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So you want to learn French like crazy, but you don’t know how? Learning a new language doesn’t have to take forever. I’ve been looking at the the best quick fix solutions to learning French and have come up with the top four ways that will help you learn French like crazy!!!

Learn French Like Crazy tip 1 -

Reading is always a great place to start. Check out the current literature on learning a new language. This doesn’t mean you have to invest in these books – simply visit your local library and see what’s on offer. An even better idea is to search on line. Google book search is a great way to access books for free. There are many titles already available on-line, with more being added each day.

Learn French Like Crazy tip 2 -

A handy hint is to make your own French phrase cards. This is a proven technique that costs next to nothing. All you need is some card and a handful of French words and phrases. The card can be bought from a local stationery store and the words and phrases can be found on-line. You can take these cards everywhere – practice on your lunch break or even before you go to bed. Remember short session work best. You can only take in so much information in one sitting. Regularly practice, between 5-10 minutes each day will massively improve your knowledge in a relatively short space of time.

Learn French Like Crazy tip 3 -

Go to France – I know it sounds crazy and expensive but it will certainly work. There are few better ways to learn than jumping in at the deep end and fully immersing yourself in a countries culture. Okay, so there are some less drastic ways to experience French culture. Visit a French restaurant and go out of your way to meet some French speakers. Nothing will test and improve your French language skills more than a full on conversation.

Learn French Like Crazy tip 4 -

One of the most popular ways to pick up a new language is to invest in a language course. These courses now come in various formats to fit every budget. Some can be accessed on-line, downloaded or can be purchased in physical formats such as CD or DVDs. Whatever your budget you’ll be sure to find a course to suit you. Some courses are very in depth and go into French grammar, some will even make you take tests! I would advise an audio course that you can listen to in short burst, on the go.

I hope you’ve found my top tips helpful. If you take my advice I guarantee that you will learn French like crazy in no time at all. Check out the links below to see examples of some of the French courses available.

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It used to be that you had two choices for learning French – go to a night course or buy very expensive (and quite boring) sets of tapes to Learn French at home. Times change though, and now with the advent of the internet and the home PC you have a huge number of choices for French home study courses.

Now don’t get me wrong – I’ve got nothing against French text books. There are some very good ones about that use modern teaching methods and patterns of learning that your brain naturally adopts. They’re much better than when I was a kid and I’ve bought quite a few.

But they can’t compete with modern CDs and the interactive programs that are available. A book can’t really talk to you. You can’t hear a French accent from a book. A French book can pose some questions, but it can’t actually react to your answers, correct you and then give you the opportunity to revise your newly learned French phrase or move on to a new one.

The interactive French teaching software available today can do exactly that. In fact it can do more. Some of them supply French MP3 files that can not only be played on your PC but can also be transferred to your MP3 player or a CD so you have portable French language lessons as well. Obviously you don’t get the full benefit of interactivity your computer will give you, but you can listen in the car, on the train, jogging, whatever takes your fancy – and you didn’t pay any extra for it, it’s all part of the system.

I am generalizing to an extent, of course. Not all interactive French courses are the same, just like not all French CDs or French books are the same. In general, however, they offer a level of ‘playability’ which is more involving and more entertaining and thus educates more quickly and with more retention than a book ever could. I love to sit down and read a good story with a book in my hands, but if I need to learn something like the French language, give me my PC and a software program any day.

If there’s a downside at all, it’s price. Now it’s not possible for me to check every program to learn French at home but the ones I’ve found that do what I want them to – which is teaching French to a reasonable degree of competence and confidence – are considerably more expensive than a $20 book. Having said that, they’re not what I’d call expensive either, considering what you can get from them.

Rocket French for example has MP3 files and interactive lessons for grammar, words, French verbs (quite a complicated area if you’re an English speaker by birth). It also has hundreds, if not thousands, of text files for further reference and the whole lot comes in at around $100. If I was looking to learn French at home, that’s exactly the sort of thing I’d be investing in.

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