Salut!!! I am here to give you some resources that helped me learn french! <3 I will warn you that I learn very informally. I hate taking notes or like seriously studying.
Langauge Transfer- a free podcast lesson that is FANTASTIC for getting a good base in the language and for making connections from english to french. You can listen on youtube or soundcloud
netflix- once you can at least read a bit in french, i would highly recommend the show Lupin on netflix. Watching with french subtitles and then graduating to sans sous-titres will really help! It is a wonderful show and I think that Omar Sy´s accent is really easy to understand
TV5Monde- they have a really good listening comprehension test and then give you resources to improve. You might watch a video about an art exhibit and then answer some questions about it.
Youtube- I can not stress this enough. Not only can you find teachers, but you can also find native french content to practice. BUT the most useful is the comments. That's where you can learn a ton of slang and vocab
I have never been a huge soccer fan er I guess le fút lol. But i am now. Paris-Saint-Germain has a great channel with interviews and games with the players.
CRAZY SALLY
cam summers
Piece of French (teacher)
French Avec Nelly (teacher)
InnerFrench (teacher) and he has a great podcast too!!
Easy French (interviews for people learning french)
lingoni french and french with Alexa (these two were never my cup of tea but are great quality)
Duolingo- some people really do be hating on it, but it has gotten a lot better. I wouldn't recommend it as a only/primary source of learning, but it is a great supplement to get some more vocab in. Plus if you join in on the leaderboards and challenges, it is fun
I do make flashcards as a way to review vocab and I go over them when I get the chance. Quizlet made a lot of their stuff premium :( so i use Brainscape which is pretty great
The best way to get better is to talk!!!! Even talking to yourself for a few minutes a day will do wonders
Bonne chance! <3
oh my, i love you <3 merci beaucoup!
i'll definitely check out all the resources!
a series of posts i'd like to do where i watch a movie and write it about it the same day, every day for one week (starting Monday June 26th because I've got exams rn). send me recommendations either via my inbox or even the comments of this post and i'll get back to you soon! know that any and all recommendations will be appreciated!
curling up in the corner of a public library and pretending you live there
taking pictures of the ruins of your local cathedral because you need those aesthetic pictures for your blog
staring longingly at the tweed jacket you’ll never afford in the shop window
wearing the same red turtleneck (the only one you happen to own) in every outfit you can in a hundred different ways
staring longingly at the tweed jacket in the shop window
impulsively buying the tweed jacket and putting yourself in financial debt for the sake of aesthetic (totally worth it)
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt - Absolutely anything by Oscar Wilde - Harry Potter - preferably all in one sitting (idgaf what anyone says its da) - Shakespeare, absolute classic because.. shakespeare - Allegorical Novels (like AnimAl faRm) - so you can look smart while discussing politics and microcosms @mohkomx - Edgar Allan Poe (dark poetry is hauntingly enticing) - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (not da,just my own recommendation) - Hugo Caberet (again my own recommendation - Brian Selznick is a genius) - anything by Brian Selznick (just for good measure) i hope you liked this post! Amimi
carrying on from my previous post after leicester square we finally got to the most exciting part of the trip, winter wonderland. surprisingly a lot of people were only there for the food, which i was very surprised by, i think the main event is the rides, no? first up was the Eurocoaster, i went with two friends who i'm gonna name Tall and Blue at the time it seemed very scary but it was nothinggggg compared to the other two rides we went on after. it twists and turns and went up and down at the most unexpected moments, i think Tall was also wary of the fact she was sitting inbetween two motion sick people but thank gosh nothing went wrong. all three of us screamed our lungs out and then Tall said the ride wasn't even scary?? i think she screamed the most lolol. next up was my choice, The Boomer, a big 360 swing that also rotates the carriage so you're spinning upside down. this was without a doubt the scariest ride i've ever been on. i mean, go big or go home right?? when we first got strapped in i heavily regretted all my life decisions and chose that specific moment to tell Blue about my fear of height. remembering it gives me goosebumps. after all the mayhem, the ride came to a stop at the top and for a solid 5 minutes we had the best view of not only winter wonderland but the whole of london. i think for a few minutes i loved the height more than anything. we took a small break to cool off because that ride is exhilarating before walking around so Blue could have her pick. That ended up being the Munich Looping. I'm quite sad that I didn't get to keep the mid-ride picture because i managed to keep a straight face the entire time but alas! there is no proof. We explored the rest of the park after that! Took photos and met up with friends where we tried churros and macarons (overrated imo) I slept the entire ride home. I think it's definitely something I'm going to remember for a long time afterwards. The image of london from the top of the Boomer and the chill from the cold is engrained in the forefront of my memory until next time! Amimi
Pierce The Veil - Bulletproof Love
Isn’t it funny how humanity seems to have a knack for turning anything into art? Clothes became fashion, buildings became architecture, plants became gardens, the list goes on.
The way humans romaniticize and find beauty in everything is adorable.
google dictionary really came in handy for the title this time i missed out march my bad, it's in my drafts somewhere, i'll post it another time. anywaysss, its the easter holidays and i should be studying but i really don't have the motivation, which sucks alot because exams are soon and i still have all of macbeth to cover. at this rate i really don't think my gcse grade goals are going to happen. MINIMUM i wanted 7s in everything and a 6 in french. however, right now it's looking like a whole ton of 5s my 16th birthday is tommorow! oh and my first official exam (french speaking) is on the 25th wish me luck i'll turn it all around Amimi
i find it weird how the most random braindead thoughts i end up spewing get more likes than the well-thought-out, narrative diary post that took me an hour to write. im totally cool with that
is anyone here into writing? i’ve been wanting to write some kinda fantastical novel but i don’t have the motivation :(