Sixty-three tips to learn French fast (#605)

Ce livre contient de nombreuses astuces pour aider à apprendre le français plus rapidement.

The content of this resource is in ENGLISH.

Contents

TIPS #1 PACKAGING AND LABELS 5

TIPS #2 MAKE IT SIMPLE 5

TIPS #3 BODY LANGUAGE MATTERS 7

TIPS #4 GET USED TO HEAR THE REAL SPEED SPOKEN FRENCH 7

TIPS #5 POST-IT AND VOCABULARY 8

TIPS #6 POST-IT AND EXPRESSIONS 8

TIPS #7 USE THE CONDITIONNEL PRESENT FOR POLITE COMMUNICATION 8

TIPS #8 LEARN COMMONLY USED POLITE EXPRESSIONS 9

TIPS #9 GRAMMAR RULES 10

TIPS #10 LEARN THE SHORT AND HIGH FREQUENCY EXPRESSIONS USED IN DAILY CONVERSATIONS 10

TIPS #11 KNOW THE GROUPS OF THE FRENCH VERBS 16

TIPS #12 LEARN HOW TO DESCRIBE 16

TIPS #13 PRACTICE THE MOST CHALLENGING WAY OF COMMUNICATING: THE AUDIO ONLY FORMAT 16

TIPS #14 ALWAYS HAVE POST-IT NOTES AND A PEN WITH YOU OR A CELL PHONE 16

TIPS #15 HIGH FREQUENCY LIST OF SECOND GROUP VERBS 17

TIPS #16 LOOK FOR PATTERNS 17

TIPS #17 USE ACRONYMS 18

TIPS #18 READ BOOKS IN FRENCH 19

TIPS #19 NO ONE TO TALK TO? TALK TO YOURSELF 19

TIPS #20 TEACH FRENCH TO OTHERS 19

TIPS #21 RECOGNIZE THE DANGER OF TRANSLATING 19

TIPS #22 LEARN THE HIGH FREQUENCY SLANG WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS 20

TIPS #23 LEARN THE LIST OF COMMON MISTAKES MADE BY ENGLISH PEOPLE WHEN THEY SPEAK FRENCH 20

TIPS #24 WHEN LEARNING AN AFFIRMATIVE DECLARATIVE EXPRESSION, ALSO LEARN THE NEGATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE FORM OF THIS EXPRESSION 24

TIPS #25 KNOW HOW TO FORM THE STRUCTURE OF A NEGATIVE FRENCH SENTENCE 24

TIPS #26 KNOW WHEN TO USE THE ELISION (ALSO CALLED APOSTROPHE) 25

TIPS #27 USE AS MANY PHYSICAL SENSES AS POSSIBLE WHEN LEARNING 26

TIPS #28 MAKE FRENCH PART OF YOUR DAILY LIFE FOR LIFELONG LEARNING 27

TIPS #29 CREATE MANY SENTENCES BY CHANGING VOCABULARY 27

TIPS #30 FOCUS ON THE HIGH FREQUENCY TENSES 27

TIPS #31 GET FAMILIAR QUICKLY WITH THE BASIC FRENCH QUESTIONS WORDS 28

TIPS #32 USE THE TENSE CALLED FUTURE PROCHE (NEAR FUTURE) 28

TIPS #33 IMPRESS AND CHALLENGE NATIVE FRENCH PEOPLE WITH TONGUE TWISTER 29

TIPS #34 JOIN A FRENCH CULTURAL CENTRE OR A FRENCH GROUP TO PRACTICE CONVERSATIONAL FRENCH 30

TIPS #35 IT’S A SECOND LANGUAGE SO REMEMBER 30

TO HAVE FUN WITH IT 30

TIPS #36 BELIEVE IN YOUR BRAIN 30

TIPS #37 UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF LEARNING A SECOND LANGUAGE 30

TIPS #38 DON’T HESITATE TO HAVE MANY SOCIAL INTERACTIONS WHEN VISITING A FRANCOPHONE PLACE 31

TIPS #39 HAVE REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS 31

TIPS #40 RELEVANT FRENCH 31

TIPS #41 LEARN THE VOUS AND THE TU FOR EACH EXPRESSION 31

TIPS #42 LEARN THE OPPOSITES FOR VOCABULARY WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS 32

TIPS #43 LEARN HOW TO CHANGE THE KEYBOARD INTO FRENCH OR LEARN THE ASCII CODES 32

TIPS #44 LEARN THE CULTURE, NOT JUST THE LANGUAGE 33

TIPS #45 LEARN CONNECTOR WORDS TO HELP YOUR IDEAS FLOW 33

TIPS #46 LEARN FRENCH USING LANGUAGE APPS 34

TIPS #47 MASCULINE AND FEMININE 34

TIPS #48 LEARN THIS LIST OF 100 HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS 36

TIPS #49 VISUALIZE THE WORD 38

TIPS #50 PAY ATTENTION TO THE LIAISONS 38

TIPS #51 UNDERSTAND THE USAGE OF ON 39

TIPS #52 LISTEN TO AUDIO BOOKS AND READ 40

THE STORY AT THE SAME TIME 40

TIPS #53 POSSESSION IN FRENCH 40

TIPS #54 USE SIRI OR A VOICE RECOGNITION SOFTWARE IN FRENCH TO PRACTICE PRONUNCIATION 41

TIPS #55 KNOW THE BASIC HIGH FREQUENCY VERBS 41

TIPS #56 WHEN LEARNING VOCABULARY, LEARN THE PLURAL FORM AND THE FEMININE FORM WHEN RELEVANT 41

TIPS #57 REPLACE THE PRESENT TENSE WITH THE EXPRESSION IL EST EN TRAIN DE 42

TIPS #58 IMPROVE YOUR LEARNING BY USING SENTENCES IN YOUR SECOND LANGUAGE 42

TIPS #59 UNDERSTAND WHEN TO USE IMPARFAIT 44

AND PASSÉ COMPOSÉ 44

TIPS #60 THERE ARE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE FRENCH IN FRANCE AND THE FRENC IN QUEBEC, CANADA 46

TIPS #61 INSTEAD OF STRUGGLING WITH PRONOUNCING A DIFFICULT WORD, FIND A SYNONYM THAT IS EASIER TO SAY 46

TIPS #62 USE THE GOOGLE TRANSLATOR APP TO HEAR THE WORD IF YOU ARE UNSURE HOW TO PRONOUNCE IT 47

TIPS #63 FIND A GOOD VARIETY OF RESOURCES FOR LEARNING FRENCH 47