How to find great French lessons for beginners on the Internet
So, are you planning to learn French, and are not sure which online lessons are good for you?
There can be quite some work to weed out the good ones rom the bad ones, no?
Also, when you’re a beginner, you’re not sure what to look for either.
Read the article to find out how to find great French lessons for beginners on the Internet, and listen to the podcast to practice for a minute your French without much effort.
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The characteristic of not so great French lessons for beginners
1. You are encouraged to learn vocabulary from flash cards.
Remember: if you want to become a dancer, you’re not practicing your voice.
Learning isolated words will help you become a brilliant words learner, but not a conversationalist.
2. You are encouraged to learn verb conjugations like poetry in grade II.
Look at the point I made above about this technique – it applies here too.
3. You are encouraged to listen and read because that’s considered passive learning, which you are told that works for most.
Passive learning will practice exactly that: “passive” learning. While is better to stay in a French environment than in an English one, passive learning will disappoint you very soon with its poor results.
What to look for
1. Learn vocabulary actively making sentences of your own, in contexts that are meaningful and could easily be part of real-life conversation.
Don’t talk about school and teachers if what you want to talk about is business.
Get your words from the dictionary and start making super simple sentences about what you’re interested in.
2. Learn verb tenses in context. Same like the point #1 above.
3. Talk. With friends. With strangers. In meetups.
Get a language coach who can correct your conversation so that you don’t reinforce your bad habits.
Keep speaking French, and gradually incorporate new vocabulary and grammar.
That’s how we are working inside of the J’Ouellette® Bilingual Express Bundle. Check it out – you’ll love it! 🙂
Did you find something you resonate with? I’d love to hear from you!
Bonne chance ! : )
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