French Language made easy for Beginners

[trumprefugee]

I need to review enough that more words come to mind easily. But I will soon.

Tu hablas (o escribes) español muy bien! Puedes practicar conmigo si quieres. Siempre tenemos más palabras en nuestros vocabularios pasivos que en nuestros vocabularios activos. No te preocupes. Todavía me pone nervioso hablar con los nativos que hablan demasiado rápido. Les digo que solo hablo un poco de español, y hablen más despacio, por favor. Entonces ellos hablan más despacio y a veces me dicen que yo hablo bien!

Oh right, we are speaking French here. As you all might guess, my French is terrible. So don't worry if your vocabulary is limited and it takes you a while to construct a simple sentence. I just haven't had the time to study much due to other more pressing matters in my life, namely work, trying (and now waiting) for OINP, job search, etc. But after someone pointed out that you can get the extra 30 points for French CLB 7, I thought I should take French study a little more seriously. Not that I think I will reach CLB 7 any time soon, but just gotta keep more options open. At this point I can only slowly construct very simple sentences. We can stick with simple, casual exchanges in French. I also do enjoy practicing Spanish alongside learning French and noting the similarities and differences. Spanish helps my French and French helps my Spanish. This is probably the case when studying more than one of any Romance language.

Please join via the direct link I just created:
https://chat.whatsapp.com/1HQROITB0p51B3kNAsVzAi

 

[tjsecondtry]

Tu hablas (o escribes) español muy bien! Puedes practicar conmigo si quieres. Siempre tenemos más palabras en nuestros vocabularios pasivos que en nuestros vocabularios activos. No te preocupes. Todavía me pone nervioso hablar con los nativos que hablan demasiado rápido. Les digo que solo hablo un poco de español, y hablen más despacio, por favor. Entonces ellos hablan más despacio y a veces me dicen que yo hablo bien!

Oh right, we are speaking French here. As you all might guess, my French is terrible. So don't worry if your vocabulary is limited and it takes you a while to construct a simple sentence. I just haven't had the time to study much due to other more pressing matters in my life, namely work, trying (and now waiting) for OINP, job search, etc. But after someone pointed out that you can get the extra 30 points for French CLB 7, I thought I should take French study a little more seriously. Not that I think I will reach CLB 7 any time soon, but just gotta keep more options open. At this point I can only slowly construct very simple sentences. We can stick with simple, casual exchanges in French. I also do enjoy practicing Spanish alongside learning French and noting the similarities and differences. Spanish helps my French and French helps my Spanish. This is probably the case when studying more than one of any Romance language.

Please join via the direct link I just created:
https://chat.whatsapp.com/1HQROITB0p51B3kNAsVzAi

I really need to review verb tenses in Spanish to say what I want to say. But right now, need to keep the focus on french. I absolutely need to get TEF 5 or 6 for another FSW point.

 

[Jojolet]

HELLE everyone!

I'm not native but I'm almost French guy according to my French friends

Now as our French Tutor. Where is the best place to start?

 

[pessacanada]

Guys girls, to learn this language, make a plan according to your available time, let's say 3-4 times (2 hours practice) per week, but if you have enough time you can make 5 times (3-4 hours), this would be intensive course. Do not forget to make a target for yourself. From time to time, I may send you some useful web links. Remember in French pronunciation is very different what you see a written text. Hope you all learn this language fast and confortable. Could everyone plz mention why do you want to learn this language and what is your main target or smth else?

The link (below) is for numbers to begin

http://www.thefrenchexperiment.com/learn-french/numbers

And this one is for your dessert:

http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-French-Fast

 

[trumprefugee]

Merci, @pessacanada. Unfortunately at this time I can target an average of only maybe 30 minutes a day, as I am getting into a very busy time at work. I do want eventually to get to a professionally proficient level in French in the long term because it is one of Canada's official languages. A Canadian friend of mine has also told me many good things about Montreal, and it would be nice some day to do a stint in Montreal, although I think Toronto will still be best for me long term. Of course, for the short term, I need to increase my CRS points, and maximizing French proficiency is one option, although only a distant #3 in priority (#1 being OINP and #2 being job offer).

 

[tjsecondtry]

Guys girls, to learn this language, make a plan according to your available time, let's say 3-4 times (2 hours practice) per week, but if you have enough time you can make 5 times (3-4 hours), this would be intensive course. Do not forget to make a target for yourself. From time to time, I may send you some useful web links. Remember in French pronunciation is very different what you see a written text. Hope you all learn this language fast and confortable. Could everyone plz mention why do you want to learn this language and what is your main target or smth else?

The link (below) is for numbers to begin

http://www.thefrenchexperiment.com/learn-french/numbers

And this one is for your dessert:

http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-French-Fast

When we started learning French, it was just to feel more a part of the bilingual country we want to live in. However, getting one additional FSW point is critical if want to use my Canadian master's to increase points. If I can get to level 7 while I'm in school. All the better.

 

[AlliBatista]

For those interested...

TEF CANADA exam dates for 2018:

vendredi 12 janvier (DLI* 8/12/17)
vendredi 16 mars (DLI* 16/2/18)
vendredi 15 juin (DLI* 18/5/18)
vendredi 21 septembre (DLI* 24/8/18)
vendredi 23 novembre (DLI* 26/10/18)

http://www.alipfrance.com/wp-content/uploads/ALIP_TEF_calendrier2018.pdf