How long will it take me to become fluent in French?
Just to give a rough idea, living in France, in total immersion, with very little classroom instruction, I was pretty fluent after about two years.It sounds like you're self-teaching, about 5 hours a week, and not immersed in the country.I agree with Tara Dockery. What is fluency exactly? For example you may be fluent when talking about what you did yesterday, but not fluent when criticizing a news article. And immersion is an important step. If you can't travel, can you meet French speakers in your area?I've answered other questions on learning French but don't know how to paste a link. You could search for them easily no doubt. For self learners I recommend working on short pieces and being extremely thorough, rather than taking on a huge task and not mastering it.Example: read two paragraphs in Le Monde, and understand all the sentence structure, all the vocabulary, and all the grammar. As opposed to taking on the full article and only getting the gist of it.As time goes on you decide to grapple with three or four paragraphs, and one day the whole article.Other available sources: song lyrics. If you can't master the whole song try to master part of it.Podcasts. Go for subject matter you're interested in or that you already know something about. If it's too long, work on a small portion. Books. Pick a book that looks easy enough for your level. Try to master the first chapter before moving on.Movies. Look for a movie script that's been published. Study a scene from that movie. Watch it several times. read the script. Try saying the lines yourself.Audio books. Many books are recorded for people with impaired vision. Here's a website:http://www.litteratureaudio.com/...Same process. Get the paper version. Listen to a portion of the book. Then read the same portion. Study all the vocabulary, sentence structure and grammar. Underline the parts that you don't understand. Try to find someone who can answer your questions. A French teacher or advanced French student could guide you.Good luck!
How long will it take to become fluent in French?
I'm 16 and i started using Duolingo.com to learn French. I grew up speaking English and Afrikaans but not French. How long will it take to become fluent in French? I'm prepared to work really hard at it.
How can I become fluent in French?
I'm 15 (nearly 16), currently at school and I really want to be fluent in French, within the next year or so. I can't "completely immerse" myself in the language by going to France for a month or so, because I'm still at school. I have a French exchange correspondent and we're planning to meet up every now and again, but how can I become fluent at home?
Learning French Fast...what is the best way to become fluent (outside of living there)?
Haver you tried "TELL ME MORE"? An interactive DVD method. It exists in various languages. It is a quite expensive (+/- 80 euros)
How long does it take to become fluent in French????
It depends on how much time you put into it, and how much natural ability you have for grasping languages. It sometimes helps if you've played music before (can read notes) or already speak another language. That helps you to think of sounds and concepts differently. My advice, as a Linguist and a fluent French speaker, is -learn the verb endings -learn tenses -try to slowly (after a lot of workbook fillings) write in French. Keep a diary in French... it helps to look up vocab words you'll need (bc thats your thoughts/life) to have a good conversation. -Read the news in French. -Try watching french movies/tv shows or even watch American TV shows in French! Try Friends :) -Get a French language partner or meet people in your area (on Meetup.com) who meet to speak French. -Listen to French music and look up words. You can find the lyrics online too to help. - GO to France! (Or Canada but Canadian French is tricky, different, and a little bit "itsy".. they have that "its" sound a lot and it's not that pretty). -Date a French person. GOOD LUCK! Learning languages is like adding personalities to your person! It's great :)
How hard is it to become fluent in French? How long does it take to learn?
Some (including myself) would argue tha Québec French differs exponentially from other French. There is a very distinct dialect and way of speaking that is unique to the Québecois. The best way to learn a language is to fully immerse yourself in it. I would suggest going to the library and getting several books on tape/mp3s etc., watch as much French tv as possible and listen to French music. Unless you have someone to converse with, it will take you a long time to get the hang of it. If you move there before you're fluent, you should pick it up fairly quickly. Also keep in mind that you don't NEED to speak French to function and live normally in Montreal. Many natives speak English.
How long will it take to learn FRENCH fluently?
It really depends on what method you use. If you go to France and study there you could become fluent in 6 months. If you stay in the U.S. and keep taking French classes throughout High School and college you still wouldn't be fluent--you would be intermediate to lower advanced (if you take it throughout college). If you study French in the U.S. through hs and then take vacations to France or Quebec, use French with some natives or French speakers in your neigborhood, and study online, etc you could become fluent in about 2-4 years. The thing is you have to use the language. I've taken Spanish in middle school and high school for 5 years and still not fluent because I never use it outside of school and I never been immersed in the language.
Has anyone ever become fluent in French by going to Alliance Française?
I only got a C2 in French because I gone to Alliance. It's really very expensive but I think it's worth every cent if you can afford. I lived in France 18 months and when I arrived I have no problems with the language, even slang. It's true that I had a teacher who was totally fool about expressions, slang and even gestures. But I did my job too. I spent hours and hours listening to music, watching movies and the worst part: having a tandem. Yes, that time we used to practice with tandem. There was no facebook, chat, IM… We suffered with dictionaries to remember if twas “différence” or “differénce”, writing for the tandem meant a torture time looking for the correct conjugation at Bescherelle and the correct use of the tenses.By the way, today if I could back in the time I would spend my money and efforts learning English. In my country nobody have interest in someone who speaks French. Here one speaks intermediate English has more job opportunities than one speaks French fluent.