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Learning French for free?
EskimoDave
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Or on the cheap at least. I'm pretty fucking poor, but I wanna learn French.
If you notice to left I'm Canadian, so I do have some experience. I can read French almost well enough to survive, but when it comes to listening, speaking and writing I'm completely useless. I have found some resources before, but they just don't cut it. I also found a lot things that look like scams.
Aider moi [please].
If you notice to left I'm Canadian, so I do have some experience. I can read French almost well enough to survive, but when it comes to listening, speaking and writing I'm completely useless. I have found some resources before, but they just don't cut it. I also found a lot things that look like scams.
Aider moi [please].
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Are you still in school? I picked up a russian class on a whim and enjoyed it, and it didnt cost anymore then my semester would have otherwise.
If you get a job at the Quebec, Ontario, or federal government, often they will offer you courses on their dime, especially if it relates to your job. Check with your HR manager to see if that's an option.
First lesson's free.
That's just dusting off the cobwebs of over a decade since I last really spoke French. Hell, pick up a high school FSL textbook and see if they can help you.
Can trade TF2 items or whatever else you're interested in. PM me.
A cheap way would probably be to get on some french ventrillo, swallow your pride and try to have a conversation.
Or start hitting on French girls.
You'll know you're improving when you stop getting slapped and start getting dates. :P
Can trade TF2 items or whatever else you're interested in. PM me.
I've been using "Coffee Break French" to keep my skills up over the winter break, and it's been working out nicely.
Bonne chance!
Unless you're born into it or a musician, it's not going to happen.
That's the exact one I used last summer when I was trying to teach myself at work. Before that, I never knew what french sounded like with a scottish accent.
I just subscribed to the Coffee Break French thing. Gonna check it out soon.
Looks like quite a few of them on iTunes here.
And the library thing, I realised that about an hour after posting. I was all like "ya know, I've never looked in the library."
http://www.francocentre.com/
cest la societe francophone de victoria.
(too lazy for accents)
Also, you should get yourself the Pimsleur tapes/cds from your local library. That should get you up to a reasonable amount of fluency if you are diligent. Then, you should start watching TVA, SRC, and TV5. If you have basic cable you will get these channels, usually in the nether regions.
Then you get start to explore a number of programs run by the Government of Canada and the Government of Quebec that you could be eligible for, that do things like language and cultural exchanges.
Goodluck.
awesome to you and saggio
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