I'm studying a French Bachelors degree at a local university because I thought it would be fun......
I'm not sure what I was on that day.
I haven't taken french classes since I was in grade 10, and that was a long time ago! I was good at it then and I thought, it would come easy to me again after all these years. I was wrong. I think the only think that stuck was Bonjour, Au Revoir, and Salut. I've got you covered if you're coming or going.
I reached out a few weeks ago to ask for some help with conversational French, I am NOT confident talking to anyone in French. I can't reach for the words in my brain to just spit them out. I need to think, maybe write it down and then I can finally say it partially right, but not well. Not great for sitting in a lecture and the prof needs an answer ASAP. So with the help of my husband we went to Facebook. Didn't get much help in the way of having a tutor help me with french but did get a couple of recommendations for the app/website Babbel.com.
Now I'm familiar with apps/websites like Rosetta stone and (use) Duo Lingo that teach you a new language but I didn't find that it was helping me much, so I thought I'd give Babbel a try.
So far I'm really impressed. I'm started right at the beginning with beginner course 1 and started the second course, with some other lessons throughout but I'm enjoying the different styles of teaching. Speaking the words, typing the words with letters scrambled, filling in the blank using a word list and without. Real life conversations that need words filled in, and grammar points throughout. It'll give you review words that you can run through with flashcards, written or spoken. It's been great and I feel it's been pretty helpful teaching me the things that I have forgotten in the many many years that I haven't taken any French.
I like that I can access my progress and lessons on both my laptop and on my phone. There's an option to download lessons as well so if there's no wifi then I can still do a quick lesson. The only problem I have found is that if I'm doing a lesson online and later decide to do a lesson on the app via my phone, I have to log out and then back in in order for the previous lesson progress to be recorded.
The program does cost money, although there is a free version that gives you very limited access. It was $9.99 CDN a month for a year subscription ($119ish/year) but so far I feel that it's been worth the money.
I'm still not confident in the speaking but I'm hoping that when I'm still awake at 1am, talking to my computer while the husband snores beside me I'll be finally imprinting some french words, phrases, and grammar in my brain that eventually I'll just kind of happen.
Qu'est-ce que tu penses?
I'm not sure what I was on that day.
I haven't taken french classes since I was in grade 10, and that was a long time ago! I was good at it then and I thought, it would come easy to me again after all these years. I was wrong. I think the only think that stuck was Bonjour, Au Revoir, and Salut. I've got you covered if you're coming or going.
I reached out a few weeks ago to ask for some help with conversational French, I am NOT confident talking to anyone in French. I can't reach for the words in my brain to just spit them out. I need to think, maybe write it down and then I can finally say it partially right, but not well. Not great for sitting in a lecture and the prof needs an answer ASAP. So with the help of my husband we went to Facebook. Didn't get much help in the way of having a tutor help me with french but did get a couple of recommendations for the app/website Babbel.com.
Now I'm familiar with apps/websites like Rosetta stone and (use) Duo Lingo that teach you a new language but I didn't find that it was helping me much, so I thought I'd give Babbel a try.
So far I'm really impressed. I'm started right at the beginning with beginner course 1 and started the second course, with some other lessons throughout but I'm enjoying the different styles of teaching. Speaking the words, typing the words with letters scrambled, filling in the blank using a word list and without. Real life conversations that need words filled in, and grammar points throughout. It'll give you review words that you can run through with flashcards, written or spoken. It's been great and I feel it's been pretty helpful teaching me the things that I have forgotten in the many many years that I haven't taken any French.
I like that I can access my progress and lessons on both my laptop and on my phone. There's an option to download lessons as well so if there's no wifi then I can still do a quick lesson. The only problem I have found is that if I'm doing a lesson online and later decide to do a lesson on the app via my phone, I have to log out and then back in in order for the previous lesson progress to be recorded.
The program does cost money, although there is a free version that gives you very limited access. It was $9.99 CDN a month for a year subscription ($119ish/year) but so far I feel that it's been worth the money.
I'm still not confident in the speaking but I'm hoping that when I'm still awake at 1am, talking to my computer while the husband snores beside me I'll be finally imprinting some french words, phrases, and grammar in my brain that eventually I'll just kind of happen.
Qu'est-ce que tu penses?
Comments
Post a Comment