HOW TO LEARN THE ROMANTIC LANGUAGE OF THE FRENCH EFFICIENTLY

French is one of the well-liked languages around the world. It is considered as a major language of the world and many people use it as their second language and many people are interested in learning the French language. Another worthy fact about the French language is that it is considered as a romance language. The origin of the modern French language is the mixture of Creole, Celtic, Germanic/Frankish, and oil languages.

Learning French nowadays can be easy and there are several methods of learning this language. One of the methods is acquiring French learning CDs. It can be purchased and downloaded online. Usually it contains 2-3 CDs and will be suffice to cover the basics of French. The basic topics that one should need to master are the following:

v  16 Vowels that are being used

v  26 letter Latin alphabet

v  Proper word order of subject-verb-object

v  Voice stops

v  Grammatical genders

An advantage of having a French learning CDs is that it also includes audio lessons. It would be beneficial if the student hears the words as spoken by native French.

After going through the lessons contained in the French learning CDs, the next step would be to build-up French vocabulary. A fun and efficient way of doing it is to watch French movies or listen to French music. These media contains common French words and some romantic ones.  A handy dictionary would be a great help so that it would be easy to look up the meaning of the new encountered words.

If the student is already confident in his/her vocabulary, it is time for the next level. He/she should try to communicate with real French people. This can be done easily with the help of technology – specifically the internet. There are several computer softwares  that can be used for this purpose. The popular ones are; yahoo messenger, facebook chat, skype, and PalTalk.

Another area to be concerned with when learning French is writing. Anybody who wants to learn French should try to write essays in French and have somebody proofread it for them.

If the student is uncomfortable learning alone, he she should find a local French lesson program. The main advantage of this approach is the constant teacher-student interaction. The schedule of these sessions are usually adjustable, some classes only meets 3-4 times in a week with varying hours. This also can be compared to having formal French language schooling.  It is also beneficial when trying to learn the proper French pronunciations. French pronunciations are the hardest part to master.

The final method of learning French is through immersion – although this can be expensive if you are not yet living in a French speaking area. But of course nothing beats the experience of actually living with the French. During this stage, a person can learn not only the proper French words but also the slang terms.  Another advantage of doing immersion is experiencing the French culture and they are one of the most polite persons in the world.