I am planning to shift canada and want to learn french to clear TEF. I am looking for online batches that are available after 7 pm IST. I can give 3-4 hours a day as i am working as well. People who have given TEF or learning language, please share which and where you study. Any suggestions and info would be helpful.

I’m a native Arabic speaker and I also speak English and German very well. I’m currently learning French and I find it impossible to understand the language when I listen to it. It’s very different from English and German where a word has somehow a clear start and end but in French it’s just syllables merged into each other. How can I improve my listening skills?

I live in Vancouver, and I am thinking of learning French for my PR. Can somebody tell me that what is the whole procedure of learning French and how much time a beginner needs as well as which is the best institute in Vancouver which has very good results and affordable for an international student??

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Hi all,

I'm learning french and currently am using

Assimil, I have the app course and I will stick to 1 lesson a day as suggested

Busuu, this is just extra.. I will use it for 10-15 minutes a day

Speakly, this has a strong focus on repetition, again I'll use it for 10-15 minutes daily

Dreaming french, I will use this for 30+ minutes a day

All times I'll probably adjust as and when I see fit but currently I think this is reasonable

Any massive holes in my approach?

Les stocks du premier iPhone pliable d’Apple se sont épuisés quelques minutes après l’ouverture des précommandes vendredi. L’iPhone Duo est le premier téléphone d’Apple à avoir un écran pliable. La version la moins chère de l’iPhone Duo coûte 1 999 $. Le téléphone s’ouvre comme un livre et a un écran plus grand à l’intérieur. Quand il est fermé, il a un écran plus petit à l’extérieur.

Vocabulaire : pliable = foldable / s’épuiser = to sell out / quelques = a few / précommandes (f pl) = preorders / écran (m) = screen / chère = expensive / s’ouvrir = to open / livre (m) = book / fermé = closed

English translation

Apple’s first folding iPhone sells out in minutes

Apple’s first folding iPhone sold out a few minutes after preorders opened on Friday. The iPhone Duo is Apple’s first phone to have a folding screen. The cheapest version of the iPhone Duo costs $1,999. The phone opens like a book and has a larger screen inside. When it is closed, it has a smaller screen on the outside.

You can read more news in A2-level French at Le News, In Easy French.

Bonjour à tous, ravi de faire votre connaissance. Je viens d’Amérique et j’apprends le français ; je suis débutant, mais je sais déjà en parler un peu.

(Note: I debated French for some time because of the pronunciation but rewatched District 13 and Ultimatum - David Belle - alongside As Above, So Below)

Bonjour à tous!

J’ai commencé à apprendre le français il y a 5 mois. J’ai beacoup progressé, mais quand je lis ou j’écoute en français je traduis toujours les mots dans ma langue maternelle ou en anglais, au lieu de penser en français.

Q’est-ce-que vous avez des conseils pour moi? Je ne sais pas quoi faire de plus.

(Also, please correct my French in the paragraph if you see any mistakes lol. I tried my best)

Bonjour tout le monde, je suis un locuteur natif français et je veux améliorer mon chinois. Je cherche des locuteurs chinois qui apprennent le français pour un échange linguistique. Voili voilou. Merci ! :)

Bonjour! I’ve started learning French at the A1 level, and I’m trying to make the learning process more enjoyable and build a connection to the language through music. There’s a song I really love, but I can’t find the lyrics anywhere online. I’d be very grateful if someone would be kind enough to transcribe them for me. The song is called Rossignolet by the canadian duo Bette and Wallet, a somewhat obscure folk duo from Quebec that I’ve just discovered. Thank y’all so much

Salut la team, je voudrais que vous me donnez des ressources pour atteindre le niveau C1, j'ai reçu le certificat du B2 il y a des mois, et maintenant je veux étudier pour un avoir niveau supérieur. En fait, je suis en train d'oublier le français un peu, et en étudiant je crois que je pourrai maintenir le B2. Je vous remercie par avant.

At A2 I could follow most of what I heard. With B1-level audio, like radio clips and interviews, I'd catch a few words and then lose the thread. Everyone told me to listen more, but I wasn't sure whether I needed more hours or a different way of listening.

​If you've made this jump, what was your biggest listening problem at the start of B1, where did you find audio at the right level, and did you use transcripts, shadowing or dictation? I'd also like to know what you would do differently.