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Being exposed to French:

Websites, social media

IG accounts with lots of stories

Online courses about French

Online courses in French

French subreddits

Fanfictions

Buzzfeed

Improving your:

Pronunciation

Speaking

Stutter

Things to listen:

Music

Podcasts

Radio stations

TED talks

Things to read:

Graphic novels/comics

News

Ebooks + quizzes (by me)

Short stories

Vikidia - kids Wikipedia

Things to watch:

Cartoons

Kids shows

The Simpsons the movie

True crime

TV programs - sci-fi shows, travelling, etc.

Youtubers

Extra:

Antidote 10 + BonPatron - Grammarly equivalents

Conjugation by le Nouvel Obs

Deepl - very good at translating sentences/expressions

Forbo - natives pronouncing things

Lexicity - about Ancien/Moyen Français

Lingolden - Chrome extension that teaches vocabulary

Linguo.tv (french videos + subtitles)

Reverso - very good alternative to Google translation

How to improve pronunciation

Salut! How would you recommend someone to improve their pronunciation in French if they don’t have access to a class/live in the country where French is spoken? I’m trying so hard but I struggle a lot with pronunciation but it’s so so important to me to be able to pronounce words properly and speak well because I love this language so much and it’s very important to me but I’m struggling a lot

You don’t have to live somewhere in particular or go to school to get any kind of skill. Practice and hard work will always be enough. Now :

Study this post about phonetics

Study this post about pronunciation

Listen to audiobooks while reading the written version (see below) 

Watch subtitled stuff (Netflix, TED talks, hacked content, TV5 Monde’s Sept jours sur la planète, Public sénat)

Speak to yourself, pretend to be a Youtuber, debate out loud (…) and record it so you can listen to it later

Some resources :

Youtube’s pronunciation channels

The website Forbo (natives pronouncing words)

The website Reverso (translation, pronunciation, context)

The website Linguo.tv (french videos + subtitles)

Phonetic transcription

Audiobook/ebook combo :

Le Petit Prince - Saint Exupéry AU / EB 

1984 - George Orwell AU / EB 

The Alchemist - Paulo Coehlo AU / EB 

The Art of War - Sun Tzu AU / EB

The Call of Cthulhu - Lovecraft AU / EB 

Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Caroll AU / EB 

L’Île mystérieuse - Jules Verne AU / EB 

The Bible AU / EB 

The Fellowship of the ring - J.R.R. Tolkien AU / EB 

Pride and prejudice - Jane Austen AU / EB 

Le Horla - Maupassant AU / EB 

Candide - Voltaire AU / EB 

The Black Cat - Edgar Allan Poe AU / EB 

Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde AU / EB 

Hope this helps! x 

Winter vocab in Irish ❄

geimhreadh: winter

sa gheimhreadh: in winter

Nollaig: December

Eanáir: January

Feabhra: February

fuar: cold

aimsir fhuar: cold weather

sioc: frost

gaoth: wind

báisteach: rain

sneachta: snow

fear sneachta: snowman

liathróid sneachta: snowball

oighear: ice

geansaí: jumper / sweater

cóta: coat

lámhainní: gloves

scairf: scarf

mourir  to die déceder  to pass away déceder de cause naturelle, mourir sa belle mort  to die a natural death s’éteindre  to pass away (usually of old age) trouver la mort  to die (by an accident) passer l’arme à gauche  to kick the bucket (lit. to pass the weapon to the left) casser sa pipe  to die (lit. to break your pipe) la mort  death le décès  death (more polite) le mort, le défunt  the dead person le corps, le cadavre  the corpse, the body le cercueil  the casket, the coffin la bière  the coffin (more polite) le porteur de cercueil  pallbearer le deuil  mourning être en deuil  to mourn, to be in mourning faire le deuil de qqn, faire son deuil  to grieve for something or someonee déplorer la perte de  to mourn the loss of  pleurer la morte de qqn to mourn the death of someone le cortège funèbre  a funeral procession le corbillard  hearse les funerailles  funeral l’organisation des funérailles  funeral arrangements l’enterrement  burial la chapelle funéraire, la maison funéraire  funeral home les obsèques, le service funèbre  funeral service la crémation  cremation le bûcher funéraire  funeral pyre le cimitière  cemetery le lieu de sépulture  burial site la pierre tombale  tombstone la tombe, le tombeau  tomb, grave le caveau  plot l’épitaphe (f.)  epitaph

The 12 Zodiac signs in French- Les signes du Zodiaque

♈️Bélier : Aries

♉️Taureau : Taurus

♊️Gémeaux: Gemini

♋️Cancer : Cancer

♌️Lion : Leo

♍️Vierge: Virgo

♎️Balance : Libra

♏️Scorpion: Scorpio

♐️Sagittaire: Sagittarius

♑️Capricorne : Capricorn

♒️Verseau : Aquarius

♓️Poissons: Pisces

Exemple: je suis née en fin octobre. Je suis scorpion. Et toi? 👉Quel est ton signe?

For the full lesson and practice exercise, 👉 Click here.

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Three words you probably don't know #2

A whisk: un fouet

The white part of bread: la mie de pain

A tissue: un mouchoir

Hybrid Note Taking Style

A note taking method that blends the best of paper and digital note taking that I’ve been exploring lately. So far it’s working really well for me :) Hope it helps! 

Hybrid Note Taking Method

Problems with other note taking systems

Each note taking system has its pros and cons. Here are some of the problems I found with (fully) paper and (fully) digital note taking systems.

Paper

Can’t use the search function on your notes.

Can’t add images and other types of digital files easily.

Difficult to keep overview between notebooks.

Can’t share these as easily as digital notes.

Digital

Not as ‘romantic’.

Sometimes less engaging.

Lack of physical presence can lead to you forgetting about it.

Can be more difficult to do things like sketching, making schemes, making illustrations etc.

Benefits of Hybrid

I like using hybrid methods because they bring you the best of both worlds.

Easily searchable.

Information in your notes is traceable.

Makes it easier to find and carry out actions e.g. finding extra info.

Doesn’t damage books.

Allows you to embed different types of files.

What you’ll need

Source material (e.g. book, academic paper)

Any kind of notebook :)

Digital note-taking app → I like Notion (it’s free).

Step 1 - Read & number the material

As you go, use a pencil to lightly put numbers into the margins whenever you deem something worthy of noting down or remembering. This will help you locate the source of specific parts of your notes later.

Step 2 - Write Q&A-style notes

Write the information down in question-and-answer style. Come up with useful questions that link to the material you want to remember (e.g. Q → What is the main problem with using platform-based planning for new ventures? A → Assumptions underlying the plan are used as fact rather than best-guess estimates to be tested and questioned). Use the numbers you placed in the margin of the pages to specify the source of the information you used for each answer.

Example → Chapter 1 page 27 note 3 becomes 1.p27.3

Step 3 - Write actions as you go (Supporting notes)

Supporting notes

Write down your thoughts, anything you’re curious about, things you want to look up, things you’re confused about, actions you’ve been inspired to do, etc. For example → ?m Maybe I can apply this to my visualization assignment? / ! Look up what 'plurality of the future’ is / fex Organizational transformation through design. I find this a great way to support and manage the learning process.

Action key

Keep a small action key in which you have an overview of what your action marks mean (e.g. ?m→ questions to myself, f → find, fex → find example, ?? → I don’t get it, ! → general actions)

Don’t be afraid to customize your actions!

What you’ll get

Actionable notes

Your paper notes will contain a structured and easy to read overview of actionable items that came up during the reading. This can be questions you need answered, reminders to find specific information, etc. This will make them a lot harder to forget to do!

Easily traceable sources

With the codes you’ll be able to tell easily and quickly where the information you’ve written in your notes came from.

Searchable & review-ready notes

Notes will be (mostly) made in question-and-answer style. This will allow you to easily review using active recall. All you need to do is cover/hide the answer and you can check how well you truly know the material.

Thanks for reading!

Hi, I'm impressed by all of the language you speak and the level you have in every one of them. I'm currently trying to study french on my own and I was wondering if you could share some resources for french learners~

Hi, sorry for taking so long to answer this ask, I was traveling and I didn’t have my computer with me 😅

Thank you for your kind words!

Here are some French resources:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/owwfr73y3ltntbc/AAAoGPvWS5CQ-nEMxEm0i-y3a?dl=0 (textbooks and grammar books)

https://www.lawlessfrench.com/ (grammar and vocabulary)

https://www.lepointdufle.net/ (grammar and vocabulary)

350 exercices niveau supérieur (grammar)

Alter Ego series (textbooks)

Campus 4 series (textbooks)

Colloquial French Grammar (grammar)

Developing Writing Skills in French (writing)

French-English Visual Dictionary (vocabulary)

Merde!: The Real French You Were Never Taught at School (vocabulary)

Tune Up Your French: Top 10 Ways to Improve Your Spoken French (vocabulary)

Using French Vocabulary (vocabulary)

You can also find grammar posts and vocabulary lists in my blog or on Tumblr in general. Some French langblrs that I like are @fluencylevelfrench, @frenchy-french, @lemonadeandlanguages, @prepolyglot, and @vangoghs-other-ear.

I hope that this is helpful 😊

Good luck with your studies!

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