LEARNING FRENCH LANGUAGE
French is a beautiful language but also known for its tricky pronunciations, verbs and grammar rules. Of course, as all other languages, practice is essential. Do not be afraid of making mistakes.
Here are the top ten other ways that can help you improve your accent and vocabulary:
The Bescherelle
Also known as the French Bible! Primary school children in France learn French through this one main book. It will avoid you from making spelling mistakes, use the correct tense for all verbs and finally get the grammar right.
CULTURE
France is known for its incredible quality of diverse arts. It can be through its cuisine, fashion sense, movies, podcasts, songs, TV, theatre, dance or even readings. Try getting a French experience in these several forms so you may enjoy as well as learn more efficiently.est in communicating
PRIORITIZE
France is known for its incredible quality of diverse arts. It can be through its cuisine, fashion sense, movies, podcasts, songs, TV, theatre, dance or even readings. Try getting a French experience in these several forms so you may enjoy as well as learn more efficiently.est in communicating
SOCIALISE
if you have the possibility to meet (native) French speakers, it would be the best way to improve your accent and get out of your comfort zone. It would also allow you to integrate French lifestyle and French society’s way of thinking.
Register to French course
For a deep and technical understanding of French. Try learning ten basic verbs, and words per day as a challenge and join a French course.
Download apps: some are free; you may like Duolingo (first choice), Babbel, MosaLingua, HelloTalk, and Brainscape.
toungue twisters
Difficult yes, but a good method to improve once again your accent.
Example in English: she sells seashells on the seashore.
Example in French: les chaussettes de l’archiduchesse sont-elles sèches, archi sèches?
go french
Switch temporarily (or forever) your phone and computer to French. Most of you know how to use these by heart so try setting them in French so you get used to new parameters and words. This can work with a QWERTY or AZERTY keyboard. You can also choose to set your apps in French such as the important Microsoft Office Pack (Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Access…) or even music apps (iTunes, Spotify…).
focus on intonations and accents
Words can be written differently but read the same way. On the opposite, one word can have different meanings. It all depends on the way you say it.
Example 1: “voler” is a verb, which means “to fly” and “to steal”.
Example 2: “sang” (blood), “sent” (smell) and “sans” (without) are read the same.
Reminder of French accents: â/a/à; ê/ë/é/e/è; ï/i/î; o/ô; û/ü/u/ù & ç.
Practice, practice, practice
Practice, practice, practice and do not be afraid of making mistakes! People will always acknowledge and appreciate the fact that you at least try to do your best in communicating.
Find FRENCH LANGUAGE COACHING IN KERALA
French courses in Kerala :
– Cochin : https://trivandrum.afindia.org/French-in-cochin/
– Trivandrum: https://trivandrum.afindia.org/category/online-courses/