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]i+want+to+learn+french[/keyword][yahooquestion]i+want+to+learn+french[/yahooquestion]
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Find out what his/her favorite colors are and maybe make it a book theme. You could also paint punctuation marks in various places.
I haven't ridden the paris subway yet, but the NYC subway (BMT and IRT) smell pretty nasty. Urine and filth are pretty much everywhere. So why all the hate on the French? but of course here in Greenwich, everything smells like flowers.
but getting back to the point, do we live in a police state or not?? seems to me like, if we don't already do, we will soon.
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A £55 rail ticket, a 4 hour train journey, a map as I don’t know London that well – Just weighing up the pros and cons, I hope I can make it. If not I hope there will be another opportunity to meet you someday. Anyway I wish you all the best and I hope you have a great trip.
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