I prefer the teacher/classroom model of Fluenz to the picture-only model of Rosetta Stone. The teacher is excellent, and the workouts are very well designed. But….where are the words? (Ou est-ce que les mots sont?) The introduction of new vocabulary moves at a snail’s pace, the rate at which one would expect a middle school level French course to progress. A year ago I spent about 30 hours with a superb book (“French Step-by-Step”, by Charles Berlitz), and developed a reasonable vocabulary in about one month. The problem is that there was no audio to go with it, so as a result my pronunciation was miserable and I did not develop an ear for spoken French. Last year (before Fluenz) I tried to purchase a rail ticket to central Paris at the airport and, although my vocab and grammar were perfect, the attendant responded “Que? Would you prefer to speak English?” Thus, I needed a program like Fluenz to develop a better ear for the language. Fluenz has fixed these problems, but if you rely on Fluenz 1 and 2 alone, you can forget about holding a conversation, as you simply won’t know anywhere near enough vocabulary. As a result, you will need to supplement Fluenz French with some other vocabulary building tool. [Unfortunately, I believe that "French Step-by-Step" no longer is in print].[keyword]how+to+learn+french+fast[/keyword][yahooquestion]how+to+learn+french+fast[/yahooquestion]
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so she said you can go to school for cocktail-making…AKA bar tending…. meaning you'll be in said environment she doesn't want you in….. grow up and follow your heart, she isn't making sense just sounding very, old fashioned and closed minded i understand shes your mother but stand up to her if you truly want to be a DJ and….. Be yourself.
It would be interesting to see how well these t&c’s hold up. I remember listening to something on radio 4 about someone breaking the t&c’s on a rail ticket and I seem to remember something along the lines of if the t&c’s are completely unreasonable they would not stand up in court. It would be interesting to see an expert in consumer rights law look into them.
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is quite ludicrous that library workers leach on hard working taxpayers by demanding a lunch break. Who else has such a luxury in their job? …”
“Scottish IS British” you made your point
Yes, here I am in the “blog land” late at night. The back cover states that it is about how “new technology and the new geographies of living and working come together to drive recovery…” It sounds interesting with all that is currently occuring in education and the Country.
side note off of school -> I hope things are figured out soon with the knowledge powere and the monetary powers on how to stop the gulf oil well break. I feel disheartened every time I see something on the news. I was up late last night and watched the European and French news channels on PBS; it was interesting to learn their perspectives on this and the global monetary problems. CR
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