🔹 You want to be perfectly fluent before speaking (which will never happen if you don’t try before) 🔹 You say it’s difficult without trying first 🔹 You keep considering French as a foreign language and not as a second or third language 🔹 You refuse to challenge yourself (doctor, hairdresser,…) 🔹 You associate the language with the wrong person or group of people 🔹 You refuse to get over your blocks such as sad situations with exes 🔹 You are obsessed with your mistakes Personal development
🔹 You refuse to make mistakes so you don’t try 🔹 You try to study only on your own The relationship with mistakes 🔹 You postpone everything related with the French language 🔹 You refuse to cross the linguistic borders 🔹 You refuse to connect the culture with the language 🔹 You refuse to see other linguistic structures 🔹 You translate everything in your native language first If your teacher gave you a list of vocab or verbs to study, change school or teacher right now.
🔹 You are studying lists of vocabulary or irregular verbs without placing them in a context. 🔹 You don’t realize that being a French speaker is being part of a community 🔹 You are not regular with the studies on your own 🔹 You try only once or you don’t try at all 🔹 You let yourself be impressed by native speakers Your own French studies 🔹 You tried once to speak and the person in front of you replied in English so you decided to stop trying 🔹 You think the French are demanding with foreigners 🔹 You think that nobody will understand you 🔹 You don’t surround yourself with francophones 🔹 You refuse to implement French on your daily life with small details (set up your phone in french, radio,…) 🔹 You refuse to speak French at all in any occasion (bars, partner, administration, in laws,…) 🔹 You refuse to practice your French outside the class 🔹 You don’t know what would be the best way to learn ( reading, writing, listening,…) After the class 🔹 You didn’t or don’t want to attend a proper French course 🔹 You attend classes on a irregular basis 🔹 You keep avoiding practicing during the class 🔹 You are not curious about it During your private or group French course 🔹 You say you don’t have time ( if you have 15 minutes for Facebook you have 15 minutes for your French ) 🔹 You are not passionate about the French language 🔹 You refuse to really invest money in a proper course Let’s identify together the real reasons you can’t speak French or aren’t progressing in French: (it’s applicable to any other language, for example: my Portuguese). Well, we are on the same page, because like you, I had the feeling I didn’t really make any progress. If you are reading this article, I guess the same thing has happened to you whilst learning French. I did improve a little bit, but I know I could have been a better student. I can confirm with you, that even if you have the facilities in languages, if you don’t put in the effort, you can spend 5 weeks in Brazil and not really improve. Well, hell no! After only a few private Portuguese classes, I was off on the plane for five weeks (not a few months – I’m an adult with responsibilities now) to Brazil.
As I’m fluent in Spanish, I began with a lot of preconceived notions in mind such as: I won’t have to study that much to improve my Portuguese because it’s very similar to Spanish. My last challenge was learning Portuguese because I was dreaming of spending three months in Brazil. But, watch out – don’t let yourself be too impressed! I’m far from fluent in seven languages – I wish! I speak three languages fluently and, on and off through the years, I have learned four others. I have learned a total of seven languages. Yasmine Lesire, photo by Photographer in Paris, Rachel Calvo Learning a language is not easy – fact!
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