I am an Anglo-Canadian who took French in school from grade 1 to 11 and was always mediocre at it. Nevertheless, I learnt enough to be barely passable and want to finish my learning of the language to be completely fluent? How do I go about that?
>>24922303Get a French girlfriend otherwise you'll never get to fluency desu
>>24922303Why
>>24922349Because language learning has historically been a utilitarian endeavour. Getting a french gf is the only worldy aim that can still motivate serious language learning. In the old days you could've learned it for trade, or just for reading, or get colonized by the French Empire and have no other choice. But considering everyone speaks English now, and that every phone is also a digital translator, the only good motive left is love.
>>24922346I live pretty far from French Canada, and don’t have any plans to live in France anytime soon.
>>24922357Yeah but they smell bad and are arrogant. Good theorists though but I'd rather read them in translation.
>>24922303You live in a country where French is one of the official languages and you're asking us for advice. I don't think we can help you.
take online lessons from a leacheryou can find them as cheap as $15/hr on numerous sites and depending on the teacher will have learning plans/recommended reading.
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>>24922884I went there recently for the first time and was prepared to get horrible Paris syndrome but the White people there were so beautiful and kind (and kept to their own) that even the city being 40% brown couldn‘t dim the radiance. I struggle to piece together then how these perceptions come about and have to conclude it‘s American tourists being treated with the respect they deserve after making no attempts to learn the language or integrate earnestly with the local culture.
French for Reading is great but it has a huge weakness of not having any audio recordings and since it relies on you verifying your understanding of each passage through an English translation, it's very easy to get stuck into the habit of translating in your headThat's fine if you just need to verify information for academia but for enjoying literature you really need to get into a habit of reading aloud and absorb the sound of French
>>24923427Historically, the French have been among the kindest people in Western Europe (and the least racist unfortunately). However, because France dominated Western culture for centuries, and its people are generally more reserved, effeminate and prideful of their country compared to their Mediterranean neighbors who may appear more "friendly" due to their outgoing nature, people perceive the French as arrogant. There’s probably some sort of jealousy at play too, given that France’s history is stuff of legends. Constantly hearing about how "great" French art or history is may lead people to think it's nothing but snob circlejerking.Also because of thishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-French_sentiment_in_the_United_StatesI also imagine that the CIA’s efforts to move the cultural capital of the arts from Paris to New York might have involved shaping the perception of the French and their refined arts, to allow more trashy expressions to take their place.
