French In Three Months Using Audio books
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patrick
Like a lot of other people, I took a few years of French classes in school. However, I never thought Id really find myself needing to speak the language " so I didn't pay attention and learned next to nothing. Well, Id never use it anyways, right?
How dead wrong I was.
I was sent to France for work; I found myself wishing Id paid attention in my French classes. Its not that easy to find someone in France who speaks English fluently, it turns out. You'd have better luck finding a Finnish speaker in Portugal (well, almost).
Needless to say, I had a tough time getting around since I hardly spoke a word of the language. I decided Id never go back to France and decided never to even attempt to learn the language again!
Well, I returned home only to find that I would be going back in a few months. Not only was I going back to France, I was going to be there for a few weeks this time! Id been beaten I knew that I was going to have to learn French quickly.
I happen to be a big fan of audio books, so I ran out and picked up a bunch of downloadabel French language classes. I listened to them in the car, at home and on my iPod as I rode the train to work each morning. I immersed myself in the material.
At first it didn't sink in; but within a few weeks, I found myself starting to catch on with these French language audio books. I found the English translations of French words and phrases to be extremely helpful.
Little by little, I started picking up the language. About 6 weeks later I found that I could speak French passably; I even had a brief conversation in French with my boss and managed not to lapse into English at any point. I think I surprised her there!
She asked me how Id managed to learn so much French so quickly. I informed her that I had audio books to thank for my achievement. She was impressed with my taking the initiative to learn the language and chose me as the leader of the group representing our firm on the upcoming trip. Not only that, she told the rest of the delegation to use the same audio course as Id used.
My second trip to France went much better, needless to say. I could speak pretty passable French and Id done it all without taking classes, hiring a tutor or even looking at a French tutorial book!
All of this was possible within 3 months from just listening to French audio book lessons. Do you know what was most intriguing about this? I did this all in my "free" time. I didn't commit any special time to this, but the same time I had wasted in the past.
Now, if a poor student such as myself could do this in only 3 months, anyone can. You can learn any foreign language you need by doing things as I did, by using audio books.
How dead wrong I was.
I was sent to France for work; I found myself wishing Id paid attention in my French classes. Its not that easy to find someone in France who speaks English fluently, it turns out. You'd have better luck finding a Finnish speaker in Portugal (well, almost).
Needless to say, I had a tough time getting around since I hardly spoke a word of the language. I decided Id never go back to France and decided never to even attempt to learn the language again!
Well, I returned home only to find that I would be going back in a few months. Not only was I going back to France, I was going to be there for a few weeks this time! Id been beaten I knew that I was going to have to learn French quickly.
I happen to be a big fan of audio books, so I ran out and picked up a bunch of downloadabel French language classes. I listened to them in the car, at home and on my iPod as I rode the train to work each morning. I immersed myself in the material.
At first it didn't sink in; but within a few weeks, I found myself starting to catch on with these French language audio books. I found the English translations of French words and phrases to be extremely helpful.
Little by little, I started picking up the language. About 6 weeks later I found that I could speak French passably; I even had a brief conversation in French with my boss and managed not to lapse into English at any point. I think I surprised her there!
She asked me how Id managed to learn so much French so quickly. I informed her that I had audio books to thank for my achievement. She was impressed with my taking the initiative to learn the language and chose me as the leader of the group representing our firm on the upcoming trip. Not only that, she told the rest of the delegation to use the same audio course as Id used.
My second trip to France went much better, needless to say. I could speak pretty passable French and Id done it all without taking classes, hiring a tutor or even looking at a French tutorial book!
All of this was possible within 3 months from just listening to French audio book lessons. Do you know what was most intriguing about this? I did this all in my "free" time. I didn't commit any special time to this, but the same time I had wasted in the past.
Now, if a poor student such as myself could do this in only 3 months, anyone can. You can learn any foreign language you need by doing things as I did, by using audio books.
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Check the website where I discovered the French audio course I used to get these results. If you are interested, there are also other language audio lessons on the site.
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