Can you please share what resources you used to learn French and in which order you referred them? I have started learning French. I have finished a couple of trees in Duolingo. There are total 10 of them. I wanted to see what worked out for you and maybe follow that. @ElvisRamaj I would really appreciate your inputs as well. Thank you guys.
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Too lazy to type this over and over, so I'll copy paste what I posted for someone else a few months ago:
I could give you my entire process but that won't help you much at this stage. Your best bet would be to take intensive classes at your local alliance francaise if you have one. Depending on your country, this could be a bit expensive. The A1 intensive cost me $1200 when I lived in the US. More affordable would be to find a tutor on italki. They'll be one hour lessons and it'll be upto you to put in at least an hour a day outside of classes. Then use an app like tandem for language exchange. It is fairly difficult to find dedicated conversation partners, but you need to start speaking as soon as possible.
Given that you're already 470, you can get away with a low B2 which would give you 12 extra points. A high B2 gets you 62 points, there is no in between. I started from scratch and was ready to pass the exam after 10-12 months. The last 3 of thsoe were just to cross the high B2 barrier. So it is very realistic for you to be able to get to a low B2 in 5ish months. However, I did study for 2-3 hours a day, and used my spare time listening to french podcasts, doing vocabulary flashcards etc. If you want me to get into more depth, I'd be happy to help, but I don't want to hijack this thread.
Edit: There's also a post somewhere of someone, a mother with a young child, who worked fulltime, and passed the exam after 6 months of starting. That post was my inspiration to start learning.
Unfortunately there is no secret sauce. Duolingo is fine as a supplement, but even finishing it from start to finish only gets you to A2. And it's pretty inefficient. And it will not actually help you with the 4 competencies (writing, speaking, reading and listening), especially the first two, which are the most difficult. After I finished my B2 studies, I also enrolled for the Lingoda sprint marathon (look it up on google). It does cost $1000, but you get a 100% refund if you attend all classes for 3 months. This was just so I could cross the low B2 to high B2 barrier. Any specific methods and techniques will only be useful once you're a high B1. Until then, take lessons, and most importantly, start speaking as soon as possible.
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Cor pakistan
Pvo edmonton
Sec vancouver
1st Medical passed 9th dec 21
Bio metric 9th dec
14 feb GU eligibility passed
13th May GU security passed
7th june GU criminality passed
8th june request for remedical
9th june ADR for PCC and Child fees
18th june remedical done
20th june we are reviewing your additional documents
24th june re medical passed at 8 pm PST
24th June received anothet GU at 11 pm PST but no nothing in Portal.
When should i expect PPR.
What about Alliance Française? There is one in my city in India so they should have a good presence in other countries also.
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The A1 intensive that I took was at an Alliance Francaise. The issue is most of them don't offer intensives, and the ones that do aren't intensive enough. My A1 intensive was 3 months long. And A1 shouldn't take more than 2 months imo. So taking classes at AF actually slowed me down. Found a private tutor (fairly cheap in my country) plus another one on Italki for exam specific prep. Significantly better than anything AF can offer
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Do you know IRCC staffs only drink coffee at VO every Monday and spend their Fridays to read party invitation for weekends?
IRCC inside Canada good at playing on Mondays and Fridays.
IRCC inside Canada good at playing on Mondays and Fridays.
Must say you guys are amazing!! Always helping and sharing your experiences, which is undoubtedly the best support any novice can get !!
Not only ircc entire canada itself is like that.
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Why do people keep asking this question? Seriously, how are we supposed to know when you'll get PPR? I understand the desperation and frustration cos we've all been there, but no one here has a magic crystal ball to see into the heart and soul of IRCC. Everyone get their PPR when they get it.
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Hi all,
I have received PPR. Took about 2.5 years from EE profile creation to PP request letter.
This forum was a great place to shitpost during covid times. Thanks all.
I have received PPR. Took about 2.5 years from EE profile creation to PP request letter.
This forum was a great place to shitpost during covid times. Thanks all.
Even now we try our best to keeep it like that lol anyways congrats and welcome to the club.
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