5 Easy Ways to Learn French Fast and For Free

[Reginald Roberts]

If you want some easy ways to learn French fast, simply apply these 5
fun techniques and take all of the agony and frustration from learning
a language quickly.
#1 Like movies? This is an incredibly effective way to learn French
fast while rapidly increasing your understanding of conversational
French, and there's a couple of easy ways you can do it. With
Satellite and cable tv, stations are available in a whole range of
languages, see if you can find a French speaking station and a program
at a particular time of the day that you can watch. You might struggle
with how fast the speech seems at first but don't worry, even though
you don't understand it it's sinking in and you can leave it on in the
background while you do other stuff. If you don't have any French
channels, head down to your video store and rent some French movies
you can watch with English subtitles or if you already have a
collection of dvds watch one with the French subtitles on, this trick
is dynamite and you'll find yourself suddenly able to understand
written French in no time!
#2 Make friends with a French speaker, with the accessibility of the
internet this couldn't be easier. Sign up to a couple of social
networking sites and explain you'd like to make French speaking
friends and you can chat to them online. Hang out in cafes, libraries,
malls where you know there's the possibility of French speakers
around. Strike up conversation with French waiters, shop attendants,
bartenders, if this seems intimidating simply say something like
'bonjour' or 'merci', it'll be noticed straight away because you're
making the effort and they'll be happy to chat. Even offer time
swapping...English conversation in exchange for French, if they're
struggling with their English they'll bite your hand off.
#3 Music, be adventurous and browse the world music section of a music
store, better still, check out amazon online, they let you listen to
stuff before you buy and also help by recommending what they think you
might like. Tune into French radio and get used to playing it in the
background.
#4 French newspapers and magazines are sold in almost every major
city, when you pass a news stand or book store look to see if they
have the type of newspaper or magazine you like in French. 'Le Monde'
is a mainstream newspaper sold worldwide, there are also a lot of
glossy magazines like 'Marie Claire' etc in French, and even though
you won't understand everything you'll be able to follow the general
story with your own knowledge of what's going on in the world.
#5 Get a French boyfriend or girlfriend. This a guaranteed way to pick
up French quicker than you can say 'frogs legs', and the fastest way I
ever learnt a language!
Adopting one or more of these techniques daily will guarantee to
rocket your French beyond all expectations. A Bientot!
Rachel Neill

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