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How can I Improve my French Understanding at an Intermediate Level?
For intermediates, the recording should be a bit faster, a bit longer, with more challenging vocabulary – you have to learn to “guess” from the context and not freeze when you don’t understand.
How Can I Understand Everything in French?
If you’re short term goal is to understand everything and everybody in French, this means you must already be an advanced student. If not, you’re skipping some important steps and I encourage you to read above…
What to know when you are a beginner in French?
If you are a beginner, you’re likely to know some essential French vocabulary and use simple sentence structures. If the audio recording you are training with introduces too many news words, you will feel lost.
What to do if you don't understand a word?
If you don’t understand a word, write phonetically what you hear. Repeat the whole sentence a couple of times. Then read the transcript and see why you didn’t get it; is it a new word for you? If so, could you have guessed it from the context? Was it a gliding or liaison that threw you off?
Why do advanced students need longer recordings?
Advanced students need longer (yet manageable) recordings which will train them to keep their concentration up for longer periods of time, and prepare them to understand longer conversations.
How to improve my French speaking ability?
If you want to improve your French speaking abilities, insert a repeat out loud phase – make sure to mimic the speaker as if you were an actor :-) For more on the best way to study French for speaking, go to my tips on the best way to study French for speaking.
Why do we need to hear French?
You need to hear spoken French to train your ear to understand spoken French.
Where Do You Listen to French?
Be sure to use these resources to increase your exposure to the French language and soon you’ll be improving both your comprehension and fluency with this wonderful language.
What is France24 news?
France24 News: France24 provides 24 hour access to news about France, including live streaming from their network. You can listen to a tricky segment in French and then may even be able to find the same one in English to fill in the gaps you may have missed. As a news station they are high quality too.
What is a streema?
Streema: Streema is a service that provides links to the websites of many television stations in France. You can also search for programmes from other French speaking countries like Belgium or Switzerland.
What is TV5 Monde?
TV5 Monde: This network is one of the leading 24 hour French language networks in Europe and has a wide variety of programming.
What is IRL in real life?
IRL?: In Real Life? (IRL?) follows the life of an introverted student as he becomes immersed in unpredictable situations.
Why is it important to listen to French music?
Listening to French music can be a unique and entertaining way to improve your listening skills while immersing yourself in French culture and ways of thinking.
What is video listening?
Video is the only type of listening practice which allows you to practise this important part of French communication. The following resources will help you listen to French as it is spoken with both words and the body.
What is the formal school curriculum?
Formal school curriculum usually focus on grammar and verb conjugations – the teachers don’t have a choice: they have to cover the imposed curriculum, and that leaves little time for anything else!
What happens if you study French all afternoon?
If you study French all afternoon, chances are that you’ll exhaust yourself, and are much more likely to get frustrated, lose your motivation or attention.
What does it mean when your brain says "my dog likes to play with his red ball"?
Your brain will remember a sentence describing a truth or a memory much longer than it will remember a sentence of made-up facts.
What happens when you learn French in context?
When you learn French “in context”, you’ll remember the situation and words longer, and you’ll already have a series of words that go well together handy for your next French conversation !
How much time do you need to spend learning French?
Rule of thumb: for each hour spending learning new French vocabulary or conjugation, you need to spend minimum one hour reviewing older French material. Repetition is the key! Click to Tweet
Why do teachers try to present a story?
Often, to make learning more fun, many teachers try to present a text, a story. At least I do, as much as possible.
Do you use present indicative in French?
The same logic applies to tenses: in conversation, most of the time we use the present indicative. So focus on the present when studying your French verb conjugations, and then move on to adjectives, essential vocabulary, asking questions, pronouns… things that will make an immediate difference in your ability to converse in French.
How many hours of accordion music on Sunday mornings?
Lots of local stations get round the 40% rule by playing 3 hours of accordion music on Sunday mornings !
What is the app called that shows foreign radio stations?
Thank you for your guidance. An app called Radio Garden is a wonderful way to find foreign radio stations, including those you recommend.
Can you leave comments on the last video?
There are a lot of comments, but none are showing here! On the last video it was not possible to leave a comment
Is radio a good way to learn French?
The radio is a great tool to learn French. And it’s available at all times, online – even while you’re doing something else! You get to listen to French music, well spoken French talking, with some humor and news in France… but it depends on which station you listen to.
I'm 35 and going back to school! For the love of French!
First of all I want to thank everyone on this forum for providing a place with such a high quality content. I've gotten answers for questions I didn't even know I had on here.
Merci de vs. Merci pour
I learned that "merci de" is essentially a way to say please--merci de m'aider = please help me. Essentially, a thanks in advance.
Should the "z" in "devez accepter" not be pronounced? Why?
My understanding is that, generally, when the last letter of a word is a consonant and the first letter of the following word is a vowel, the consonant in the first word should be pronounced. However, according to Google Translate, the "z" in "devez accepter" should not be pronounced.
Where Do You Listen to French?
Be sure to use these resources to increase your exposure to the French language and soon you’ll be improving both your comprehension and fluency with this wonderful language.
What is France24 news?
France24 News: France24 provides 24 hour access to news about France, including live streaming from their network. You can listen to a tricky segment in French and then may even be able to find the same one in English to fill in the gaps you may have missed. As a news station they are high quality too.
What is a streema?
Streema: Streema is a service that provides links to the websites of many television stations in France. You can also search for programmes from other French speaking countries like Belgium or Switzerland.
What is TV5 Monde?
TV5 Monde: This network is one of the leading 24 hour French language networks in Europe and has a wide variety of programming.
What is IRL in real life?
IRL?: In Real Life? (IRL?) follows the life of an introverted student as he becomes immersed in unpredictable situations.
Why is it important to listen to French music?
Listening to French music can be a unique and entertaining way to improve your listening skills while immersing yourself in French culture and ways of thinking.
What is video listening?
Video is the only type of listening practice which allows you to practise this important part of French communication. The following resources will help you listen to French as it is spoken with both words and the body.
