Archive for August, 2009

French curse words

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Normally teachers just don’t want to teach their students the juicy French curse words… although you will hear them day in day out once you visit France. Of course teachers are afraid teaching you French swear words as it could be used against them
 
But from time to time you do need to make [...]

Step 4 out of 7 easy steps how to speak French

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

Take the yellow pages, look for a French, Moroccan, Algerian, Haitian… restaurant: any restaurant where you can expect French speaking people and a French menu.
 
What can you learn by going to a French restaurant?
 

First of all you will get a typical French menu with courses written in both French and English 
Secondly you will learn [...]

Step 3 of 7 easy steps how to speak French

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Step 3: learn 1 Basic French phrase a day
 
Every day you probably spend a lot of time that you could use to study French:
 

sitting on the toilet,  
watching ads on TV,  
stirring your food while cooking,  
waiting for the train,  
lining up at the bank…

 
All this time you can use wisely to study [...]

Step 2 of 7 easy steps how to speak French

Friday, August 14th, 2009

Step 2: Find French Friends!
 
Did you already buy a French CD or download some French audio material? Did you download the Vanessa Paradis song in last post?
 
Listening to French audio is fun, but your French studies become much more fun and meaningful if you start talking to French people.
 
The Internet is great to find French [...]

Step 1 of 7 easy steps how to speak French

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

Step 1: download or buy French audio material
How to listen to French words

Buy a French music CD,  
buy a French online course or buy one in your local shop: just make sure it includes audio. Do not buy any language course that looks the same in any language, as they re just translations of one [...]