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How to become fluent (almost fluent) in French?

How do you become fluent in French?

  • I went to a French immersion grade school from kindergarten to grad eight... But I went to a high school that didn't have a French immersion program, so I stopped. I can ...show more

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    The best way to become fluent= GO TO FRANCE. But maybe go through an exchange program so you can experience high school there and actually talk to natives. I talked to a group of French boys on Xbox live while we played Halo 3, I did that for a year, I met my boyfriend, I lived in France with him for 5 months. Apart from that I had only learnt French at high school and now I am very fluent. Learning French from non-natives or in a classroom is good for some things and helps give you a good base for grammar but you will never get a nice accent, or learn what words to say and when, unless you experience it. For example, when we speak in English we're always saying things like: "So, anyway...." "um...yeah." "oh...ok" "yep, right...." If you simply translated these things, while they wouldn't be 'wrong', a French person would find you strange straight away, these things are represented by other words that seem out of place to us: you would never say, to start a new sentence, "Alors, n'importe quoi..." rather, "Bon bah..." "Bien..." "Bon, en tout cas...." Just as an example. So, go to France, you'll love it!

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Might sound weird, but have you tried thinking in French? That's partially how my English got better. At first it's hard and slow and frustrating (you switch back to your natural language automatically and you don't know most of the words you want to think. It's weird.) but then, along with watching about half an hour to an hour television in the language you wish to learn every day, you get better at thinking rapidly in that language and frequent exposure by tv shows helps you with words you don't know and pronunciation. Chatting helps a lot too, because then the other person can help you. I know it sounds lame, but that's how I got to this English level: thinking in English, watching English movies and television shows and talking on the net to English people. Find a subject or a book that you really like. Find a message board in French about that subject or book and present yourself, saying you are trying to perfect your French. People are pretty nice about it and usually kindly correct you when you are wrong. Also if you can read books in French do it. Reading out loud is even better. Listen to French songs and sing along. It's your own little immerssion program, for free! Of course it takes a little longer, but after a couple of years, especially since you have good background, you should be almost fluent. Of course total immersion's the best way to go, but if you can't afford to move, this'll give you a jump start.

Froggy

You can take classes at Alliance Francaise (in big cities incl. the US) where the teachers are all native speakers. Actually, learning French at AF can be hard for ppl who have no knowledge of French. So you are ahead of the game and the prices are not too bad. Spending time in France also helps.

BlairLuvr

I definitely would take a class at a university. They often have the option of 4 years of French class and the dialect is important to master. You can take as much or as little as possible but these classes are aimed to make you fluent since they generally have foreign exchange programs to France where you have to be good at speaking French.

Shelley

Rosetta Stone.

Perry15

goto france

gman

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