by Maggie Lee

Created on: September 22, 2009   Last Updated: July 10, 2010

When someone begins to learn French, most of them can be scared and confused by the complicated French grammar and its bizarre pronunciation. In fact, there are some tips to help you have more motivation and discover lots of fun in learning French.

  

Tip No.1 - Speaking French is simple. You just have to make the people understand you.

Most of people think French is a very hard language to learn, due to its complex tense and conjugation. It's true that the composition and pronunciation of each French verb could vary under different circumstances.

However, according to the French speakers, 80% of their daily conversation only happens in two tenses: Passe compose (compound past) and Indicatif Present (indicative present). So as soon as you have learned these two tenses, you should be confident enough to express yourself in French.

You might be shy to open you mouth, because you worry you might make some mistakes in French. However, REMEMBER that: language is just a tool for communication. As long as you can use it to communicate effectively with the people, you don't have to worry too much about your grammar or pronunciation. Sometimes you can even use some body language and gestures to help the French-speaking people understand you better. It's kind of fun to use a new language to communicate with others.

   

Tip No.2 - Create your French blog and update your blog every day.

As soon as you start to learn French, you should create your own French blog. As we know, in order to speak a foreign language well, we should also practice our brain to think in this language. Writing a French blog is exactly an effective way to practice your brain to think in French.

And you can invite your French teachers, your French-learning buddy and some French-speaking friends to visit your blog. They might make some French comments on your blog and correct some grammar mistakes you make in your blog.

When you write your blog, you can use the online dictionary can save your time and allows you to focus more on expressing your ideas.

  

Tip No.3 - Create a French immersion environment by yourself.

Don't forget that our young children never try hard to learn any language. They learn the languages just because they are surrounded by these languages every day, no matter when they are playing, eating or sleeping. Obviously, in order to learn French, we should create a French immersion environment for aspiring our eyes, ears and brain.

Each French learner

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