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consume french media

tv shows!!! i can't stress this enough, watching people engage in the language helps so much. after doing french for years and graduating with a delf b2, i give all credit to the fact that i was put in an immersive environment where french was always spoken around me. you can start with children's shows like Téléfrançais, and then move to your favourite show dubbed etc. that being said, nothing beats talking in french...so if all else fails, meet some french speakers to chat with, or maybe temporarily move to france 😄 i wish you the best of luck!

@juliaa

Feb 10, 2025

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talk to ur pets

if u have them … my cats are now francophone because i only talk to them in french & it creates a judgement-free space for natural conversation where u r hopefully only speaking french also love teen magazines — my french teacher had a few from like 2010 (cool magazine) & i learnt so much strange québécois slang & news sources in general, i’m #canadian so i just use radio canada & it’s great.. much pertinent vocab + sentence structure tv5monde has a section full of exercises where u watch little videos & answer questions & i always learn something on there that isn’t french so it’s cool

@wetblanket

Feb 11, 2025

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Immersion & learning like a kid

1. Learn the basic building blocks for your language of choice (i.e. pronouns, action verbs, common objects– literally the essential words you’d need to formulate the most basic sentences to communicate simple ideas). That can be done by googling things like “essential verbs in (insert language of choice here)” or “100 essential words to learn in _______.” Pair that up with any beginners grammar language book that you can take out from your local library. At this point, you don’t need to know how to speak the language, just have a general idea of how different elements come together to form coherent sentences. 2. Once you’ve acquainted yourself with those principles, the fun and most critical part comes into play: immersion. Since you’re not at the talking stage just yet, you need to treat yourself like you’re a baby hearing words for the first time and trying to associate meaning to them via their context. The best way I’ve found to do this is by watching kids tv shows in the language you want to learn and also finding YouTubers who are native speakers of that language. Turn on the subtitles and also keep them in the same language. This will allow you to start matching visuals with words and understand how sentences are composed in more organic ways. It will also force you to make language connections the way children do when learning their native tongue. You want to remove the buffer of thinking in your mother tongue and then translating the word in the new language. Instead, you want to start making immediate semiotic connections to the things you’re seeing. Like 🍎 is manzana in Spanish, but you wanna avoid thinking “oh that means apple in English which translates to manzana in Spanish.” It’s an extra loop you have to jump through that makes the language learning process less natural and more arduous imo. 3. In tandem to immersing yourself by listening to the language being used, here’s where you can start applying it bit by bit. This can be by either repeating the sentences you see in the tv shows you’re watching and start challenging yourself to write & say very basic sentences with your knowledge from step 1. In an ideal situation, having a friend or acquaintance who speaks the native language and can start talking with you is also incredibly useful since they can actively correct you while you practice. Though very beneficial, I know that that may not be an option for many people, so practicing on your own with the aid of the media you’re watching in the native language still works very well! This is a very long response, but I hope that these suggestions can help create a more structured approach to learning your new language. Good luck!! ✨

@verygoodvalentina

Feb 19, 2024

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Finally wrote a poem

Tell me hows it? Should i post this on my Instagram?

@zen

3d ago

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Write

Try writing poems or try to journal about your day. Write random stuff you like or hate. Or you can read.

@zen

Feb 24, 2025

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Currently in reading slump era

But i reread some books i have like a lot, like Little women Harry potter the deathly hollows There are also some books i havent completed yet. Like, Metamorphosis ,The bell jar and pride and prejudice (i only read like 30 pages) . I want to complete them as soon as my exams are over.

@zen

3d ago

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