Bon Jour Monsieur comment on dites???

[Suzac]

Every year when we arrive in France I say "I wish I'd spent some time last winter improving my French Language." I am serious now so can anyone recommend a suitable course preferably with a CD and facility to load to an iPod to improve the "O" Level French I learnt- 45 years ago - but most of which is lost in the "grey matter"

 

[RayS]

Have a look at www.earwormslearning.com and make sure your pop-up blocker is off. This is a relatively new idea and you can hear a demo on the website. The cd's concert to mp3 using the usual ripping software and then onto the Ipod or other mp3 player. Does not both with grammar and tenses and that sort of thing, just conversation.

I've had the Spanish course for a couple of years and found it very good - just got the French and it's the same.

No connection with the supplierws other than as a customer

 

[RayS]

Sorry must check my spelling before sending but hope you got the meaning.

 

[cooky1]

Chris G, we say the same thing every year we go to France! We always get by with our O' Level French, but we would like to do better. We will be having a look at the site Ray mentioned, and hopefully do a bit better next year.

Graeme.

 

[Wanderer1]

Bonsoir,

Suggest a look at the Itunes podcast "Coffee Break French" a free podcast that starts of with the basics and steadily progresses.

 

[ValA.]

In our area there are quite a lot of 'conversation groups' in various languages. No one pays anything - they just meet up at each others houses, provide a few snacks/drinks, and get talking. Apparently they are proving very popular. The French class contains a couple of French people, keen to use their native language again and help others learn the language. My friend (a Croatian) heads up a group wanting to speak Croatian - many from ex-Yugloslavia, but also English people wanting to speak the language.

You may find something similar going on in your area.

 

[Gafferbill]

.......... sinon vous risquez de prendre votre ordinateur portable et utiliser Google Translate!

http://translate.google.com/translate_t?hl=EN&ie=UTF-8&text=I hope this translator is making sense.&sl=pl&tl=en#en{pipedelimiter}fr{pipe delimiter}

 

[MrsMothy]

.......... sinon vous risquez de prendre votre ordinateur portable et utiliser Google Translate!

http://translate.google.com/translate_t?hl=EN&ie=UTF-8&text=I hope this translator is making sense.&sl=pl&tl=en#en{pipedelimiter}fr{pipe delimiter}

Google translate can be a bit silly sometimes.

 

[MrsMothy]

Salut Chris

If you are serious about learning French and are not too good at knucling down and getting on with it as I am, then signing up for Bon Depart beginners French with the OU would actually push you into it. This course refreshes O level and takes you a bit further. Then there are follow on courses from there. I warn you howver, the OU can become addictive as I have found. There are also some on line BBC French courses which you can find through a search engine.

A Bientot

Denise

 

[Pat_374304630]

we say the same thing. there is another website currently advertising. I will look for it and come back later.

 

[adrian_374544186]

The on line BBC French language videos are good for a refresher and you can access them when you like make all the difference