5 Best Ways to Learn French Fast

Language learning never stops because it’s culture learning, personal growth and endless improvement.

There are many reasons to learn French. French is an official language for 25 countries and it is widely spoken in the world. It is also a language of love and literature, not to mention the mouth-watering French cuisine. If you need to choose one single language to learn, French is your wise choice.

However, why do many English speakers find French difficult?

Many of us start learning French in a classroom setting. A big class with one teacher. Even under no English policy in the classroom, normally teachers will do most of the talking and what happened to the students? They have very few opportunities to speak.

French is a language. If you do not use it, how can you improve? So failure is just a matter of time.

Here are some approaches to maximize your learning outcomes:

1/ Immersion

The first way many think of learning French is immersion. With no English to fall back on, you have no other option but to speak French. You can hear it and speak it in the context of your daily life all day long. This is a learning by doing approach.

However, does immersion simply mean living in a French-speaking country? Can I have French immersion without going abroad?

The answer is definitely yes.

If you throw yourself in a total French-speaking country, you may feel very overwhelmed at the beginning and your brain refuses to learn. Our brain is good at focusing on details, it does even better at ignoring stuff. Therefore, you can have a conversation with your friends in a noisy cafe because your brain can separate signals from noise.

The more you hear French, the less filtered our brain becomes. Thus, a constant stream of your target language will keep your brain engaged.

For example:

• Switch your smartphone into French setting
• Watch French TV and movies
• Listen to French podcasts

2/ Write your own phrasebooks

Without doubt, reading can broaden your vocabulary. While you are reading, making your own phrasebook helps you learn relevant sentences.

Focus on words and sentences that are relevant to your life and your area of interest so you can at least carry a short conversation even though you may not know a lot of words.

At the beginning, it may sound very funny for you to speak French and that’s totally normal, especially French includes some sounds that don’t exist in English.

It will only take time and practice to get your mouth muscles familiarize with the sounds.

3/ Have real conversations with native speakers

To be fluent, one must need to use the language. Language output is as important as input.

You learnt a lot of words so you have to use them for them to stick to your mind.

You can use the following websites to look for language buddy :

• Italki
• Meetup.com
• Couchsurfing
• Hello talk

Daily exposure to the language will keep your language goals on track.

No matter what you do, passion is inevitably important

Everyone has a different reason to learn a language. But one key factor is your passion. Only passion can get you through rough patches in learning