French classes are expensive.

 

[Sudhakar92]

Certainly yes. Saying it based on the blogs I read through and conversations had with some people. It is highly unlikely to get to B1 level in French by preparing ourselves as it requires immense dedication and study plan. As we are total beginners (I guess), we will definitely require a third person to help us out on understanding the linguistic nuances. And yes, the French classes are expensive.

I had an opportunity to interact with one of the French tutors via LinkedIn. The cost on online class is 1500 INR per hour.

I assume most of the people in this conversation are from India.

 

[Apoorva_1987]

I had an opportunity to interact with one of the French tutors via LinkedIn. The cost on online class is 1500 INR per hour.

I assume most of the people in this conversation are from India.

Way too expensive

 

[harish010188]

Certainly yes. Saying it based on the blogs I read through and conversations had with some people. It is highly unlikely to get to B1 level in French by preparing ourselves as it requires immense dedication and study plan. As we are total beginners (I guess), we will definitely require a third person to help us out on understanding the linguistic nuances. And yes, the French classes are expensive.

How many we get by achieving B1 level?? Is there any points table which shows level wise points??

 

[Sudhakar92]

How many we get by achieving B1 level?? Is there any points table which shows level wise points??

I reckon we get 3 points for each module upon reaching B1 and 30 points bonus if you reach B1 in all 4 components. Please double check yourself once. !

 

[Moe.chattha]

May be a stupid question..but how far can one get with duolingo?
Also plz recommend any other authentic good apps on android for learning french.

 

[Sudhakar92]

May be a stupid question..but how far can one get with duolingo?
Also plz recommend any other authentic good apps on android for learning french.

May be A1. I'v just started in Duolingo. 2 days old

How about we ppl follow each other in Duolingo and make a progress there together.?