Everyone reaches a point in their language learning when they start to feel like they are not making progress and very often it can actually feel like you are getting worse. You might feel like you are forgetting things, or making really stupid mistakes that you shouldn’t be and this can be extremely frustrating. This […]
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Learning a language is one of the best things you can do for yourself. From the outside it looks like you just gain a language, which is of course is very true, and probably why you want to start learning it in the first place. However, learning a language can drastically change your life, all
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You will often hear that you should learn phrases when learning a language, as these are far better than learning single words. This may seem strange as you where probably made to learn a list of words if you studied a language in school, so is there any logic to this? Well yes, in general,
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Learning a language is probably one of the most difficult things you can do, but a lot of people are able to do it and if you are struggling to see any progress you may be wondering how they can do it and you cannot. While natural ability will play a part, this does not
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When you start learning a language it doesn’t take long for a sense of despair to set in when you realise just how hard it is. Luckily the early motivation levels are usually high and you keep going, regardless of the difficulty. However, the real problem is that after a while it just doesn’t seem
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When it comes to learning a language, speaking is probably one of the hardest parts and it is what most people struggle with, and fear the most. Speaking is a form of output so really you need to have a good all round knowledge base in the language to be able to actually produce it
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France is one of the most visited countries in the world and it has a bit of a reputation that the locals will only speak French. This can worry a lot of people and make you wonder if you can actually visit without speaking French. While learning some French is ideal, you can get away
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French pronunciation is actually no harder than any other language, however, if you have been studying French, especially as an English speaker, you have probably noticed that it can seem very hard to get certain points right. It’s pretty normally for a beginner in the French language to have terrible pronunciation, but this isn’t entirely
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When you start speaking in French you will probably very quickly realise you sound dreadful. You can just tell that you do not sound elegant and beautiful like a native speaker and this can really be disheartening. However, don’t give up; the good news is that you can with some practice, start sounding more French,
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When you start getting into the French language you will want to have conversations, but you will quickly realise that this is quite difficult as you can’t really express yourself as fluidly as you can in your native language. Of course some of this will be down to knowledge gaps; you might not know certain
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